It deals with Translational Medicine and Biotechnology.

Services:

• Animal Facility

• Biobank

• Bioinformatics

• Flow Cytometry

• Molecular Interactions

• Advanced Microscopy

• Clinical research

Areas of interest:

• Use of primary human cells to study mechanisms of differentiation and regeneration of tissues for research purposes.

• Genomic and post-genomic research in pathologies with high welfare impact (neoplastic, cardiovascular, and neurodegenerative diseases).

• Preclinical testing using in vitro and in vivo (animal models) systems, collecting and saving human cells for regenerating and/or pharmacological approaches.

• Life Science

• Medicine

• Biotech

Scientific Director: Paola Rizzo

Address: via Fossato di Mortara 70 – Ferrara

Phone +39 0532 455855

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IN4 is dedicated to the technological transfer of innovative solutions and technological services to companies of the different sectors of industry, manufacturing, services and smart cities, not only in the regional area, but also at the national and international level.

Its expertise areas work in a synergic way, functional to the horizontal structure of industrial products and processes.

Areas of Interest:

• Mechanics and Thermo-fluid dynamics for advanced manufacturing

• Advanced maintenance

• Noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) for manufacturing and building

• Materials (metallic, polymeric, composite) and surface engineering

• Fluid machinery for industry and energy systems

• Energy conversion, distribution and storage systems

• ICT for Industry 4.0

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)

• Industrial automation, robotics, supervision and sustainable control

• Radiofrequency and microwave electronics

• Networks of communication, localisation and monitoring

Services:

In the above areas of interest, IN4 offers customised collaborations and services to companies, operating with industrial timing and modalities:

• Commissioned and collaborative industrial research

• Partnership in EU, national, and regional research projects

• Tests in an industrial or laboratory environment

• Personnel training and technology transfer

• Management tools: development of skills and services

Scientific Director: Michele Pinelli

Phone: +39 328 8606259

Website

Offices:

• c/o Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Via Saragat, 1 – Blocco A, 44122 Ferrara

• c/o CenTec – Via Guercino 47, 44042 Cento (FE)

TekneHub is one of the industrial research laboratories of Ferrara’s Technopole with specialization in the fields of intervention on existing built heritage, advanced relief and integrated diagnostics, digitization of the supply chain, the technology of ceramic and metallic materials, diagnostics of works of art, integrated high-efficiency building-plant systems, sustainable use of environmental and hydrogeological resources, sanitisation of highly sterile environments, industrial product design and product and service development in a User Centred Design, Inclusive Design, Human-Machine Interface and User Experience approach.

Areas of expertise

• Existing built heritage

• Digital humanities

• Digitalisation

• Energy

• Environment

• Sustainable development

• Health and well-being

• Materials

• Inclusive design

• Social innovation

• Value management

Scientific Director: Marcello Balzani

Coordinator: Fabiana Raco

Address: Via Saragat, 13 – 44122 Ferrara

Tel. + 39 0532 293601

e-mail: bzm@unife.it – rcafbn@unife.it

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Circular economy aims at reducing the production-consumption system of both virgin material and energy inputs and waste and emission outputs (physical throughput) through the application of material cycles and renewable-based energy cascades. The scope is to reduce waste management and emission control costs together with risks from environmental legislation, as well as to innovate new product design and market opportunities for business.

Within this context, Terra&Acqua Tech’s mission is to develop environmentally sustainable approaches for farms and industries. This mission is accomplished by integrating chemistry, engineering, biology, and physics knowledge. Through this multidisciplinary approach,Terra&Acqua Tech develops innovative tools, technologies, methodologies and know-how for:

• characterization, protection and environmental remediation

• waste valorization

• enhancement and preservation of ecosystems and natural resources

• mitigation of the effects of anthropogenic activities.

