Title:  Domestication, migration and diversification of fruit traits in major Solanaceae crops

Speaker: Dr. Giovanni Giuliano, Research Director, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development

Date:  May 24, 2024 9:30 am

Dr. Giovanni Giuliano

He graduated at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa and did postdoctoral studies at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the University of Pennsylvania. He is presently Research Director at ENEA (the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development).

He received the 2016 award in Biological Sciences and their applications by the Italian Academy of Sciences, and chaired the 2018 Gordon Conference on Carotenoids.

His main research interests are plant photomorphogenesis, carotenoid biosynthesis and metabolic engineering, genomics and metabolomics. He has co-authored >120 papers.

Selected References：

Genome sequence and analysis of the tuber crop potato. (2011)Nature, 475,189-95.

The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution. (2012)Nature, 485, 635-641.

Pepper variome reveals the history and key loci associated with fruit domestication and diversification.（2022） Mol Plant, 15(11) 1744-1758.

He has received 25 Italian and 15 EU research grants. He is presently coordinating an effort to build GRACE, a large European research infrastructure on plant genetic resources.

Recent Research Grants：

2015-2018: EU, H2020: “Traditional tomato varieties and cultural practices: a case for agricultural diversification with impact on food security and health of European population (TRADITOM)".

2016-2021: EU H2020: “Linking genetic resources, genomes and phenotypes of Solanaceous crops (G2P-SOL)” (CO).

2018-2021: EU, H2020: “Developing Multipurpose Nicotiana Crops for Molecular Farming using New Plant Breeding Techniques (NEWCOTIANA)”.