Del 19 al 21 de mayo se celebra en Sala Triunfo de la Universidad de Granada el Simposio Internacional de Nuevos Medios y Realidad Socio Cultural en la Creación Audiovisual Contemporánea, que organiza el Departamento de Historia del Arte de la UGR y el Grupo de Investigación HUM736.
Se adjunta tríptico con la presentación y el programa completo del congreso.
La UGR organiza un concierto de dos coros del prestigioso y antiguo «College of William and Mary» de EE UU
El próximo lunes, 19 de mayo, actúan en la Basílica de San Juan de Dios dos destacados coros norteamericanos, en un acto organizado pro la Cátedra Manuel de Falla de la Universidad de Granada, que dirige Joaquín López González. Se trata de dos grupos corales que provienen del prestigioso y antiguo College of William and Mary(estado de Virginia) y se encuentran de gira por España y Marruecos. En el concierto participará como artista invitado el prestigioso organista Thomas Marshall.
Las voces del Coro Manuel de Falla de la UGR se unirán, por último, a las de los coros invitados para interpretar dos obras del repertorio español, en este concierto de entrada gratuita, limitada al aforo de la Basílica, que se celebrará a las 20.30 horas.
Fundado en 1693, el College of William y Mary, de la universidad pública ubicada en Williamsburg, Virginia, ha desempeñado un papel importante en la historia estadounidense desde la época colonial. Entre sus graduados, William y Mary cuenta con presidentes de los EEUU como Thomas Jefferson y James Monroe. Uno de los primeros rectores honorarios de la universidad fue George Washington, y Benjamin Franklin fue el primero recibir un título honorario de la universidad.
El director de The Choir of the College of William and Mary será James Armstrong, Jr.; mientras que del The College of William and Mary Botetourt Chamber Singers, estará a cargo de la directora Jamie Bartlett. Cuentan, además, con el organista Thomas Marshall como artista invitado.
Se da la circunstancia de que el coro del William and Mary College celebra este los 85 años de canto coral en la universidad (la segunda más antigua de los EEUU). Los miembros del coro tienen entre 18 y 22 años y cursan una gran variedad de disciplinas académicas. Regularmente el coro da conciertos en los EEUU y en el extranjero y ha cantado frente a la Reina Elizabeth II muchas veces (recientemente, en la primavera de 2007). El coro universitario también ha tenido el honor de ser escogido como uno de cuatro coros invitados para cantar con la banda Marina de los EEUU durante el concierto inaugural del Presidente en las escaleras del Capitolio en Washington, D.C. en el invierno de 1997.
En el verano de 1999, el coro emprendió una gira de tres semanas de Italia, Austria, la Republica Czechosolvak y Hungría. Asimismo ha grabado un doble disco de Carmina Burana de Carl Orff y otro que incluye obras de J.S. Bach, Adolphus Hailstork, Michael Haydn, Orlando Gibbons, Georgy Sviridov, Virgil Thomson, Undine Moore, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Leos Janacek, Einojuhani Rautavaara y Johannes Brahms. En 2004, el coro grabó la Pasión según San Juan de J. S. Bach junto con The Public Musick, un grupo de instrumentos de época; y en el marzo 2008 participó en una grabación del oratorio de Hadyn Die Schöpfung con instrumentos de época y solistas profesionales.
Coro de cámara Botetourt de William y Mary
El coro de los cantores de cámara Botetourt fue fundado en 1974 por el Dr. Frank T. Lendrim. Inicialmente el grupo fue una parte del Coro de William y Mary, pero ahora existe como una entidad aparte y afirma lo mejor del talento vocal de la universidad – algunos de estos estudiantes también realizan sus estudios académicos en música. Los Botetourt, bajo la dirección de la directora Jamie C. Bartlett, participan en importantes eventos patrocinados por el colegio de William y Mary. En 2005 y 2007 fueron escogidos para cantar durante la conferencia de la asociación de profesores de música en Virginia. En el verano de 2005 realizaron su primera gira internacional durante la cual cantaron en Rumania, Hungría, Croacia y Eslovenia.