• increasing the environmental sustainability of the industrial agriculture and fisher sectors

• environmental restoration and waste management

• renewable energy

• greenhouse gas reduction

Terra&Acqua Tech’s multidisciplinary team is organized into 8 units:

• U1 Water quality and treatment

• U2 Water resources, environmental geochemistry and geomaterials

• U3 Water systems management and sanitary engineering

• U4 Metallurgy, corrosion and polymeric materials

• U5 Chemical innovative strategies for agri-environment development

• U6 Monitoring and sustainable management of agricultural and aquatic ecosystems

• U7 Recovery and sustainable valorization of biomass

• U8 Sensor and Semiconductor Laboratory

Areas of expertise:

• Agriculture, farms and zootechnics

• Aquaculture and fishing

• Renewable energies

• Water treatments and water distribution networks

• Health and wellness

Services for companies:

• Chemical and microbiological analysis

• Environmental monitoring (abiotic and biotic matrix)

• Ecosystem services

• Product certifications for the pharmaceutical and chemical industry

• Studies for the DOP and IGP certification of products of the agri-food chain

• Recovery of added-value compound from biomass, residues or waste

• Remediation of contaminated sites

• Development of new green products and new eco-sustainable processes

• Studies and development of technologies for the protection of the sea and of the coast, for fishing and aquaculture, for agriculture, for the environment and renewable energies

• Management of water distribution networks, characterization and monitoring of consumption

• Study of wastewater treatment plants and sanitation of water and the environment

• Synthesis of new substances and materials

• Mechanical and metallurgical tests, characterization to evaluate corrosion resistance

• Construction of pilot plants on a laboratory scale.

• Chemometrics and process optimization

• Quality control

• Feasibility studies

Scientific Director: Luisa Pasti

The lab has many offices, connected to each unit and research group.

Phone: +39 0532 455346

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CNR STEMS was founded on 1 Oct. 2020 merging the Istituto Motori, Naples (1940), the Institute for Research on Combustion, Naples (1968) and the Institute for Earth-Moving Machinery and Off-Road Vehicles (2002) which incorporated two formerly existing institutes: CEMOTER (Ferrara) and IMA (Torino), with experimental premises in Candiolo (TO) and Vezzolano (AT).

The mission of the Institute is to provide effective answers to the challenges related to climate, energy and mobility. These closely related issues must be addressed with a holistic approach concerning their implications for citizens and for society as a whole. 

STEMS can also play a connecting role towards the national, regional production system and it can operate as a supplier, trainer, catalyst and “disseminator” of knowledge and

innovation.

CNR STEMS-FE is the Ferrara branch of the Institute, which mainly carries out innovative and industrial research on the engineering of vehicles and systems, precision farming,

nanotechnologies and advanced sensors, with a perspective

of sustainability in a broad sense.

Services:

• Development of propulsion systems and power transmission architectures in mobile applications;

• Mechatronics, unstructured robotics and autonomous vehicles;

• Development of advanced control systems for the automatic management of machines, machine clusters and work cycles;

• Computational and experimental analysis of fluid power components and systems;

• Vibro-acoustics optimisation and noise and vibration control;

• Development and application of traditional and innovative materials;

• Development of technologies for sustainable agriculture;

• Certification and testing of mobile machines and standardization activities;

• Life Cycle Assessment of products/processes.

Areas of expertise:

• Mechanical Engineering

• Electronics Engineering

• Automation Engineering

• Environmental Engineering

• ICT

• Acoustics and Vibration

• Materials Science

• Agronomy

Responsible: Francesca Pedrielli

Via Canal Bianco, 28 – 44124 Ferrara, Italy

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The Consorzio Futuro in Ricerca (CFR) is a non-profit organisation, with public and private participation, whose main objectives are the promotion, development and valorisation of human, scientific, technological and economic resources in the Ferrara area.

The mission of the Consortium is to promote and support research, innovation and technology transfer, acting as a privileged interlocutor for Universities, Research Centres, Public Bodies, Industrial Enterprises, in Italy and abroad, by promoting the meeting between the generators of know-how, industrial organisations and the world of work.

Areas of expertise:

• Promotion of pre-competitive research and technology transfer aimed at industrial application

• EU, national and regional funding and the coordination of activities relevant to the different types of intervention

• Coordination and organisation of national and international scientific events, post-graduate Masters, advanced training courses and CME (Continuing Medical Education) events for doctors and health professionals.

 Services:

• Collaborative and ad-hoc industrial research

• Partnership in EU, national and regional research projects

• Test and measurements at the customers' premises or onsite in the laboratory facilities

• Technology transfer

Scientific Director: Stefania Corsi

Headquarter: Via Saragat, 1 – Blocco B – 1° Piano – 44122 Ferrara

Phone: 0532-762404

Email: cfr@unife.it

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