For almost 10 years he has been working in the Bioinformatics division at the Group of Marine Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology within the IAMC (IRBIM since September 2018) CNR of Messina, developing Unix pipeline for the genomic and metagenomic analysis of numerous samples, assembling dozens of Halobacteria class genomes, with their annotation of genes and submission in the genome database on the NCBI portal. He has excellent computer skills, as well as thirty years of experience in the installation, configuration and optimization of major operating systems (Windows, Macintosh, Linux/Unix) and programming languages. In October 2021 its H-Index is 14, its i10-index 17, with over 700 citations.
The research activities of the Institute are carried out in the context of research, development and innovation projects, both national and international, based on regional funding programs (POR FEAMPA - Regional Operational Program of the European Maritime Affairs Fisheries Fund and Aquaculture and POR FESR - Regional Operational Program of the European Regional Development Fund) or ministerial (PRIN - Projects of relevant national interest, PNRA - National Research Program in Antarctica, PO FEAMPA - National Operational Program European Maritime Affairs Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund) , programs for European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg), direct funding programs of the European Commission (Horizon2020 and Horizon Europe, Life, JPI - Joint Programming Initiatives, ERA-NET Cofund) and thematic collaboration initiatives managed by international organizations such as, for example , the FAO - GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean). The Institute also develops funded projects in the context of collaborations with private companies in the sectors of the blue economy as well as technology transfer and research results. Research projects, mainly of a collaborative nature, are developed through a wide network of partners that include major Italian and foreign research institutions and universities.
