Manuel Espinosa, a fascination for bacteria that promotes scientific spreading

Manuel Espinosa

Bacteria are his specialty, both the good ones and the bad ones. Manuel Espinosa is a CSIC researcher and the current deputy director of the Zaidín Experimental Station, located in Granada. His work is focused on the relationship between plants and bacteria. One of his goals is finding new therapeutic targets to combat infections. He […]

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Sonia Osorio, trying to improve crops to face climate change

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When she finished her degree in Chemistry she decided to do a thesis. It was then when Sonia Osorio discovered Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Genetics. Currently, her research is focused on finding high quality fruits and is also a teacher at the University of Málaga. She will coordinate the European project ‘Goodberry’ between 2016 and […]

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BrioAgro, underground sensors send instant information about crop requirements to your mobile

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The crop-monitoring system created by BrioAgro Technologies, a business in the city of Mairena del Alcor in Seville, directed by José Luis Bustos, aims to “give farmers maximum control over the quality of their products and minimise their losses”. The sensors placed below ground measure a certain area of farmland and test key information such […]

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