El grupo canta una gran variedad de literatura musical que incluye canciones del renacimiento a la música contemporánea, y también su repertorio incluye un concierto completo de jazz y estándares Broadway. El invierno pasado, grabaron un disco de música de Navidad titulado, Todo el corazón mío se alegra esta noche.
Convocatoria:
Acto: Concierto de los coros William y Mary College, el Coro de Cámara de William y Mary y Coro Manuel de Falla de la UGR.
Lugar: Basílica de San Juan de Dios.
Fecha: 19 de mayo de 2008.
Hora: 20.30 h.
Entrada: libre, sujeta al aforo de la sala.
Organiza: Cátedra Manuel de Falla. Dirección del Centro de Cultura Contemporánea. Vicerrectorado de Extensión Universitaria y Cooperación al Desarrollo. Universidad de Granada.
Referencia: Profesor Joaquín López González. Director de la Cátedra Manuel de Falla. Universidad de Granada. Tlf: 958 246373. Correo electrónico: jologon@ugr.es
La UGR a vista de pájaro en el Día de Internet con Agui y Lutxo
Con motivo de la celebración del Día de Internet, la Universidad de Granada ofrece una página web donde se integran un mapa interactivo y una presentación animada en flash. La animación muestra los recursos tecnológicos que ofrece la Universidad de Granada a la comunidad universitaria.
El mapa interactivo incluye fotos de las diferentes escuelas y facultades de la Universidad de Granada y se accede al mismo desde la página principal de la UGR. Esta animación flash explica de una forma sencilla y directa a los futuros alumnos de la UGR los servicios tecnológicos que ésta pone a su disposición. Para ello unos personajes animados que con un lenguaje cercano y juvenil explican de forma breve y eficaz las características básicas de estos recursos.
Según explica José Luis Verdegay, catedrático de Ciencias de la Computación e Inteligencia Artificial y delegado del Rector para Tecnologías de la Comunicación la Universidad de Granada, ofrece a la sociedad en el Día de Internet una propuesta innovadora que se mantendrá y desarrollará activamente como fórmula de acercamiento de la institución académica a través de la Red.
Agui y Lutxo son los encargados de guiar por el mapa electrónico de la Universidad de Granada, y han sido concebidos a partir de la propia imagen de la Universidad de Granada, transformando el águila bicéfala en dos águilas con un estilo cartoon convencional. Los personajes han sido creados por José Antonio Bautista, diseñador gráfico y multimedia del Centro de Enseñanzas Virtuales (CEVUG), que es también autor del concepto y desarrollo del proyecto.
Referencia:
José Luis Verdegay, catedrático de Ciencias de la Computación e Inteligencia Artificial; delegado del Rector para Tecnología de la Comunicación.
Telf. 958 24 10 00 ext. 20222.
Correo electrónico: verdegay@decsai.ugr.es
José Antonio Bautista, diseñador gráfico y multimedia, CEVUG.
Telf.: 958 24 09 74
Correo electrónico: jab@ugr.es
Acto de graduación de la primera promoción de Comunicación Audiovisual de la UGR
La primera promoción de la titulación de Comunicación Audiovisual (2006-2008) de la Universidad de Granada celebrará mañana sábado, 17 de mayo, la tradicional ceremonia de graduación, en la que también participarán los alumnos de la titulación de Documentación. El acto, que tendrá lugar en dicha Facultad a las 12 horas, estará presidido por el vicerrector del Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud, Ignacio Molina Pineda de las Infantas, y la decana de la Facultad de Comunicación y Documentación, Josefina Vilchez Pardo.
Programa:
Bienvenida.
– Apertura del Acto: Ignacio Molina Pineda de las Infantas, Vicerrector del Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud.
– Intervención de la Decana de la Facultad de Comunicación y Documentación: Josefina Vilchez Pardo.
