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ARACNE's partners recognize the significance of sharing knowledge and research outcomes.Discover the results of current studies and research efforts made by the partners, including scientific articles.

ARACNE partners also contribute articles to popular media, supported by members that are more active in engaging with the public, such as museums and associations.

Dissemination
Agrarian Biodiversity: the Vivaro's centuries-old mulberry trees to be saved
April 17, 2023
Vita in Campagna: a machine designed to facilitate silkworm rearing

December 31, 2023
The Silkworm - History, Culture, Tradition and Science

January 2024
Vita in Campagna: the Italian Silk Road narrated by municipal emblems

January 31, 2024
Umniverzum journal: Centuries-old mulberry trees: a living monument to sericulture in Slovenia.

UMniverzum, No. 20 p. 14-17
National geographic journal: The unwinding of the Slovenian silk thread

Slovenija. May 18, 2023 No. 5 p. 50-71
Σηροτροφία Sericulture

Skarlatos Dendos
Pianeta PSR: A Golden Thread Crossing Europe: Towards the European Cultural Silk Route, Certified by the Council of Europe

Silvia Cappellozza, Gabriella Ricciardi, Angela Nazzaruolo 
Presentation of Textile Samples at the Exhibition Titled "Silkworms – History, Culture, Tradition, and Science"

Tekstilec, 2024, vol. 67 (Priloga 1) - p.38-40
Sericulture and Applications in Science, Technology, and Art

Cotsen Textile Traces Study Center, proceedings of the [re]Think Silk Colloquium 2024 - Selected Papers
Guide on practical aspects of sericulture

Skarlatos Dendos
Vita in Campagna:In Montefiore dell’Aso, Preserving the "Ascoli" silkworm strain

December, 2025
Mattia Benedetti, Gianni Fila
Vita in Campagna:In Orgosolo, the Only Artisanal Silk Production Chain in Sardinia

June, 2025
Mattia Benedetti, Gianni Fila
El mundo de la Seda

Ilustraciones, fotografífías y textos de Ana Rut Caravaca Fernández.
Revisión y diseño de maquetación realizado por Ana Pagán Bernabeu y Ana Rut Caravaca Fernández.
Editado por el Institituto Murciano de Investitigación y Desarrollo Agrario y Medioambiental (IMIDA).

ENG Version | IT Version | FR Version | SLO Version | GR Version | GEO Version | BUL Version
El maravilloso mundo de la Seda. La vida de Bombyx mori

Ilustraciones, fotografífías y textos de Ana Rut Caravaca Fernández.
Revisión y diseño de maquetación realizado por Ana Pagán Bernabeu y Ana Rut Caravaca Fernández.
Editado por el Institituto Murciano de Investitigación y Desarrollo Agrario y Medioambiental (IMIDA)

ENG Version | IT Version | FR Version | SLO Version | GR Version | GEO Version 
Coleccion fotografica de los fondos historicos de la Estacion Sericicola de Murcia (1892-1976)

2026
Marta Sánchez Alcaraz,
Pedro Jesús Fernández Ruiz, José Luis Cenis Anadón,
Ana Pagán Bernabeu
The Aracne project is approaching its conclusion

Dr. Silvia Cappellozza
Silk Report, No. 88, January 2026, pp. 16–18

Scientific publications
The Darker the Better: identification of Chemotype profile in Soroses of local and introduced mulberry varieties with respect to the colour type
Andreja Urbanek Krajnc; Jan Senekovič; Silvia Cappellozza; Maja Mikulic-Petkovsek
Population Genetic Studies of Silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) and Phylogenetic Relationships

Teodora Atanasova Staykova; Panomir Ivanov Tzenov
The role of BACSA in sericulture regeneration in Europe and Central Asia

Panomir Tzenov; Silvia Cappellozza; Alessio Saviane
The ARACNE project: Advocating the Role of silk Art and Cultural heritage at National and European level

Saviane Alessio; Fila Gianni; Cappellozza Silvia
The silk niche production in Italy

Saviane Alessio; Paglia Graziella; Dalla Montà Antonella; Cappellozza Silvia
Labor Saving Technology for Silkworm Rearing In Bulgaria

Panomir Tzenov; Krasimira Avramova; Dimitar Grekov
Composition of Proteins and Phenolics in the Leaves of Different Mulberry Species (Morus alba L., M. alba × rubra, M. australis Poir., M. nigra L.).

