Born in Cordova (Andalusia), Elena Pulido is a biologist who has built a pioneer garden center, where inoculated trees produce truffles in its roots. She distributes different autochthonous tree species to farms from all over Spain. These farms are reforested thanks to these trees which are able to produce truffles, a coveted fungus for foodies, […]
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Montserrat Arista, research to preserve endangered plant species
Montserrat Arista is a biologist and a specialist in plant reproduction systems. Her interest for plant research was awaked by one of her professors at the university. She is currently a member of the Plant Biology and Ecology Department of the University of Seville and leads the General Research Service of the Herbarium of this […]
Felipe Cortés, international prestige for studying cells which repair DNA
Born in Seville, Felipe Cortés has ‘won’ two million euros. But it wasn’t just luck, rather the result of a brilliant science career in the field of biology. Now, he is a Head Scientist at the Spanish Centre for Scientific Research at the Andalusian Centre for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (Cabimer). He was distinguished […]
Pedro Medina, a researcher who studies genes to fight cancer was one of our finalists in 2014
Pedro Medina is a biologist that has just received the BIAL Award one of the most prestigious awards of scientific research in the area of health in Europe. From the Genomics and Oncology Research Centre at the “Health Science and Technology Park” in Granada he fights against cancer through genetic investigation. This defender of the […]