Mina Martini

She qualified as Full Professor in 2016
Her SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY is mainly focused on :polygastric animals, characterization of native breeds (Zerasca and Pomarancina sheep, Garfagnina goat and Amiata donkey, physico-chemical, health, technological, nutritional and nutraceutical milk quality. In particular, she is interested in physical-chemical properties of fat from cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat and donkey milks In this field the studies includes the morphometric characteristics of milk fat globules and composition of fat globule membranes.
She is co-autors of 220 publications.
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RESEARCH PROJECTS
PRA 2017-2019 “ Improvement of productive performance of dairy donkey ".
“Use of Amiata Donkey Milk in Allergic and / or Intolerant Children: Nutritional and Hygienic Characteristics for Food Safety" Current Research Projects 2014-2016 (IZS LT 04/14 RC).
“Use of milk from Amiatina Donkey breed in children with allergy to cow's milk proteins: innovative, clinical, nutritional aspects” L.A.B.A.Pro.V. Research Projects on Nutraceuticals 2014-2015 Regione Toscana.
“Updated forage systems for Maremma Toscana dairy production” FOR.CASEO MAREMMA Funding: FEASR.
"The Amiata donkey milk chain: development, technological sustainable innovation and biodiversity conservation" FILAMI project. Funding FEASR.
"Study and optimization of dairy from small ruminants in the province of Livorno" Fondazione CRLivorno 2009
“Chemical, nutritional and health characteristics of cheese produced in the Lucca’s province " Fondazione CRLucca 2008
"The quality of the milk from sheep bred in the province of Lucca: evaluation of nutritional, healthy and technological characteristics " Fondazione CRLucca 2007
"Recovery of the Garfagnina goat population” ARSIA 2007 Funding Institution: ARSIA
“Production from small ruminants with particular impact on human health" PRIN 2007;
“Technological and nutritional quality of sheep and goat milk” PRIN 2005
"Valorization of local products by the study of the most important quality parameters of sheep and goat milk.” PRIN 2001
DOCTORAL PROGRAMS AND EXTRA-EUROPEAN DOCTORAL PROGRAMS: Member of the PhD School of Veterinary Sciences, collaborates with the following non-European PhD programs: Universidade Federal da Paraíba- (Brazil); Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (Brazil); Universidade Federal do Pará/Campus Universitário de Castanhal (Brazil).
YEAR 2017 INTERVENTIONS BY INVITATION:
Lecturer at the Multidisciplinary Conference Nutraceutical and Children "Bringing Health to the Table ". Florence, 28th January 2017; Intervention on the topic donkey milk into a live broadcast "Tutta salute" RAI; Speaker at the Workshop "Farming Innovation and Health of Donkey milk" 71st SISVET Conference; Speaker at the 1st International Symposium on Donkey Science. Dong'e County, CHINA.