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MATTIA CECCHINATO

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Position

Professore Ordinario

Address

VIALE DELL'UNIVERSITÀ, 16 - LEGNARO PD

Telephone

0498272968

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

October 2013: De Facto member of the European College of Poultry Veterinary Science
June 2005: “Doctor in Philosophy” (PhD) in “Epidemiology and Zoonosis Control” University of Bologna;
July 2001: Doctor in Veterinary Medicine (DVM) - Veterinary Medicine Faculty, University of Padua.
WORK EXPERIENCE
- March 2021 -Present: Full Professor, University of Padua;
- January 2018 - March 2021: Associate Professor, University of Padua;
- March 2006- December 2017: Researcher at University of Padua.

MAJOR RESEARCH/PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

Avian diseases of poultry and game birds. Epidemiology and pathology studies of viral disease of birds using serology, virology, histology and molecular techniques. In particular infections due to viruses belonging to Paramixoviridae and Coronaviridae. In details: epidemiological studies in poultry farms and in wild birds; molecular characterisation of Italian Avian Metapneumovirus (AMPV) and Infectious Bronchitis virus (IBV) strains; development of new molecular tests for AMPV and IBV diagnosis; prophylaxis of AMPV and IBV infections, in particular field and experimental studies on AMPV vaccine reversion to virulence. Furthermore management and control measures of emerging diseases such as Avian Influenza and West Nile diseases.


SCIENTIFIC DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS
- Houghton Trust Lecture – 2019 - international award given to young researchers who have significantly contributed to research in the field of avian pathology - WVPAC, Bangkok, Thailand .

PATENT
March 2017 - Italy patent number 102017000031092 - Method for predicting cross-protection between Infectious Bronchitis strains - Inventors= M. Cecchinato and G. Franzo.

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) OF 4 RESEARCH PROJECTs (RP) FUNDED BY COMPETITIVE GRANT
PI of 31 RPs Funded by companies or Institution

PARTECIPANT in other 13 RPs: founded by UE (1), Italian Ministry of Health (1); Ministry of Education, University and Research (1); Veneto Region (1); University of Padova (5), University of Bologna (4), Fondazione Cariverona (1).

SPEAKER at 25 international meetings (11 as invited speaker), 8 national meetings (4 as invited speaker), and 15 technical meetings for poultry company or for veterinaries.

2019 to date - President of the SIPA - Italian Section of the “World Veterinary Poultry Association”.
- From 2013 to today - member of the Board of Professors of the Doctoral Course in Veterinary Sciences of the University of Padua and from 2021 to date Coordinator of the Doctoral Course.

AUTHOR and CO-AUTHOR of about 260 PUBLICATIONS including papers in international referees journals, papers and abstracts published in the proceeding of conferences.
Number of papers published= 85; H index= 18 ; Citations= 967 (scopus)

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Publications

- Felice V., Franzo G., Catelli E., Di Francesco A., Bonci M., Cecchinato M., Mescolini G., Giovanardi D., Pesente P. Lupini C. Genome sequence analysis of a distinctive Italian Infectious Bursal Disease virus. Poultry Science, in press. doi: 10.3382/ps/pex278.
- Tucciarone C.M., Franzo G., Berto G., Drigo M., Ramon G., Koutoulis K.C., Catelli E., Cecchinato M. Evaluation of 793/B-like and Mass-like vaccine strain kinetics in experimental and field conditions by real-time RT-PCR quantification. Poultry Science, in press. doi: 10.3382/ps/pex292.
- Tucciarone C.M., Andreopoulou M., Franzo G., Prentza Z., Chaligiannis I., Cecchinato M., 2017. First Identification and Molecular Characterization of Avian metapneumovirus Subtype B from Chickens in Greece.Avian Diseases, 61(3):409-413.
- Listorti V., Laconi A., Catelli E., Cecchinato M., Lupini C., Naylor C.J., 2017. Identification of IBV QX vaccine markers: Should vaccine acceptance by authorities require similar identifications for all live IBV vaccines? Vaccine, 35:5531–5534.
- Franzo G., Massi P., Tucciarone C.M., Barbieri I., Tosi G., Fiorentini L., Ciccozzi M., Lavazza A., Cecchinato M., Moreno A., 2017. Think globally, act locally: Phylodynamic reconstruction of infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) QX genotype (GI-19 lineage) reveals different population dynamics and spreading patterns when evaluated on different epidemiological scales. PLoS One, 12(9):e0184401. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184401. eCollection 2017.
- Franzo G., Tucciarone C.M., Cecchinato M., Drigo M., 2017. Reconciling individual and population levels of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus evolution. Virologica Sinica, 32(4):342-345.
- Franzo G., Tucciarone C.M., Cecchinato M., Drigo M., 2017. Canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV-2) and Feline panleukopenia virus (FPV) codon bias analysis reveals a progressive adaptation to the new niche after the host jump. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 114:82-92. All. 4
- Franzo G., Tucciarone C.M., Drigo M., Cecchinato M., Enache M., Bejan V., 2017. Infectious bronchitis virus in Romanian broiler farms. Veterinary record, 180(23):574.
- Franzo G., Tucciarone C.M., Enache M., Bejan V., Ramon G., Koutoulis K.C., Cecchinato M., 2017. First Report of Avian Metapneumovirus Subtype B Field Strain in a Romanian Broiler Flock During an Outbreak of Respiratory Disease. Avian Diseases, 61(2):250-254. All. 5
- Torres C.A., Listorti V., Lupini C., Franzo G., Drigo M., Catelli E., Brandão P.E., Cecchinato M., 2017. Gamma and Deltacoronaviruses in quail and pheasants from Northern Italy. Poultry Science, 96(3):717-722.
- Dalle Zotte A., Tasoniero G., Puolanne E., Remignon H., Cecchinato M., Catelli E., Cullere M., 2017. Effect of "wooden breast" appearance on poultry meat quality, histological traits, and lesions characterization. Czech Journal of Animal Science, 62(2): 51-57.
- Moreno A., Franzo G., Massi P., Tosi G., Blanco A., Antilles N., Biarnes M., Majó N., Nofrarías M., Dolz R., Lelli D., Sozzi E., Lavazza A., Cecchinato M., 2017. A novel variant of the infectious bronchitis virus resulting from recombination events in Italy and Spain. Avian Pathology, 46(1):28-35.
- Franzo G., Tucciarone C.M., Cecchinato M., Drigo M., 2016. Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) evolution before and after the vaccination introduction: A large scale epidemiological study. Scientific Report, 6:39458.