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Life Sciences

UGR Professor Pedro Sánchez Castillo supervises the first algae catalogue of Andalusia

In the last years, microalgae are being applied to obtain useful substances in medicine and feeding. The best-known are those which serve as colourings in food sector. “Research groups from Andalusia have to ask foreign universities for samples. Scientists will not have to look for material from abroad if we know where we can find… Seguir Leyendo UGR Professor Pedro Sánchez Castillo supervises the first algae catalogue of Andalusia

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The molecular biophysics and biotechnology group of the UGR uses the latest techniques to study proteins

This research line focuses on protein thermodynamics and tries to understand the chemistry physics of these biological molecules. Proteins are the essential carrier emerging from the genetic signals that make us the way we are. The research group of Professor Mateo Alarcón goes deeply into the knowledge of its internal structure and its energy and… Seguir Leyendo The molecular biophysics and biotechnology group of the UGR uses the latest techniques to study proteins

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A research team of the UGR isolates a bacterium with an important role in the nitrogen cycle in saline milieu

Halomonas maura was discovered more than six years ago in Asilah salt flats, to the north of Morocco, during the development of a work with the purpose of separating exopolysaccharides producer microorganisms, microbial organisms very useful in food, drug and cosmetic industry, especially because of its high viscosity in solution. Currently, these compounds are opening… Seguir Leyendo A research team of the UGR isolates a bacterium with an important role in the nitrogen cycle in saline milieu

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A team of the Universidad de Granada analyses the effects of ultraviolet radiation in the pools of the high summits of Sierra Nevada

This study allows to know the influence of the spectrum of solar radiation on water communities from four Andalusian ecosystems: pools of Padul, Antequera, Cordova and Sierra Nevada. The research work involves an experimental analysis “in situ” by using certain areas of these water systems where the quality of solar radiation will be manipulated and… Seguir Leyendo A team of the Universidad de Granada analyses the effects of ultraviolet radiation in the pools of the high summits of Sierra Nevada

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UGR students are trained to detect and evaluate binocular vision

The effects of this experience –which aims to extend the laboratory of the Binocular vision subject and optics/optometry studies in general to students´ daily life and to help students while in universities to be able to detect and value binocular vision in normal population and not only in laboratory conditions as well as to increase… Seguir Leyendo UGR students are trained to detect and evaluate binocular vision

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The UGR starts a study about the water of the Vega of Granada using space remote sensing

Data about our planet can be obtained from space satellites which would be impossible to obtain at our height, with human sight or conventional photography. Satellites´ electromagnetic sensors provide repetitive images of most part of the Earth, including inaccesible areas like polar or desert areas. Remote sensing allows to carry out applications like collecting images… Seguir Leyendo The UGR starts a study about the water of the Vega of Granada using space remote sensing

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The Universidad de Granada experiments in the Columbia space shuttle

Last January the 11th, the Columbia departed in the direction of the International Space Station with seven crew members on board, Commander Rick D. Husband, pilot William C. McCool, Payload Commander Michael P. Anderson and Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla, David M. Brown, Laurel B. Clarl and Israel´s first astronaut, Ilan Ramón, who held a post… Seguir Leyendo The Universidad de Granada experiments in the Columbia space shuttle

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An inhibitor obtained from olive remains speeds up animal growth with half food

Prof. José Antonio Lupiáñez Cara, director of the Drugs, environmental toxics and cell metabolism research group, has been working for three years in trout growth manipulation. This researcher, together with eight more professors of the Universities of Jaén, Valencia and Barcelona, are feeding this kind of laboratory fishes on an inhibitor obtained from olive remains,… Seguir Leyendo An inhibitor obtained from olive remains speeds up animal growth with half food

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A biologist from Granada opens a new field of study in Spain about nematodes of continental waters

Ocaña Martín, Professor of the Dpt. of Animal Biology and Ecology of the University of Granada, is the only reseacher working nowadays in Spain on nematodes – worm-shaped microscopic animals that live in water environments – and she is also one of the five or six world specialists dedicated to the study of fresh water… Seguir Leyendo A biologist from Granada opens a new field of study in Spain about nematodes of continental waters

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A new book on evolution will fill a gap in the Spanish studies of Biology

Prof. Francisco J. Ayala (University of California), one of the most outstanding evolutionists in the world, points out that “Evolution: The cornershop of Biology”… is a book of universal value, that deserves to share the first place with the best books on evolution written in English or in any other language, both for its depth… Seguir Leyendo A new book on evolution will fill a gap in the Spanish studies of Biology