Unit of Marine BioTech and Diversity
Lab of a) Molecular Genetics for Environmental and Fishery resources (GenMAP) - b) Marine Biology and Fishery
tel. +a) +39 (0)544 937311-937408 - b) +39 (0)721 802689
fax +a) +39 (0)544 937411- b) +39 (0)721 801654
Group Leader: Dott. Fausto Tinti
E-mail : fausto.tinti@unibo.it
Research in progress :
- From 1999, the Marine Biodiversity & Biotechnology research unit aims to define the micro- and macro-evolutionary processes and environmental factors underlying the biodiversity of marine animals as well as to develop biotechnologies applied to marine fisheries and environment. Research topics include:
- Micro-evolutionary processes and environmental factors related to the genetic and demographic traits of relevant marine fishery resources and endangered species by analysis of the genetic structure of populations (G. Ferrara; A. Cariani; F. Tinti)
- Evolution, systematics and biogeography of the Atlantic-Mediterranean faunas of the family Rajidae (Elasmobranchii) through variation analysis of morphological and molecular traits (A. Cariani, F. Tinti)
- Monitoring and conservation of the biodiversity of Mediterranean elasmobranches by molecular barcoding (A. Cariani)
- Historical changes of the genetic diversity in Mediterranean bluefin tuna by analyzing genetic polymorphism in historical and contemporaneous populations, and relationships with the demographic features (G. Ferrara, PhD thesis' work)
- Assessing population structure and genetic diversity in Mediterranean fishery resource (sole, hake) for traceability of fish and fish products (F. Tinti; A. Cariani)
- Development and use of innovative biotechnologies (DNA microarray) for studying and monitoring species biodiversity of marine ecosystems and of terrestrial microbiological communities relevant for conservation and management of environmental and cultural resources (A. Cariani, PhD thesis' work)
Funding :
- - 2001-2003 - “FAO-Adriamed Research Project (ARP) - Identification of population units in the Adriatic Sea shared stocks by genetic structure analysis”, realizzato nell’ambito della cooperazione per il supporto scientifico alla pesca responsabile ADRIAMED, dall’Università di Bologna (Italia) e dal National Institute of Biology di Ljubljana (Slovenia) e finanziato da FAO-Adriamed (ruolo: coordinamento e responsabilità scientifica del progetto) http://www.faoadriamed.org/html/FishRes/IdentPopulation.asp
- 2004-2006 - Scientific & Technological Research Project (STREP) "Towards DNA chip technology as a standard analytical tool for fisheries and marine ecological research (Fish and Chips)" finanziato nell'ambito del VI Programma EU, sub-priority 1.1.6.3 “Global change and Ecosystems”. GOCE-CT-2003-505491 (ruolo: partner collaboratore alla ricerca) http://www.fish-and-chips.uni-bremen.de/PostNuke/html/
- Consorzio Spinner (ASTER, Fondazione Alma Mater e Sviluppo Italia) e dalla Regione Emilia Romagna nell’ambito del Fondo Sociale Europeo 2004-2005 Progetto SPINNER prot. 454/03: FISH BIOTECH.
