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Research Institutes

UMIL - Università degli Studi di Milano
Founded in 1923 the University of Milan is a public university that is highly committed to scientific research. It is ranked among the top universities in Italy for its level of research excellence, which is recognized by leading international rankings.
The project involves the participation of three different research groups. The first group, led by Paolo Pesaresi, specializes in barley functional genomics of photosynthesis. The second group, led by Laura Rossini, specializes in barley developmental genetics and genomics approaches. Lastly, the third group, led by David S. Horner, provides bioinformatics expertise and resources to the activities.

ULUND - Lunds Universitet
Lund University was founded in 1666 and is one of the world's top universities.
The project involves the participation of a research group led by Mats Hansson, which has studied barley mutants since 1997 and conducted functional genomics studies on barley genes related to plant architecture and chlorophyll biosynthesis.

UDUS – Heinrich Heine Universitaet Duesseldorf
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf is one of the younger higher education institutions in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia – founded in 1965.
The project involves the participation of two different research groups. The first group, led by Andreas P.M. Weber specialised in the evolution of C3-C4 intermediate and C4 plant species from C3 ancestors and the role of photorespiration in photosynthetic efficiency. The second group, led by Goetz Hensel will provide expertise on barley transformation and gene editing.

UP - Univerzita Palackeho V Olomouci
Palacký University Olomouc (UP) is an internationally respected and scientifically and academically highly productive university in Central Europe. Founded on 22 December 1573, it is the second-oldest university in the Czech Republic.
The project involves the participation of a research group led by Ivo Frébort that will make available laboratories that are fully equipped for routine barley transformation and high-throughput sequencing facility.

CREA - Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria
CREA is the leading Italian research organization dedicated to the agri-food supply chains. it operates as a legal entity under public law, and is supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests (Masaf).
The Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics of Fiorenzuola d’Arda has long-standing expertise in genetic, genomics and molecular biology of crop plants, mainly barley and durum wheat.

UNIPD - Università degli Studi di Padova
The University of Padua is one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious seats of learning.
The project involves the participation of a research group led by Tomas Morosinotto experienced with FLV, VDE, ZE and PSBS proteins' role in the regulation of photosynthesis in different organisms using different physiological and spectroscopic approaches.

UNIVDUN - University of Dundee
The University of Dundee, founded in 1881, has been named the UK’s best for supporting spinout businesses, according to industry-leading analysis.
The project involves the participation of a research group led by Claire Halpin specialised in lignin biosynthesis and associated cell wall biology, particularly in the manipulation of lignin content/composition through transgenic RNAi, heterologous expression, and CRISPR-Cas9 approaches.

JHI - The James Hutton Institute
The James Hutton Institute, created on 1 April 2011, brings together the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (MLURI) and SCRI (Scottish Crop Research Institute), both of which have illustrious histories.
The project involves the participation of two different research groups. The first group, led by Paul Shaw internationally recognized in the development of information systems and biological visualization tools. They will make data available through their Germinate platform, which is recognized and supported by DivSeek International as a ‘thematic hub’ promoting good data handling practices for plant genetic resources collections. JHI also develops commonly used visualization, data collection and analysis tools including Helium, Flapjack and GridScore. The second group, led by Kelly Houston and Robbie Waugh has an internationally recognized reputation in barley research and is leading The International Barley Hub.

Institut Mines-Telecom
IMT has over twenty years of expertise in the development of innovative bio-based materials from sustainable biomass production systems. It has specific laboratory and pilot scale equipment for the development of biopolymer blends and (nano)biocomposite materials.
The Polymers, Composites & Hybrids (PCH) team (Nicolas Le Moigne, Rodolphe Sonnier, Clément Lacoste) and Durability, eco-Materials & structures (DMS) team (Stéphane Corn) will provide their expertise in the processing, microstructural, thermal and mechanical characterization of composites.

UTARTU - Tartu Ulikoo
The University of Tartu is the oldest and largest higher education institution in Estonia and has been the centre of Estonian academic life for almost four centuries. It is ranked in the top 1.2% of the world's universities making it one of the leading universities in Northern Europe.
The project involves the participation of a research group led by Hannes Kollist and Dmitry Yarmolinsky experienced in stomatal regulation in response to abiotic stimuli, such as drought, elevated CO₂, O₃, and illumination conditions.

Companies

Mogu SRL
MOGU develops innovative and sustainable composite materials, following the principle of Circular Economy. MOGU is committed to run its production processes starting from low-value, residual materials, which cannot find other valuable applications in industry. By feeding on the organic matters, and thanks to its design and engineering skills, MOGU collaborates with mycelium to convert a large range of low-value inputs into functional and innovative products, with high added value and unique aesthetics.

SO.G.I.S. Industria Chimica SpA
SOGIS is a big Oleochemical Company with 60-years’ experience in producing chemicals from oils and fats. Extensive experience in green chemistry, circular economy, renewable and biodegradable raw materials. Expertise in production of fatty acids, glycerol, fatty amides, fatty esters and metal soaps. In the last ten years SOGIS has strongly endorsed R&D to get renewable raw materials from sustainable sources.

NORDIC SEED - Nordic Seed AS
Nordic Seed breeds and markets a wide range of varieties within barley, wheat, hybrid rye and pulses. The breeding methods used are both traditional bulk/pedigree breeding and double haploid.

ITB - Consorzio Italbiotec
ITB has long experience in innovation management, supporting the development of businesses in the bioeconomy sector through technical and financial due diligence and analysis of potential markets, helping the strategic positioning of a new product. ITB supports companies in assessing the industrial feasibility by drawing up accurate business and financial plans, completing the economic assessment with an analysis of the social and environmental impact of products and the technologies of a company/project. ITB supports the development of successful communication plans for different target audiences and has strong expertise developing of social studies aimed at collecting strategic information from stakeholders to improve the effectiveness of communication and dissemination activities.

FRD-CODEM - Construction durable et ecomateriaux
FRD-CODEM, with 15 years of experience, develops bio-based materials for various applications, particularly in the building sector. FDR-CODEM has a 240 m² laboratory and a 1.700 m² technical platform for scaling-up and industrialization.

S.I.S. Societa italiana sementi S.P.A.
Società Italiana Sementi is a SME involved in developing new varieties, seed multiplication, and the processing and marketing of innovative products. S.I.S. carries out a continuous activity of evaluation, to choose new varieties adaptable to the Mediterranean area.

KWS LOCHOW GMBH
KWS is one of the four world leading plant breeding companies and has been breeding crops for temperate climates for 150 years. Pre-breeding activities to adapt available breeding material to changing environmental conditions are at the centre of KWS interests.

Usovsko AS
Usovsko is a large agricultural and food company with 850 employees, farming on 15,000 ha of land in northeast Czechia. Usovsko runs the only accredited facility for field testing of GM barley in the EU, established in 2018.

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