First name: Diana
Surname: Luise
e-mail: diana.luise2@unibo.it [mailto:diana.luise@unibo.it]
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
National Academic Qualification as Full Professor on 11/12/2023, concurring sector 07/G1, ‘Animal Science and Technology’.
National Academic Qualification as Associate Professor on 18/11/2020, concurring sector 07/G1, ‘Animal Science and Technology’.
Senior assistant professor (fixed term) at the Department of Agro-Food Sciences and Technologies; Scientific disciplinary area: AGR/18 ANIMAL NUTRITION AND FEEDING - September 2022 - currently
Junior assistant professor (fixed-term) at the Department of Agro-Food Sciences and Technologies; Scientific discipline: AGR/18 ANIMAL NUTRITION AND FEEDING - May 2020- August 2022
Post-doctoral researcher on the project ‘ Corrective actions in the management of heavy pigs aimed at reducing the use of antibiotics in the production system of the Emilia Romagna region ’ at the Department of Agro-Food Sciences and Technologies of the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna under the supervision of Prof. Paolo Trevisi- Period: November 2017 - October 2018
PhD student in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (30th cycle) at the Department of Agro-Food Sciences and Technologies of the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna under the supervision of Prof. Paolo Trevisi Period: November 2014 - October 2017
EDUCATION
Master's Degree in Safety and Quality of Animal Production- Class LM-86 Animal Science and Technology. School of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna- Graduated in October 2013 with a mark of 110/110 cum laude Period: November 2011 - 21/10/2013
Bachelor's Degree in Hygienic and Sanitary Food Safety - L-26 - Degree Class in Food Science and Technology - L-38 - Degree Class in Animal Science and Production Technology, University of Padua. Achieved in October 2011 with a 109/110 grade Period: September 2009 - October 2011
Scientific Maturity Diploma, at Liceo Scientifico Enrico Fermi of Padua. Period: September 2001 - July 2006
PERIODS ABROAD AND TRAINING COURSES
- STSM. Project entitled: ‘Analysis of ileal digestibility’ Supervisor: Prof. Francisco Perez. At: Department of Animal and Food Science, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. COST Action PiGutNet FA1401 grant winner - Period: 05/03/2018 -15/03/2018
- STSM. Project entitled: ‘Investigation of possible biological markers of piglet robustness at weaning’ Supervisor: Dr. Elodie Merlot. At INRA PEGASE, Saint Gilles, Rennes, FR. Marco Polo grant winner - Period: 01/03/2017 -31/06/2017
- STSM. Project entitled: ‘Effect of environmental and genetic make-up affects the microbial and immunological changes in the gut epithelium’ Supervisor: Prof. Charlotte Laurisen. At Department of Animal Science Aarhus University, Folum DK. COST Action PiGutNet grant winner FA1401 - Period 01/09/2015 -31/10/2015
- ERC Basic and Beyond’ TRAINING COURSE organised by Enspire Science - Period:10/2022
- THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL TRAINING COURSE for personnel qualified in the use of animals for scientific and educational purposes - Level 2. Total 51 hours. Organised by the Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences of the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna and by the Emilia Romagna Region - Period 22/01/2019 - 6/02/2019
- TRAINING COURSE Writing And Presenting A Scientific Papers ‘Organised by EAAP federation at 68th EAAP meeting, Tallinn, ES. EAAP grant winner - Period 27/09/2017
- TRAINING COURSE ‘Pharmacosurveillance and evaluation of antibiotic resistance in animal production’. Organised by Istituto Superiore della Sanità- Period 04/04/2017- 04/07/2017
- TRAINING COURSE ‘Operational strategies for the reduction of antimicrobial consumption in animal husbandry in Europe’. At the Academy of Sciences- Alma Mater Studiorum organised by the Experimental Zooprophylatic Institute of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna - Period 04/11/2016
- TRAINING COURSE ‘Analysis of porcine metagenomic’. At INRA centre Jouy-en-Josas Paris, FR. Supported with grant from COST Action PiGutNet FA1401- Period 02/2016
- TRAINING COURSE ‘Gut biology and health’ At Department of Animal Science Aarhus University, Folum DK. Supported by a COST Action PiGutNet FA1401 grant - Period 17/08/2015-28/08/2015
PROJECTS PARTECIPATION
- PRIN-PNRR 2023 project: BOOSTcolostrum ‘Multi-omics characterisation of colostrum to develop a nutraceutical approach to improve health and resilience in large animals’ - Duration 12 months [Head of Unit].
- RER Innovation 2023 project: SustanableHeavySUIS ‘Improving the sustainability of the heavy pig supply chain through the definition of new feeding strategies to improve economic and production efficiency and pig welfare’ - Duration 12 months [Head of Unit].
- PRIN 2023 project: 3IMPACT ‘Impacts of microplastics, antibiotics and pesticides in soil amended with digestates’ Duration 12 months [Head of Unit].
- EU project (Horizon 2020): ‘Controlling Microbiomes Circulations for Better Food Systems’ (CIRCLES) - Start 2018 - Duration 60 months. [Partner]
- EU project (Horizon 2020): ‘Rethinking Of Antimicrobial Decision-systems in the Management of Animal Production’ (ROADMAP) - 2019 - duration 48 months. [Partner].
- COST Action FA1401 ‘European network on the factors affecting the gastro-intestinal microbial balance and the impact on the health status of pigs (PiGutNet)’ - 2015-2018.
- PSR Emilia Romagna project ‘Definition of a farm manual to implement good breeding practices aimed at reducing the use of antibiotics and therefore the occurrence of new antibiotic resistance in heavy pig breeding’. *R.E.R.*16.1.01 - 2016-2018.
AWARD AND GRANT WINNER
- Winner World Association for Animal Production (WAAP) young researchers award 2023.
- Winner of the ASPA Award 2021 in the Best Poster category. Title of the study presented: ‘Insights into the faecal microbial phenotyping of pigs using a Biolog EcoplateTM method’.
- Winner of the Pierfilippo Guadagnini Prize 2019. Title of study presented: ‘Metabolomic characterisation of colostrum from three sow breeds and analysis of its influence on growth performance and survival of piglets’
- Winner of 2018 ASPA scholarship for participation in training course:‘ Summer school on computational analysis from genomic diversity to ecosystem structure’.
- Winner of EAAP Scholarship 2017 for participation in 68th EAAP meeting, Tallin, ES and in training course ‘Writing and Presenting a Scientific Papers’. Presented study title: ‘Genetics as a considerable factor affecting gut microbiota and gene expression of healthy piglets’.
- Winner of COST Action PiGutNet FA1401 2018 grant for Short Term Scientific Mission 2018 at Department of Animal and Food Science, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- Winner of Marco Polo 2017 grant for Short Term Scientific Mission at INRA PEGASE, Saint Gilles, Rennes, FR
- Winner of COST Action PiGutNet FA1401 2015 grant for Short Term Scientific Mission at Department of Animal Science Aarhus University, Folum DK
TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Use of statistical software: R, SAS, Qiime, STAR, PLINK, GSEA
Sampling techniques in livestock and food production
Data management: microarray data, metabolomics data, RNAseq, Metagenomics data
Biological bank data: NCBI, ENSEMBL
Software for organising DNA sequences: MEGA, codoncode
Acquired laboratory techniques
- DNA and RNA extraction with different techniques (affinity columns and phenol-chloroform) from different animal tissues (muscle, hair blood, intestinal tissue)
- Extraction of bacterial DNA (faeces and intestinal contents)
- Gene amplification (PCR and LONG PCR), PCR-RFLP
- Real time PCR, qPCR, gene expression analysis
- ELISA
