Doctoral Course in Veterinary Science and Food Safety

Research Topics

Candidates that wish to compete for places with priority research grants are obliged to indicate this in their application, selecting the relative subjects. The title of the specific priority research grant must be flagged during the procedure.

Analytical, environmental and molecular pharmaco-toxicology

• Environmental and Food Toxicology: Molecular Tools for Mechanistic Studies
• Honey bee health: a molecular multidisciplinary approach in the time of climate change
• Unveiling the mechanistic toxicology of emerging contaminants in vitro and in vivo: a multi-omics approach - PRIORITY RESEARCH GRANT 2024/2025

Biology and pathology of aquatic, wild/exotic and domestic animals

• Cetartiodactyla: animal models as environmental indicators to assess persistent organic pollutants (POPs) effects in marine and terrestrial environment
• Development and stress evaluation in aquatic animals
• Bovine Innate and adaptive immune response in infectious and metabolic disease CALL 2024/2025
• Comparative and evolutionary genomics of animals, with particular reference to marine species and taxa of veterinary interest
• Genetic/Genomic basis of sex determination in fish of aquacolture interest
• The role of Invasive Alien Species in emerging infectious diseases epidemiology and their impact on ecosystem conservation: from research to policy
• Understanding the ecological mechanism governing host-microbe interactions CALL 2024/2025
• Artificial Intelligence methods applied to Veterinary Neuroscience - PRIORITY RESEARCH GRANT 2024/2025
• Understanding consequences and testing mitigation strategies in marine species subject to climate change and pollution - PRIORITY RESEARCH GRANT 2024/2025
• Digital technologies, machine learning, and artificial intelligence in veterinary pathology - PRIORITY RESEARCH GRANT 2024/2025

Genomics

• Development of new machine learning algorithms for pharmacogenomics

3D in vitro modelling and intercellular communication in veterinary pathology

• 3D in vitro modelling in veterinary pathology

Diagnostic imaging

• Medical and Experimental Diagnostic Imaging 

Ethology and animal welfare

• Comparative neurophysiology and endocrinology of adaptation
• Auditory and visual perception of animals CALL 2024/2025
• Animal Pain assessment and management
• Welfare assessment of non-caged animals
• Ethics and communication in conservation research and practice - WITHOUT GRANT 2024/2025
  
• Ethical monitoring of genetic and genomic assessing and editing methods to save endangered wildlife species - PRIORITY RESEARCH GRANT 2024/2025

Food science and nanobiotechnology

• Food safety and quality in wild game meat supply chain CALL 2024/2025
• MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and Artificial Intelligence applications in food safety CALL 2024/2025
• Health applications of organic and inorganic nanotechnologies CALL 2024/2025
• Development of nanotechnology solutions for environmental monitoring and the agrifood sector
• Persistence and genomic traceability of foodborne pathogens and spoilers
• Quality, safety and traceability of food

Infectious and parasitic disease

• Poultry respiratory viruses: molecular epidemiology and control strategy evaluation
• Drug resistance
• Parasitic diseases in wildlife
  
• Selection and transfer of antimicrobial resistance in animals and the environment - CALL 2024/2025
  
• Immunosuppressive viral diseases of poultry
• Emerging type A influenza viruses in animals: from detection to prevention in a pandemic preparedness framework
• Molecular diagnostics applied to ecology and epidemiology of Echinococcus - WITHOUT GRANT 2024/2025

Farm animals, phisiology reproduction and medicine

• Evaluation of reproductive response to environmental challenges on animal species of veterinary interest
• Physiological mechanisms related to farming conditions
• Antimicrobial and Greenhouse gases reduction in bovine diseases: an integrated approach for animal and environmental health CALL 2024/2025
• Integrative model to optimize the artificial insemination dose
• Large animals internal medicine and therapy
• Application of data-driven technologies to enhance the performance and quality of Veterinary Services in the bovine sector, easing action planning and decision-making
• In vivo and in vitro interactions among seminal plasma, sperm, oviductal cell and oocyte in domestic animals CALL 2024/2025

Rigenerative medicine

• Exploiting natural marine resources for biomimicry purposes CALL 2024/2025
• Novel application of Three-dimensional rendering and printing in veterinary small animal orthopaedics CALL 2024/2025
• Innovative biomaterials for clinical applications in veterinary orthopaedics and traumatologic surgery

Small animals phisiology, reprodutcion and medicine

• Small Animal Reproduction
• Companion animals nutrition and feeding CALL 2024/2025
• Veterinary anaesthesia management and monitoring
• Domestic and exotic animal anaesthesia and analgesia
• Cardiovascular disease in small animals

 Innovative teaching methodologies

• Innovative teaching methodologies in veterinary pathology

Translational Medical Research

• Zebrafish as an excellent animal model for rapid detection, evaluation and response to emerging global health threats