Progetti di ricerca 2018 finanziati da agenzie nazionali

Ministero della Salute:

• Epidemiological analysis aiming to evaluate feasibility of a national surveillance system for Cystic Echinococcosis. 2017-2019. Principal investigator: Adriano Casulli. Funded by the Italian Ministry of Health (Centro Nazionale per la Prevenzione ed il Controllo delle Malattie – Azione Centrale).
• Epidemiological analysis and clinic-diagnostic evaluation of trichinellosis in Italy to develop a national system of diagnosis and surveillance through a ‘One health’ approach. 2017-2019. Principal investigator: Edoardo Pozio. Funded by the Italian Ministry of Health (Centro Nazionale per la Prevenzione ed il Controllo delle Malattie – Azione Centrale).
• New diagnostic approaches for cystic echinococcosis through antigen discovery and detection of immune responses. 2018-2021. Principal investigator: Francesca Tamarozzi; Co-PI: Linda Petrone. Funded by the Italian Ministry of Health (Ricerca Finalizzata, Young Researchers grant, GR-2016-02361497).
• Emerging blood protozoa in the immunocompromised population: novel strategies for screening, diagnosis, monitoring and clinical management. 2018-2021: Principal investigator: Stefania Varani. Funded by the Italian Ministry of Health (Ricerca Finalizzata, RF‐2016‐02361931
• Messa a punto di un test biomolecolare per la determinazione simultanea di Tick Borne pathogens equini e applicazione pilota in campo epidemiologico. 2018-2020. Principal investigator: Santo Caracappa. Funded by the Italian Ministry of Health (IZS SI 2018 Ricerca Corrente)
• Analisi proteomica della forma larvale di Echinococcus granulosus. 2017-2020. Principal investigator: Giovanni Garippa. Funded by the Italian Ministry of Health (IZS SA 2017 Ricerca Corrente)

Ministero dell’Istruzione Università e Ricerca:

• Aspetti ecologici, immunologici ed evolutivi dell’interazione ospite-parassita: il caso dei nematodi anisakidi e dei pesci antartici, loro ospiti. 2017-2019. Principal investigator: Simonetta Mattiucci. Funded by the Ministry of Education and Research (PNRA – Programma Nazionale di Ricerca in Antartide).

Ministero degli Affari Esteri e Cooperazione Internazionale:

• Trasmission-blocking antimalarial discovery. 2018-2020. Principal investigator: Pietro Alano; Leader for the University of Milan: Donatella Taramelli. Funded by the Italian Minsitry of Foreign Affaris and International Cooperation (PGR00949-2018).

Ministero della Difesa:

• SENSOR: sistema integrato per la sorveglianza dei patogeni trasmessi da vettori. 2018-2020. Principal investigator: Marco Pombi. Funded by the Italian Ministry of Defence – Programma Nazionale Ricerca Militare.

Altre agenzie nazionali:

• Exploitation of novel genomic resources to develop molecular tools for genotyping afro-tropical malaria vectors and study ecological speciation. 2018-2020. Principal investigator: Alessandra della Torre. Funded by Istituto Pasteur Italia – Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti.
• What shapes the parasite Anisakis-human host interaction? genetic, molecular, and immunological approaches to investigate the zoonotic disease human anisakiasis. 2018-2020. Principal investigator: Simonetta Mattiucci. Funded by Istituto Pasteur Italia – Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti.