Soraya Mousavi

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Soraya Mousavi
Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources
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Nutrheff Thematic
Agronomic technology, Biomolecular technologies (enzymatic, biochemical, molecular biology)

Research Interest and expertise in the field of nutraceuticals and functional food
-Genomic and transcriptomic studies of genes and regulatory elements involved in important metabolic pathways, -Identifying functional markers and QTLs by genetic mapping, -Studying the phenotypic plasticity of bioactive compounds under different environments, -Metabolomics of a wide collection of genotypes,

Keywords: Candidate genes, gene expression, transcriptomics, QTL mapping, bioactive compounds

Nutraceuticals and foods of interest
Olive oil and olive fruit

Fields of application
genetics and genomics, molecular breeding, genetic diversity, marker-assisted selection, crop improvement, plant breeding, metabolomics

Facilities and equipments
A database of molecular profiles of over 4,000 olive tree genotypes and phenotypic data and digital images of about 200 varieties. A biochemical database of phenols, squalene, sterols, tocopherols, and fatty acids of more than 150 olive cultivars. A cross-population progeny and their genetic map. A database of transcriptomics of different olive cultivars involved in important metabolic pathways.