Špela Jelen; Andreja Urbanek Krajnc
Phytochemical characterisation of the soroses of the old local mulberry genotypes and reintroduction of moriculture in Slovenia with the aim of different uses in agriculture

Andreja Urbanek Krajnc; Jan Senekovič; Špela Jelen; Martin Kozmos; Johannes Rabensteiner; Maja Mikulič Petkovšek; Gregor Osterc
The Silkworm - History, Culture, Tradition and Science

Texts: Enzo Moretto; Silvia Cappellozza;
Laura Salandin; Alessio Saviane; edited by Gianni Fila; Silvia Cappellozza
Development of a textile sheet mask design for facial care based on a 3D face model of an average woman

Andreja Rudolf, Sonja Šterman, Andrej Cupar
Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: The Role and Contribution of CREA (Italy) within the National Program RGV-FAO

Patrizia Vaccino, Maurizio Antonetti, Carlotta Balconi, Andrea Brandolini, Silvia Cappellozza, Angelo Raffaele Caputo, Andrea Carboni, Marco Caruso, Andrea Copetta, Giovanbattista de Dato et al.
Copper Sulfate Elicitation Effect on Biomass Production, Phenolic Compounds Accumulation, and Antioxidant Activity of Morus nigra L. Stem Node Culture

Jan Senekovič, Špela Jelen, Andreja Urbanek Krajnc
Local Climate and Cultivation Practice Shape Total Protein and Phenolic Content of Mulberry (Morus sp.) Leaves in Sub-Mediterranean and Sub-Pannonian Regions of Slovenia

Texts: Špela Jelen, Martin Kozmos, Jan Senekovič, Danijel Ivajnšič, Silvia Cappellozza ,Andreja Urbanek Krajnc
In Vivo Efficacy of a Nanoconjugated Glycopeptide Antibiotic in Silkworm Larvae Infected by Staphylococcus aureus. Insects 2024, 15, 886

Montali, A.; Berini, F.; Gamberoni, F.; Armenia, I.; Saviane, A.; Cappellozza, S.; Gornati, R.; Bernardini, G.; Marinelli, F.; Tettamanti, G.
Lecture: The European Silk Route Revival Project (ARACNE)

Japan Silk Foundation
Silk Industry Promotion Department, Speakers: Silvia Cappellozza, Alessio Saviane, Interpreter: Toshikazu Ichinose
Old European Silkworm Breeds Reared in Early-20th-Century Bulgaria and Their Potential Use in Modern Sericulture

Panomir Tzenov, Dimitar Grekov and Velislav Iliev
Multiomics analysis ofthe Silkworm cocoon shell

Panagiota Fragkou, Ioannis Martakos, Georgia Rouni, Demetrios Vasilakos, Evangelos Koutsoukos, Alessio Saviane, Silvia Cappellozza, Nikolaos S. Thomaidis, Marios G. Kostakis, Martina Samiotaki, Sotiris Kotsiantis, Mariana Barcenas, Skarlatos G. Dedos
Tangible evolutional dynamics of silkworm’s introduction in Europe

Panagiota Fragkou, Claudio Zanier & Skarlatos G. Dedos
The Caucasian Sericulture Station: Its Foundation and Historical Significance

Emil Avdaliani
The Silk Road in Georgia: According to the Historical and Archaeological Materials

Lortkipanidze Besik and Nikoloz Murghulia
Inventory of historical local mulberry trees

Andreja Urbanek Krajnc
Colourimetric characterization of naturally-coloured cocoons in a silkworm germplasm collection

Gianni Fila, Massimo Gardiman, Alessio Saviane, Chiara Pavanello and Silvia Cappellozza
Catalogue of Mulberry Varieties

Andreja Urbanek Krajnc, Gianni Fila, Ana Pagan, Panomir Tzenov, José Cenis, Silvia Cappellozza.
Catalogue of silkworm strains

Luca Tassoni and Silvia Cappellozza.
"CULTUSERI" 2025 - Traditional Knowledge on silk good practices exploitation for cultural, creative industries and touristic aims

BACSA and ARACNE Project
Inventario. Objetos patrimoniales de la Estacion Sericicola de Murcia (1892-1976)

2025, Marta Sánchez Alcaraz
Francisco Javier López Andreu Manuel Erena Arrabal
Ana Pagán Bernabeu
Salvador D. Aznar Cervantes
Silk Narrative Catalogue

Various partners of the ARACNE Project
Choline Chloride-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents for Efficient Polyphenol Extraction from White Mulberry (Morus alba)

Molecules 2026, 31, 1193, Kaja Gliha, Manja Kurecic , Drago Kocar and Mitja Kolar
World-Wide Silk Web: The Padua Sericulture Station and the International Circulation of Techno-Entomology (1869-1900)

Barbara di Gennaro Splendore