Our mission is to explore and exploit the genetic variation underlying the phenotypic diversity occurring in nature, and to make our achievements available to the scientific community and to society. This goal is targeted by multidisciplinary approaches bridging genetics, biochemistry, cell biology and bioinformatics that serve to:
- analyse structural and functional features of genomes
- study evolutionary dynamics of genomes and population genetics
- link genetic diversity with phenotypic variation
- discover the molecular basis of complex traits
- describe, simulate and predict biological processes through algorithms and bioinformatics tools
- characterise, protect and exploit natural resources relevant to agriculture, food and non-food industry
- promote innovation by transferring the results of research to the industry
- disseminate the scientific culture