- 2006-2007 Progetto “Status of rays populations in the Mediterranean Sea and advice for sustainable exploitation of the stocks”, finanziato nell’ambito del VI Programma EU, Directorate General Fisheries, Conservation policy Management of stocks FISH/2004/03/41
- 2006-2007 Progetto “Evoluzione e biogeografia filogenetica delle faune Atlantico-Orientali di Rajidae (Condroitti)”, finanziato dall’Università di Bologna e dal Dip. Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale “Fondi Canziani”
- 2006-2007 PRIN 2005 “Patterns di variazione spaziale e temporale della biodiversità di tonni del Mediterraneo (Thunnini, Scombridae)”, cofinanziato dal Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca Scientifica, (ruolo: coordinamento e responsabilità scientifica del progetto) http://www.dipartimentobiologia.it/tuning/index_en.htm
- 2006-2007 Progetto Strategico di Ateneo “Risoluzione strutturale e funzionale di consorzi batterici complessi mediante microchip a DNA, MICRO(BI)ARRAY” finanziato dall’Università di Bologna, (ruolo: coordinamento e responsabilità scientifica del progetto), http://glyco.biocomp.unibo.it/
- 2006-2009 Integrated Project “Southern European Seas: Assessing and Modelling Ecosystem Changes (SESAME)”, FP6-Global4-2006, COGE 036949 http://www.sesame-ip.eu/
- 2008-2011 Small or Medium-Sized Research Project "The Structure of Fish Populations and Traceability of Fish and Fish Products (FishPopTrace). EU-FP7 KBBE1 – COGE 212399 https://maritimeaffairs.jrc.ec.europa.eu/web/fishpoptrace
- 2008-2010 Travel Mobility Research Project Italia-Algeria “Développement des biotechnologies moléculaires et genetiques (hors Organismes Genetiquement Modifiés) pour le suivi et la conservation des elasmobranches (requins et raies) en Algérie et en Mediterrannée centrale-ouest, approvato e finanziato nell’ambito del “Premier Protocole Executif Scientifique Et Technologique De L’accord De Cooperation Culturelle, Scientifique Et Technologique Entre La Republique Italienne Et La Republique Algerienne Democratique Et Populaire Pour Les Annees 2006-2009 dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri Italiano
Patents :
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Selected Publications :
- M. Kochzius, M. Nölte, H. Weber, N. Silkenbeumer, S. Hjörleifsdottir, G. O. Hreggvidsson, V. Marteinsson, K. Kappel, S. Planes, F. Tinti, A. Magoulas, E. Garcia Vazquez, C. Turan, C. Hervet, D. C 2008 DNA Microarrays for Identifying Fishes. Marine Biotechnology 10:207-217
- M. Riccardi, F. Guerrini, R. Pistocchi, F. Tinti, L. Boni. 2007 Species-specific probe, based on 18s rDNAsequence, could be used for identification of the mucilage producer microalga Gonyaulax fragilis (Dinophyta). Hydrobiologia 560, 259-263
- L. Rocco, I. Liguori, D. Costagliola, M.A. Morescalchi, F. Tinti, V. Stingo 2007 Molecular and karyological aspects of Batoidea (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchi) phylogeny, Gene 389: 80–86
- F. Garoia, I. Guarniero, D. Grifoni, S. Marzola, F. Tinti 2007 Comparative analysis of AFLP and SSRs efficiency in resolving population genetic structure of Mediterranean Solea vulgaris. Molecular Ecology 16, 1377–1387
- P. Pasolini, D. Costagliola, L. Rocco, F. Tinti 2006 Molecular organisation of 5S rDNAs in Rajidae (Chondrichthyes): structural features and evolution of piscine 5S rRNA genes and nontranscribed intergenic spacers. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 62:564-574.
- Garoia F., Marzola S., Guarniero I., Trentini M., Tinti F. 2005 Isolation of polymorphic DNA microsatellites in the common sole Solea vulgaris. Mol. Ecol. Notes 6:144-146
- A. Piano, S. Franzellitti, F. Tinti, E. Fabbri 2005 Sequencing and expression pattern of inducible heat shock gene products in the European flat oyster, Ostrea edulis. Gene, 361:119-126.
- L. Rocco, D. Costagliola, M. Fiorillo, F. Tinti, V. Stingo 2005 Molecular and chromosomal analysis of ribosomal cistrons in two cartilaginous fish, Taeniura lymma and Raja montagui (Chondrichthyes, Batoidea). Genetica, 123:245 – 253
- Valsecchi E., Pasolini P., Garoia F., Ungaro N., Vacchi M., Sabelli B., Tinti F. 2005 Rapid Miocene - Pliocene dispersal and evolution of Mediterranean rajid fauna as inferred by mitochondrial gene variation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 18:436-446.