– Lectura de la Memoria Fin de Carrera de Documentación: Cristina Domínguez Iglesias.
– Lectura de la Memoria Fin de Carrera de Comunicación Audiovisual: Javier Vílchez Luzón.
– Intervención de los Padrinos de Promoción: Carmen Gálvez Martínez (Documentación), Marisa García Arias (Comunicación Audiovisual), Alfonso Gil Bracero (Comunicación Audiovisual).
– Imposición de Becas.
– Lectura del Compromiso Profesional: Eva Toro Periñán (Documentación), Sara García Mendoza (Comunicación Audiovisual).
– Clausura del Acto: Ignacio Molina Pineda de las Infantas, Vicerrector del Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud.
– Coro de la Facultad de Ciencias.
– Copa de Vino.
Convocactoria:
DÍA: Sábado, 17 de mayo.
HORA: 12 horas.
LUGAR: Salón de Actos de la Facultad de Comunicación y Documentación (Campus de Cartuja).
A new analysis method allows to find out the sex of the baby from the second month of pregnancy
– A new analysis method allows to find out the sex of the baby from the second month of pregnancy
The spin off of the University of Granada Lorgen, in collaboration with the Foetal Medicine Unit of the Maternity Hospital Virgen de las Nieves of Granada, has managed to develop a genetic trial that identifies the sex of the foetus from the eighth week of pregnancy separating the DNA found in the plasma of the pregnant woman.
This new finding has been tested through a clinical trial in 120 pregnant women, under the coordination Dr Sebastián Manzanares (Foetal Medicine Unit of the Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital). The method’s effectiveness rate is above 98%. Although the test can be carried out from the sixth week of pregnancy, the reliability of the technique is much higher from the eighth.
The technique is based on the fact that, during pregnancy, between 3.4 and 6.2% of the total DNA free in mother plasma has a foetal origin. Therefore, a simple peripheral blood sample is enough for the study, which opens new possibilities in the field of non-invasive prenatal diagnosis.
With all these privacy guarantees, the mother can carry out the extraction directly through a simple method, send it to Lorgen and receive the results 48 hours later.
Diagnosis of monogenic diseases
This new process, apart from saving the parents the wait until the forth or fifth month of pregnancy to find out the sex of their future baby, involves a great scientific progress with important medical applications; especially in the diagnosis of monogenic diseases related to X chromosome, such as haemophilia or Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In these cases, the possibility of determining the sex of the baby as soon as possible, would avoid the processes of invasive prenatal diagnosis such as amniocentesis, chorionic villus biopsy or cordcentesis, which involve a danger for the life of the foetus.
Genetic research and molecular biology
The research work has been sponsored by the Foundation for Biosanitary Research of Eastern Andalusia Alejandro Otero (FIBAO).
Lorgen GP is a pioneer company in the field of genetic research and molecular biology created as spin off of the University of Granada by Professor José Antonio Lorente Acosta, director of the Laboratory of Genetic Identification of the UGR.
Lorgen is one of the business initiatives sponsored by the investment holding of Granada Lider and made up by 24 businessmen and 2 financial entities (CajaGranada and Caja Rural de Granada).
Reference: Lorgen GP. Business Innovation Center – BIC/CEEI. Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud. Avda. Innovación, 1. Armilla, Granada (Spain). Tel. 958 750 604. E-mail. info@lorgen.com.
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Researchers decipher fruit tree genome
– Researchers decipher fruit tree genome
A scientific group of the Universities of Illinois (USA), Georgia (USA), Hawaii (USA) and Nakai (China), among others, have deciphered for the first time fruit genomic sequence, in this case papaya (Carica papaya), according to the cover of the last issue of the prestigious journal Nature. One of the researchers is a scientist assigned to the group of Molecular Genetics of the Department of Genetics of the University of Granada.
