PICCIONE Giuseppe

Prof. Giuseppe Piccione is full professor for the scientific disciplinary sector VET02 "Physiology of the domestic animals." Since 2018 he is director of Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Italy.
Prof. Piccione’s attitudes for reseach is evidenced by 755 scientific articles published in national and international journals. At the date of this document, prof Piccione has the following bibliometric indicatora (source: www.scopus.com): n. papers 515, n. citations 8830, h-index 43.
He was: Delegate of the Rector for Research of the University of Messina from 11 June 2024. Member of the Commission of Experts (System Expert) of Evaluation (CEV) for the periodic accreditation of the headquarters and study courses of the University of Verona (2024). Director of the Department of Veterinary Sciences of the University of Messina from 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2021.
He was coordinator of: Degree Course in Veterinary Medicine (LM/42) at the Department of Veterinary Sciences University of Messina (2015-2018); Ph.D. "Applied Animal Experimental Science" (2011-2012); Applied Physiology and Comparative Ethology and Unit, Dept Sci.S.B.A. (2007-2012).
He was member of the College of the Teachers of the PhD Courses with administrative center at University of Messina in: “Veterinary Sciences” (2013-2021); "Experimental and applied Equine Physiology" (2007-2010); "Equine Physiology," (2000-2006). He was board member of Department of Veterinary Sciences of the University of Messina, Italy (2013-2016).
He was Visiting Professor: University of South Carolina Salkehatchie - Circadian Rhythm Laboratory (2010); - Bangladesh Agricoltural University, Faculty of Veterinary Science. Mymensingh (2002).
He was curator of the International Symposium "Biological rhythms in livestock" - Univ. of Messina and Univ. of South Carolina.
Prof. Piccione was a member of: Commission of Evaluation Experts (CEV); the Insurance Management Commission as Research in the Veterinary Science Department; the commission for the study of a federative model between the University of Messina and the University of Reggio Calabria; the area committee 07 - Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences - for the evaluation of University Research Projects (PRA) (2005/200); the faculty joint teaching commission of the academic year 2001/2002 for the academic year 2007/2008. He was the dean's delegate for relations with foreign institutions (2007/2011).
He was referee in the selection of the plans of remarkable national and international interest:
BARD - Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund US-Israel (2021)
The “National Center of Science and Technology Evaluation” for Grant financing, that applies across the Republic of Kazakhstan (2017-2025).
Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund - United States - Israel 2012.
Icelandic Reserch Fund for Graduate Students, Centro Islandese per la Ricerca (RANNIS) nell'anno 2012.
Università degli Studi di Milano nell'ambito della valutazione di progetti di ricerca, anno 2012.
Agenzia Nazionale per la Valutazione del Sistema Universitario e della Ricerca (ANVUR) per la VQR 2004-2010.
Università degli Studi di Padova nell'ambito della valutazione di progetti di ricerca, anno 2010.
Selezione di progetti di rilevante interesse nazionale (PRIN) per gli anni 2003 e 2009.
Comitato di Indirizzo per la Valutazione della Ricerca (CIVIR) - valutazione triennale della Ricerca VTR per l'esercizio 2001-2003.
Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschftlichen Forschung, Austria nell'anno 2003.

In 2002 obtained a funding on a intrauniversitary research program (PRIN 2003) entlitled " Thermo-chronobiology in Livestock"; and he was unit principal investigator on PRIN entitle: Effects of programmed food intake on peripheral oscillators controling the circadian rhythms of some physiological and metabolic parameters in Bovine (2008).
He is scientific responsible of the followings research project:
PRIN 2008: Valutazione di alcune innovazioni per il miglioramento del benessere, dello stato di salute e della qualità produttiva dei ruminanti da latte (inno-lat).
Progetto PON 02-00451-3362185 - Progetto di ricerca INNOVAQUA: innovazione tecnologica a supporto dell'incremento della produttività e della competitività dell'acquacoltura siciliana - Decreto Direttoriale n. 713/Ric del 29/10/2012
Progetto C.U.P. H77G11000080001 IZS SI 09/10 Ritmi circadiani e benessere animale: Studio dei livelli di espressione dei geni orologio nella specie bovina
Progetto C.U.P. H73G13000200001 IZS SI 13/12 Effetti dei contaminanti ambientali rilevati su indicatori biologici di origine animale in territorio siciliano sul genoma di zebrafish.
Progetto C.U.P. H77G17000040001.IZS SI 03/17 Valutazione di alcuni indici di stress correlati al differente tipo di management in bovini affetti da diarrea virale bovina/malattia delle mucose (bvd-md) e theileriosi.
PRA 2001: Performance and chronoperformance of the athlete horse: toward a definition of the "Structure of the performance" of the endurance horse.
PRA 2002: Food intake as temporal signal for the circadian rhythm of some physiological parameters in ruminants
PRA 2003: Oxidative stress in domestic animals: assessment in different physiological conditions
PRA 2004: Influenza dell'orario di somministrazione della razione sull'andamento circadiano di alcuni parametri fisiologici e sull'attività locomotoria nel cavallo.
PRA 2005: Valutazione dell'influenza degli oscillatori periferici sul cronometabolismo circadiano nella pecora.
PRA 2006-07: Influenza del ciclo luce/buio sul ritmo circadiano dell'attività locomotoria e di alcuni parametri fisiologici per la definizione oggettiva di morning type e evening type di alcuni animali domestici.
PRA 2008: Influenza del clima sul ritmo circadiano degli adattamenti metabolici nella bovina a bassa ed elevata produttività.

He is part of the Editorial Board of the following Journal:
Animal Science Letters
Animals
Archives of Anatomy and Physiology
Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
BioMed Research International
Journal of Circadian Rhythms
Journal Life Coastal Medicine
Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
Large Animal Review
Physiology Journal
World Journal of Methodology

Prof. Piccione has been carrying out reviewer’s activity for many national and international journals.
He collaborate with the following Institutions:
- Circadian Rhythm Laboratory, Boise State University, Idaho
- Neuroscience Institute Morehouse School of Medicines, Atlanta, Georgia
- Department of Biology, University of Virginia
- Department of Biology of the University of the Studies of Ferrara
- Department of Physiology, McGill University Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias de la U.N.L Santa Fe, Argentina.
Curator of the Italian version of the textbook "Duke's physiology of domestic animals" (M.J. Swenson and W.O. Reece), Idelson-Gnocchi ED., Napoli 2002.
He has been a part of the committee of representation of the Athenaeum of Messina in the signature of the "Memorandum of Understanding” with the Bangladesh Agricultural University of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

He was relator, on invitation, in the following specialist seminars:
- "The circadian rhythms; formal, functional and adaptive aspects" in Days of study on the "Temporal rhythms in domestic animals" organized from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Messina;
- "Practical applications of chronobiology in livestock" in the international Symposium "Biological rhythms in livestock]" in Messina;
- "Biological rhythms in livestock," cycle of seminars for students and graduates of the Faculty of Veterinary Science of Bangladesh Agricultural of University Mymensingh, Bangladesh;
- "Physioclimatology and thermochronobiolgy of livestock" at Bangladesh Research Institute of Dhaka, Bangladesh.