- Garoia F., Guarniero I., Ramsak A., Ungaro N., Landi M., Piccinetti C., Mannini P., Tinti F. 2004 Microsatellite DNA variation revealed high levels of gene flow and transboundaries populations in the Adriatic shared stocks of the European squid and cuttlefish (Cephalopoda). Heredity, 93: 166-174,
- Garoia F., Guarniero I., Tinti F. 2003 Polymorphic dinucleotide microsatellites for the Mediterranean angler species (Lophiidae). Mol. Ecol. Notes, 3:294-296.
- Tinti F., Ungaro N., Pasolini P., De Panfilis M., Garoia F., Guarniero I., Sabelli B., Marano G., Piccinetti C. 2003 Development of molecular and morphological markers to improve species-specific monitoring and systematics of Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean skates (Rajiformes). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 288: 149– 165.
- Guarniero I., Franzellitti S., Ungaro N., Tommasini S., Piccinetti C., Tinti F. 2002 Control region haplotype variation in the central Mediterranean common soles (Solea vulgaris) indicates geographical isolation and population structuring in Italian stocks Journal of Fish Biology 60: 1459-1474,
Postgraduate training :
- PhD in Environmental Sciences: conservation and management of natural resources
- Projects for Innovative and High-Technology Companies and Technological Transfer (Spinner)
Collaborations :
National : Marine Biology & Fishery Lab, Dept. Evolutionary & Experimental Biology, University of Bologna
National : Algae Biology and Physiology, Interdept. Centre Research Environmental Sciences, Ravenna, University of Bologna
National : Dept. of Biology, University of Padova (Research Unit of Prof. Patarnello)
National : Dept. of Animal Biology, University of Palermo (Research Unit of Prof. Arculeo)
National : Marine Biology Lab of Bari (Provincial Administration of Bari, Dr. Ungaro)
National : Institute of Research for Marine Resources and Environment - CNR of Mazara del Vallo, Trapani (Dr. Ragonese, Dr. Mazzola)
National : Genomic Research Centre of Fano, University of Modena (Research Unit of Prof. Forabosco) Federcoopesca (Rome, Rimini)
International : FAO-AdriaMed (Termoli, Rome)
International : Centre for Applied Gensensorik (CAG), University of Bremen, Germany (Research Unit of Prof. Blohm)
International : Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Crete, Greece (Research Unit of Dr. Magoulas)
International : Technological & Scientific University Houari-Boumedienne of Algiers, Algeria (Research Unit of Dr. Hemida)
International : Sandgerdi Marine Centre, University of Iceland
International : University of Science and Technology, Norway (Research Unit of Dr. Torkild)
International : CEFAS, Lowestoft (Dr. Jim Ellis, Dr. Nick Dulvy)
International : Shark Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, The World Conservation Union The Shark Trust, London, UK
National : Aquaculture & Ichthyopathology Centre, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cesenatico (Prof. M Trentini, Dr. I. Guarniero)
Links :
MED_SKATE data bank
http://www.med-skate.unibo.it
Ministero Politiche Agricole e Forestali DG Pesca
http://www.politicheagricole.it/PESCA/home.asp
FAO-AdriaMed
http://www.faoadriamed.org/
Progetti Spinner
http://www.spinner.it
Dottorato di Ricerca in Scienze Ambientali
http://dottorato.ambra.unibo.it/
Barcoding of Life - Fishes (FishBoL)
http://www.fishbol.org
Shark Specialist Group - IUCN/SSC
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/organizations/ssg/ssg.htm
Research group :
Fausto Tinti (Research Associate), fausto.tinti@unibo.it
Alessia Cariani (PhD student), alessia.cariani@unibo.it
Giorgia Ferrara (PhD student), giorgia.ferrara@unibo.it