This new advance involves, after sequencing other plants genomes such as the sample species in biological research Arabidopsis thaliana, rice, poplar and vine, the fifth vegetal genome sequenced up to now, and the first one from a fruit tree. Besides, the authors have used in their analysis the SunUp transgenic variety, virus ringspot resistant (which represents a serious threat for this species), which means that this has been the first transgenic organism to be sequenced.
Rafael Navajas Perez, researcher of the Department of Genetics of the University of Granada, is part of the team made up by more than 85 scientists who have participated in this research supervised by doctors Ray Ming (University of Illinois), Andrew H. Paterson (University of Georgia) and Maqsudul Alam (University of Hawaii).
Papaya is a very important crop in great part of Latin America and the USA owing to its nutritional benefits and medical applications, and provides an annual income of about 130 million dollars only in the state of Hawaii. In Europe, this crop is experiencing a boom, and Spain, and specifically the Tropical Coast of Granada, is an important producer as a consequence of the particular climatic conditions of the area.
Apart from the relevant commercial implications, due to its position in the tree of life and the recent discovering of sexual chromosomes in its genome, Carica papaya is an excellent study model to answer a series of interesting questions related to the evolutionary history of flower plants.
From this discovery, the researchers have already identified that its genome contains fewer genes than that of the Arabidopsis (a small annual herb), in spite of being three times bigger than it. According to the researcher from Granada, the lack of recent phenomenon of gene duplication, frequent in angiosperms genomes, can be behind of this observation. Despite this, it has been detected a significant increase in the number of genes related to arboreal development, the deposition and removal of starch reserves, the attraction of agents responsible for spreading the seeds and the adaptation to the length of the day in a tropical climate.
Experts predict that this new genome will offer numerous advantages as a reference system for comparative genomics with other fruit trees, and will be the basis to study morphological, physiological, medicinal and nutritional properties of other plants belonging to the order of the Brassicales, where papaya is included, which includes economically important crops such as cabbage, cauliflower, whitewash brush, mustard or turnip. Likewise, they expect papaya to be a reference organism for the study of the evolution of sexual chromosomes in plants.
Dr Navajas Perez, who at present is working on the sequencing of the determinant region of the sex in the sexual chromosomes of papaya and whose research career has been focused on different aspects of plants sexual determination, intends, in a near future, to implement a research work in the UGR directed to sex early diagnosis in vegetal species of economic interest for Andalusia, as well as for the study of other molecular aspects of sex Biology in plants.
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Scientists decipher fruit tree genome for the first time
– Scientists decipher fruit tree genome for the first time
A scientific group of the Universities of Illinois (USA), Georgia (USA), Hawaii (USA) and Nakai (China), among others, have deciphered for the first time fruit genomic sequence, in this case papaya (Carica papaya), according to the cover of the last issue of the prestigious journal Nature. One of the researchers is a scientist assigned to the group of Molecular Genetics of the Department of Genetics of the University of Granada
This new advance involves, after sequencing other plants genomes such as the sample species in biological research Arabidopsis thaliana, rice, poplar and vine, the fifth vegetal genome sequenced up to now, and the first one from a fruit tree. Besides, the authors have used in their analysis the SunUp transgenic variety, virus ringspot resistant (which represents a serious threat for this species), which means that this has been the first transgenic organism to be sequenced.
Rafael Navajas Prez, researcher of the Department of Genetics of the University of Granada, is part of the team made up by more than 85 scientists who have participated in this research supervised by doctors Ray Ming (University of Illinois), Andrew H. Paterson (University of Georgia) and Maqsudul Alam (University of Hawaii).
Papaya is a very important crop in great part of Latin America and the USA owing to its nutritional benefits and medical applications, and provides an annual income of about 130 million dollars only in the state of Hawaii. In Europe, this crop is experiencing a boom, and Spain, and specifically the Tropical Coast of Granada, is an important producer as a consequence of the particular climatic conditions of the area.
