Andrea Criscione

Fixed-term Assistant Professor (RTDB) of Livestock systems, animal breeding and genetics [AGRI-09/A]
Membership Section: Animal Production

Fixed-term Assistant Professor (RTDB) of Livestock systems, animal breeding and genetics [AGRI-09/A] and holder of the teaching "Genetic Improvement in Zootechnics" at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Di3A) of the University of Catania since 1/June/2022. In 2007 he obtained a PhD in "Livestock Production in the Mediterranean Basin", from the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, 2004 he qualified to practice the profession of Agronomist and Forestry Doctor and in 2001 obtained a master's degree with honours in Agricultural Sciences from University of Catania. His scientific training was also developed at the University of Life Sciences (UMB) of Aas (Oslo, Norway) during his PhD. Collaboration with the University of Catania has developed through scholarships and scientific collaboration grants. He was a contract professor of "General Zootechnics" (A.A. 2010-11) and of "Animal Production Systems" (A.A. 2015-16). He has participated in national and international conferences and projects of local and national interest. As his scientific production shows, he has developed several collaborations with researchers affiliated with various Italian and foreign universities. His research concerns the application of biotechnologies for the genetic characterization of livestock species using NGS technologies and the study of products of animal origin using a proteomic approach. He has developed excellent bioinformatics skills for the management of molecular data, the coordination of research groups, the planning of experimental projects and the drafting of scientific manuscripts. He obtained the national scientific qualification (associate professor) in sector 07/G1 (Animal sciences and technologies - 2019-2028). He is a member of the Association for Animal Sciences and Production (ASPA) and of the national scientific committees "Technologies and Applications of Genomics" and "Phenomics in animals of zootechnical interest". He is an associate academic editor at the "Animal Genetics and Genomics" section of the journal "Animals" (MDPI publisher). He is an associate academic editor in the "Livestock Genomics" section of the journals "Frontiers in Genetics" and "Frontiers in Veterinary Science" (Frontiers publisher). 

Last edit: 05/10/2024

VIEW THE COURSES FROM THE A.Y. 2022/2023 TO THE PRESENT

h-index (Scopus, January 2025): 21

citations (Scopus, January 2025): 1,103

His research concerns the application of omic technologies to study livestock species' biodiversity. The activity includes collecting biological samples, their laboratory processing and the statistical processing of molecular data characterizing the species Bovine, Swine, Sheep, Goat, Poultry, Horse and Donkey. In particular, he has developed considerable experience in the bioinformatic approach for next-generation sequencing data processing, aimed at studying the genomic diversity of livestock breeds with limited diffusion.

The scientific topics addressed mainly concern genetics, genomics and proteomics applied to the improvement of livestock species:

Detection of selection signatures; genome-wide investigation of ROH and ROHet; genome-wide diversity population studies; genomic traceability; genotype-feeding interaction; study of genetic diversity through proteomic approach.