News and events

THE UNIPV TEAM WELCOMES Dr. HANEN EL ABED FROM UNIVERSITY OF SFAX – INTENSE SCIENTIFIC DISCUSSIONS ONGOING IN VIEW OF THE FINAL MEETING
Dr. Hanen El Abed, together with Dr. Andrea Pagano and Dr. Conrado Duenas, will work on the complex data generated from both bench- and field-based

JOINT WORKSHOP OF THE PRIMA PROJECTS BENEFIT-Med, PROSIT AND SIRAM – 24th October 2025 – SYNERGIES IN THE PRIMA NETWORKS!
The three projects share the results of the experimental activities carried out in a three-years frame during the Workshop “Root of Resilience: Microbial and Plant

BENEFIT-Med FINAL MEETING IS COMING SOON
THE CONSORTIUM WILL MEET IN PAVIA ON OCTOBER 22nd-23rd, 2025 TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT RESULTS AND OVERALL PERFORMANCE The Teams from Italy, France, Portugal, Germany,

BENEFIT-Med LECTURES: INVITED SPEAKER PROF. DIEGO RUBIALES (CSIC-SPAIN) SHARED HIS UPDATED VISION OF RESEARCH ADVANCES IN LEGUME BREEDING FOR DISEASE TRAITS, WITH FOCUS ON NEGLECTED SPECIES
The BENEFIT-Med Consortium attended the seminar titled: “Breeding orphan legumes adapted to Mediterranean rainfed farming systems“, held on June 2nd, 2025, together with many young

MINI-SYMPOSIUM “LEARNING WITH SEEDS – BASIC, TRANSLATIONAL & APPLIED SCIENCE”, A TRAINING INITIATIVE OF THE UNIPV-TEAM FOR BACHELOR, MASTER AND PHD STUDENTS
The Mini-Symposium was designed with idea to provide young students and PhD students an “hands-on” opportunity to train in soft skills, communication and dissemination. Each

BENEFIT-Med AT THE AAB CONFERENCE “LEGUMES IN SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 3”
The BPI Team has participated to the Conference “Legumes in Science and Practice 3” organized by the Association of Applied Biologists – AAB, held on

BUILDING THE MED-HUB DATABASE: THE BENEFIT-MED LEGACY
UNIPV welcomes Fifonsi Fafa-Amegnihe from the INRAE Team coordinated by Loїc Rajjou. She is working with energy and enthusiam to assembling the BENEFIT-Med data provided

STRENGTHENING THE BENEFIT-MED NETWORK: PhD STUDENTS FROM SFAX TO PAVIA
UNIPV welcomes the PhD students Hamida Barhoumi and Sawsen Hnichir from the University of Sfax. They will spend a two-months stage in Pavia to establish

The UFAS1 Team (Algeria) on its way to the field to monitor the germination status of orphan legumes
The monitoring performed by the UFAS1 Team involves assessing the state of germination in the experimental area by recording detailed measurements at each growth stage