A model to research
Apart from the relevant commercial implications, due to its position in the tree of life and the recent discovering of sexual chromosomes in its genome, Carica papaya is an excellent study model to answer a series of interesting questions related to the evolutionary history of flower plants. From this discovery, the researchers have already identified that its genome contains fewer genes than that of the Arabidopsis (a small annual herb), in spite of being three times bigger than it. According to the researcher from Granada, the lack of recent phenomenon of gene duplication, frequent in angiosperms genomes, can be behind of this observation. Despite this, it has been detected a significant increase in the number of genes related to arboreal development, the deposition and removal of starch reserves, the attraction of agents responsible for spreading the seeds and the adaptation to the length of the day in a tropical climate.
Other important crops
Experts predict that this new genome will offer numerous advantages as a reference system for comparative genomics with other fruit trees, and will be the basis to study morphological, physiological, medicinal and nutritional properties of other plants belonging to the order of the Brassicales, where papaya is included, which includes economically important crops such as cabbage, cauliflower, whitewash brush, mustard or turnip. Likewise, they expect papaya to be a reference organism for the study of the evolution of sexual chromosomes in plants.
Dr Navajas Prez, who at present is working on the sequencing of the determinant region of the sex in the sexual chromosomes of papaya and whose research career has been focused on different aspects of plants sexual determination, intends, in a near future, to implement a research work in the UGR directed to sex early diagnosis in vegetal species of economic interest for Andalusia, as well as for the study of other molecular aspects of sex Biology in plants.
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Reference: Rafael Navajas Prez. Department of Genetics of the University of Granada.
Post-Doctoral Fulbright Researcher at the University of Georgia, Athens (GA, USA).
Tlf. Number: (706) 254-5245
E-mail:rnavajas@uga.edu
Further information in: http://www.ugr.es/~rnavajas http://www.plantgenome.uga.edu
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A New Analysis Method Can Determine The Sex Of The Baby From The Second Month Of Pregnancy
– A New Analysis Method Can Determine The Sex Of The Baby From The Second Month Of Pregnancy.
The spin off of the University of Granada Lorgen, in collaboration with the Foetal Medicine Unit of the Maternity Hospital Virgen de las Nieves of Granada, has managed to develop a genetic trial that identifies the sex of the foetus from the eighth week of pregnancy separating the DNA found in the plasma of the pregnant woman.
This new finding has been tested through a clinical trial in 120 pregnant women, under the coordination Dr Sebastián Manzanares (Foetal Medicine Unit of the Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital). The methods effectiveness rate is above 98%. Although the test can be carried out from the sixth week of pregnancy, the reliability of the technique is much higher from the eighth. The technique is based on the fact that, during pregnancy, between 3.4 and 6.2% of the total DNA free in mother plasma has a foetal origin. Therefore, a simple peripheral blood sample is enough for the study, which opens new possibilities in the field of non-invasive prenatal diagnosis. With all these privacy guarantees, the mother can carry out the extraction directly through a simple method, send it to Lorgen and receive the results 48 hours later.
Diagnosis of monogenic diseases
This new process, apart from saving the parents the wait until the forth or fifth month of pregnancy to find out the sex of their future baby, involves a great scientific progress with important medical applications; especially in the diagnosis of monogenic diseases related to X chromosome, such as haemophilia or Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In these cases, the possibility of determining the sex of the baby as soon as possible, would avoid the processes of invasive prenatal diagnosis such as amniocentesis, chorionic villus biopsy or cordcentesis, which involve a danger for the life of the foetus.
Genetic research and molecular biology
The research work has been sponsored by the Foundation for Biosanitary Research of Eastern Andalusia Alejandro Otero (FIBAO).
Lorgen GP is a pioneer company in the field of genetic research and molecular biology created as spin off of the University of Granada by Professor José Antonio Lorente Acosta, director of the Laboratory of Genetic Identification of the UGR.
Lorgen is one of the business initiatives sponsored by the investment holding of Granada Lider and made up by 24 businessmen and 2 financial entities (CajaGranada and Caja Rural de Granada).
UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA – COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
Secretariado de Comunicación – Universidad de Granada
Hospital Real – Cuesta del Hospicio s/n
http://www.ugr.es
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Scientists decipher fruit tree genome for the first time
– Scientists decipher fruit tree genome for the first time.
A scientific group of the Universities of Illinois (USA), Georgia (USA), Hawaii (USA) and Nakai (China), among others, have deciphered for the first time fruit genomic sequence, in this case papaya (Carica papaya), according to the cover of the last issue of the prestigious journal Nature. One of the researchers is a scientist assigned to the group of Molecular Genetics of the Department of Genetics of the University of Granada.
This new advance involves, after sequencing other plants’ genomes such as the sample species in biological research Arabidopsis thaliana, rice, poplar and vine, the fifth vegetal genome sequenced up to now, and the first one from a fruit tree. Besides, the authors have used in their analysis the SunUp transgenic variety, virus ringspot resistant (which represents a serious threat for this species), which means that this has been the first transgenic organism to be sequenced.
Rafael Navajas Pérez, researcher of the Department of Genetics of the University of Granada, is part of the team made up by more than 85 scientists who have participated in this research supervised by doctors Ray Ming (University of Illinois), Andrew H. Paterson (University of Georgia) and Maqsudul Alam (University of Hawaii).
Papaya is a very important crop in great part of Latin America and the USA owing to its nutritional benefits and medical applications, and provides an annual income of about 130 million dollars only in the state of Hawaii. In Europe, this crop is experiencing a boom, and Spain, and specifically the Tropical Coast of Granada, is an important producer as a consequence of the particular climatic conditions of the area.
A model to research
Apart from the relevant commercial implications, due to its position in the tree of life and the recent discovering of sexual chromosomes in its genome, Carica papaya is an excellent study model to answer a series of interesting questions related to the evolutionary history of flower plants. From this discovery, the researchers have already identified that its genome contains fewer genes than that of the Arabidopsis (a small annual herb), in spite of being three times bigger than it. According to the researcher from Granada, the lack of recent phenomenon of gene duplication, frequent in angiosperms genomes, can be behind of this observation. Despite this, it has been detected a significant increase in the number of genes related to arboreal development, the deposition and removal of starch reserves, the attraction of agents responsible for spreading the seeds and the adaptation to the length of the day in a tropical climate.
Other important crops
Experts predict that this new genome will offer numerous advantages as a reference system for comparative genomics with other fruit trees, and will be the basis to study morphological, physiological, medicinal and nutritional properties of other plants belonging to the order of the Brassicales, where papaya is included, which includes economically important crops such as cabbage, cauliflower, whitewash brush, mustard or turnip. Likewise, they expect papaya to be a reference organism for the study of the evolution of sexual chromosomes in plants.
Dr Navajas Pérez, who at present is working on the sequencing of the determinant region of the sex in the sexual chromosomes of papaya and whose research career has been focused on different aspects of plants’ sexual determination, intends, in a near future, to implement a research work in the UGR directed to sex early diagnosis in vegetal species of economic interest for Andalusia, as well as for the study of other molecular aspects of sex Biology in plants.
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Scientists decipher fruit tree genome for the first time
– Scientists decipher fruit tree genome for the first time.
A scientific group of the Universities of Illinois (USA), Georgia (USA), Hawaii (USA) and Nakai (China), among others, have deciphered for the first time fruit genomic sequence, in this case papaya (Carica papaya), according to the cover of the last issue of the prestigious journal Nature. One of the researchers is a scientist assigned to the group of Molecular Genetics of the Department of Genetics of the University of Granada.
This new advance involves, after sequencing other plants’ genomes such as the sample species in biological research Arabidopsis thaliana, rice, poplar and vine, the fifth vegetal genome sequenced up to now, and the first one from a fruit tree. Besides, the authors have used in their analysis the SunUp transgenic variety, virus ringspot resistant (which represents a serious threat for this species), which means that this has been the first transgenic organism to be sequenced.
