About: University of Padova
The University of Padova is an Italian university located in the city of Padova and is the largest university in the Veneto region, with its 32 departments. Founded in 1222, it is one of the earliest universities in the world and the second oldest in Italy.
Its motto, “Universa Universis Patavina Libertas” (Liberty of Padua, universally and for all), emphasizes the freedom of thought in both study and teaching.
The university is an important node of ELIXIR Italy due to it’s multi-decennial expertise in bioinformatics spread across multiple departments and laboratories.
About: ELIXIR-IT: University of Padova
The local ELIXIR node is composed by selected departments of the University of Padova as well as the Neuroscience Institute of the National Research Council.
Current university departments and laboratories participating in ELIXIR Italy are:
- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health
- Department of Biology
- Department of Biomedical Sciences
- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science
- Department of Information Engineering
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Molecular Medicine
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences
- Department of Physics and Astronomy