Research

From brewery to pharmaceuticals: yeast transforms into a “factory” for compounds

A team of scientists from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, in collaboration with researchers from Japan, China, Switzerland and Italy, has developed an innovative method to quickly produce and analyse a wide range of macrocyclic peptides — molecules increasingly used in modern medicine. The research, published in Nature Communications, utilises common brewer’s yeast, transforming billions of these microorganisms into tiny fluorescent factories, each capable of producing a unique peptide with potential therapeutic applications.

Bridging Time and Technology: the DIGITALIA Project Brings Cultural Heritage into the Future

DIGITALIA is a cutting-edge European project coordinated by Istanbul University and supported by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, which proposes innovative digital solutions for the management of cultural heritage that ensure sustainability and responsiveness to contemporary challenges.

The Future of Syria: Beyond Sanctions to the Hurdles of Reconstruction – 'Marie Curie' Fellow Antea Enna’s Multidimensional View

On 14 May, Donald Trump announced the potential lifting of economic sanctions against Syria, followed by a similar decision from the European Union. Immediately afterwards, he met Ahmed al-Sharaa (al-Julani), the post-Assad Syrian leader. But is the civil war in Syria truly over? We discussed this with Antea Enna, a scholar of conflict dynamics in the Levant and a Marie Curie fellow.

First machine learning model developed to calculate the volume of all glaciers on Earth

 An international study led by Ca’ Foscari researchers aims to become a benchmark for future glacier melt projections.

5 reasons (+1) why you should apply for a Marie Curie at Ca’ Foscari

A ‘Marie Curie’ can change your life. Ca' Foscari is among the most sought-after European host institutions and boasts the largest Italian community of alumni and alumnae of this research “Erasmus”. The call for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships is open until  10 September, 2025. Don't miss the Infoday on 27 May, 2025. 

Transforming winemaking waste into resources using microalgae: Ca’ Foscari's innovation for a more sustainable wine industry

Transforming winery waste and residues into valuable resources? Research at Ca’ Foscari University continues to explore this possibility. Thanks to a technology developed by Cristina Cavinato and Paolina Scarponi from the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, it will soon be possible to recover value from the lees generated during the winemaking process, converting them into energy and biomass. The patent, already registered in the United States and Europe, is set to provide wine producers with tangible economic and environmental benefits.

Returns, Readmissions, and CPRs: Preliminary Results from the MORE Project Presented at the European Parliament

The preliminary results of the MORE project were presented on 26 March at the European Parliament. The analysis also covered the CPRs themselves. On 10 April, the lecture ‘Inferno CPR’ [ITA] will address the living and detention conditions of migrants in these centres, focusing particularly on physical and mental health as well the internal functioning of the CPR system. The lecture will be open to the public. 

Medieval Italy between history and environment

Searching for links between climate variability, human influences and changing settlement patterns, a Marie Curie project has integrated historical texts and data from lake sediments in central Italy in the early Middle Ages.

Universities, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: The Time4UNIchange Project

Universities today face the challenges of a rapidly changing world. No longer solely places of education and research, academic institutions are being called upon to become hubs of innovation and active connectors within their regional ecosystems. It is in this context that Time4UNIchange was born—a project funded by the Erasmus+ programme aiming to rethink the role of universities, encouraging them to become increasingly open, entrepreneurial, and engaged both locally and globally.