Rafael Navajas Pérez, researcher of the Department of Genetics of the University of Granada, is part of the team made up by more than 85 scientists who have participated in this research supervised by doctors Ray Ming (University of Illinois), Andrew H. Paterson (University of Georgia) and Maqsudul Alam (University of Hawaii).
Papaya is a very important crop in great part of Latin America and the USA owing to its nutritional benefits and medical applications, and provides an annual income of about 130 million dollars only in the state of Hawaii. In Europe, this crop is experiencing a boom, and Spain, and specifically the Tropical Coast of Granada, is an important producer as a consequence of the particular climatic conditions of the area.
A model to research
Apart from the relevant commercial implications, due to its position in the tree of life and the recent discovering of sexual chromosomes in its genome, Carica papaya is an excellent study model to answer a series of interesting questions related to the evolutionary history of flower plants. From this discovery, the researchers have already identified that its genome contains fewer genes than that of the Arabidopsis (a small annual herb), in spite of being three times bigger than it. According to the researcher from Granada, the lack of recent phenomenon of gene duplication, frequent in angiosperms genomes, can be behind of this observation. Despite this, it has been detected a significant increase in the number of genes related to arboreal development, the deposition and removal of starch reserves, the attraction of agents responsible for spreading the seeds and the adaptation to the length of the day in a tropical climate.
Other important crops
Experts predict that this new genome will offer numerous advantages as a reference system for comparative genomics with other fruit trees, and will be the basis to study morphological, physiological, medicinal and nutritional properties of other plants belonging to the order of the Brassicales, where papaya is included, which includes economically important crops such as cabbage, cauliflower, whitewash brush, mustard or turnip. Likewise, they expect papaya to be a reference organism for the study of the evolution of sexual chromosomes in plants.
Dr Navajas Pérez, who at present is working on the sequencing of the determinant region of the sex in the sexual chromosomes of papaya and whose research career has been focused on different aspects of plants’ sexual determination, intends, in a near future, to implement a research work in the UGR directed to sex early diagnosis in vegetal species of economic interest for Andalusia, as well as for the study of other molecular aspects of sex Biology in plants.
Reference
Rafael Navajas Pérez.
Department of Genetics of the University of Granada.
Post-Doctoral Fulbright Researcher at the University of Georgia, Athens (GA, USA).
Tlf. Number: +17062545245
E-mail: rnavajas@uga.edu
Further information in: http://www.ugr.es/~rnavajashttp://www.plantgenome.uga.edu
Sólo el 10% de las farmacias españolas realiza atención farmacéutica
– Sólo el 10% de las farmacias españolas realiza atención farmacéutica
La atención farmacéutica (AF) en nuestro país es aún un proceso inmaduro, ya que su nivel de implantación en algunas comunidades autónomas se sitúa entre el 5 y el 10 por ciento. Esta situación permite aunar esfuerzos para difundir el conocimiento de la AF e incrementar su implantación en las farmacias españolas.
Así lo demuestra el estudio titulado ‘La atención farmacéutica: Perspectiva de médicos, farmacéuticos y pacientes’, avalado por la Fundación Pharmaceutical Care y que ha contado con el apoyo de Laboratorios Cinfa.
El trabajo ha sido desarrollado dentro del Máster de Atención
Farmacéutica de la Universidad de Granada por Lucía Arroyo, Maite Puche y Regina Ramos, farmacéuticas comunitarias en Oviedo, Petrer (Alicante) y Málaga, y por Joan Carles March, profesor de la Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública (EASP).
Difusión de la AF entre todos los sectores de la sociedad
El objetivo de este grupo investigador ha consistido en analizar la implantación y el conocimiento que se tiene de la atención farmacéutica en varias regiones españolas, con el fin de poder desarrollar distintas estrategias de comunicación que repercutan en la difusión de la atención farmacéutica, para reforzar las valoraciones positivas por parte del paciente, incrementar el reducido conocimiento entre los médicos y fomentar la implicación de los farmacéuticos.
