Michele Morgante#
| Membership Number: | 4757 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2018 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.appliedgenomics.org |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1990 - 1992 Research Fellow in Agricultural Genetics of the "V.V. Landi" Foundation of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- 1992 - 1994 Postdoctoral Scientist at Agricultural Products Department - Biotechnology Research, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, DE
- 1994 - 2000 Tenured Assistant Professor, Genetics, at the Dipartimento di Produzione Vegetale e Tecnologie Agrarie, University of Udine, Italy
- 1998 - 2002 Senior Scientist, Agricultural Products Department - Biotechnology Research, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, DE
- 2000 - 2005 Associate Professor, Plant Genetics, at the Dipartimento di Produzione Vegetale e Tecnologie Agrarie, University of Udine, Italy (part-time appointment until 11/2002)
- 2005 - current Full Professor, Genetics, Università di Udine
- 2006 - current Scientific Director, Istituto di Genomica Applicata, Parco Scientifico Luigi Danieli, Udine
- 2008 - 2013 Vice-Rector for Research and Technology Transfer, Università di Udine
- 2015 - 2017 President, Società Italiana di Genetica Agraria
Fields of Scholarship
- Transposable elements and their role in regulating gene expression
- Genome evolution
- New breeding technologies
- Structural and functional genomics
- Variation of gene regulation
- Epigenetic variation
Honours and Awards
- 2011 European Research Council Advanced Grant "NOVABREED: Novel variation in plant breeding and the plant pan-genomes"
- 2007 Elected Member, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, corresponding member
- 2005 Medal for Physical and Natural Sciences, Accademia delle Scienze detta dei XL
- 2003 DuPont Young Professor Award