Tal y como indican los resultados del trabajo realizado en Asturias, Comunidad Valenciana y Andalucía, hay una diferencia muy clara al comparar la satisfacción, conocimiento y expectativas de los usuarios de las farmacias que reciben atención farmacéutica con los que no la reciben. Para aquellos que la reciben de forma habitual, el farmacéutico es un profesional sanitario que participa activamente en los problemas de salud de sus pacientes haciéndose responsable de su medicación.
Valoraciones positivas por parte del paciente
Aquellos pacientes que sí reciben atención farmacéutica, perciben a su farmacéutico como un profesional que se preocupa por su salud, se involucra, aconseja y les transmite confianza.
Por su parte, aquellos usuarios que no reciben atención farmacéutica no ven al farmacéutico como un profesional de la salud, sino como la persona que les da los medicamentos, pero sin involucrarse ni con la enfermedad ni con el paciente. Aun así, reconocen que los farmacéuticos son los primeros a los que acuden cuando se encuentran mal, si lo que tienen son síntomas menores.
Ambos grupos de pacientes opinan que sería beneficiosa una colaboración más estrecha entre farmacéuticos y médicos de Atención Primaria.
Estrechar la relación entre los profesionales sanitarios
Los médicos entrevistados para este estudio dicen no conocer qué es la atención farmacéutica. Además, no tienen una valoración positiva del farmacéutico, al no considerarlo, salvo algunas excepciones, un profesional sanitario, sino un gestor de su propio negocio.
Tanto médicos como farmacéuticos reconocen que la relación entre médico y farmacéutico comunitario es nula, aunque la mayoría opina que sería beneficioso para el paciente establecer vínculos de colaboración entre quien prescribe y quien dispensa, siempre y cuando se delimiten y respeten sus respectivas parcelas. Al mismo tiempo, a los farmacéuticos comunitarios les gustaría encontrar una vía de comunicación con los médicos de Atención Primaria por dos razones: una, por el beneficio de la salud de los pacientes y, otra, porque entienden que la atención farmacéutica sin la colaboración del colectivo médico es un proceso inviable.
De las casi 900 farmacias que se estudiaron en Andalucía, en tan sólo el 5 por ciento de ellas se realizaba atención farmacéutica. En el caso de Asturias (donde participaron 113 oficinas de farmacia), el porcentaje ascendía hasta el 10 por ciento, y en la Comunidad Valenciana (donde se estudiaron 333 farmacias) se incrementaba hasta el 11 por ciento.
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La Universidad de Granada se concentra en repulsa por el atentado de ETA
– La Universidad de Granada se concentra en repulsa por el atentado de ETA
La Universidad de Granada ha guardado hoy cinco minutos de silencio en repulsa por el atentado de ETA en Legutiano (Álava), que ha costado la vida al guardia civil Juan Manuel Piñuel Villalón y ha causado heridas a otras cuatro personas.
La concentración ha sido convocada por el rector, Francisco González Lodeiro, para toda la comunidad universitaria de los centros de Granada, Ceuta y Melilla.
El acto central, encabezado por el rector, ha tenido lugar a las puertas del Hospital Real, y a ella se han sumado estudiantes y personal administrativo y de servicios de la institución académica.
La Universidad de Granada ha mostrado en un comunicado su más firme condena y rechazo al execrable uso de la violencia y del terror por parte de quienes quieren imponer sus ideas al margen de los valores en los que se asienta la democracia.
Para la Universidad, la paz, la tolerancia y el diálogo son valores incuestionables que siempre serán defendidos frente a la intimidación terrorista de una minoría reaccionaria que trata de destruir la convivencia y la libertad.
Por su parte, el Ayuntamiento de Granada mostrará mañana su repulsa con una concentración convocada por la Federación Andaluza de Municipios y Provincias (FAMP) en todos los municipios andaluces.