Smart innovation strategies for controlled environment breeding of Haliotis tuberculata
The gastropod mollusc Haliotis tuberculata, an endemic species of the Mediterranean Sea, today represents an innovative species of great interest for the aquaculture sector. The abalone is considered an important marine resource that, could quickly become depleted if...
Entrepreneurship and new ventures in the Mediterranean area
The economic and social development of a region is largely dependent on entrepreneurship. What is the state of the art of entrepreneurship in Sicily and Calabria? What are the characteristics that distinguish these new ventures? The event aims to critically discuss...
Cheese-making with vegetable rennet as an element of product and process innovation
The most important step in cheese production is undoubtedly the coagulation of milk, a process that occurs primarily by acidification and enzymatic action. Coagulating enzymes, known as rennet, can be of animal, microbial and plant origin. Vegetable rennet, little...
Analysis of everyday tools challenges long-held ideas about what drove major changes in ancient Greek society
A modern scientific analysis of ancient stone tools is challenging long-held beliefs about what caused radical change on the island of Crete, where the first European state flourished during the Bronze Age: the ‘Minoan civilization.’ About 3,500 years ago, Crete...
Reaction to study claiming that the frequency of heatwaves will increase this century
The top map shows the historical record of "dangerously" hot days per year, with a heat index above 39.4°C. The left-hand column reflects the range of dangerously hot days in 2050, with more than 100 "dangerous" days in parts of South America, Africa, India and...
UNIME team on the road to compete at Monaco Energy Boat Challenge 2022
Touch and sight are bound before birth
Response to a tactile stimulus in the brain of a mouse in which retinal waves have been blocked (left) and in a control mouse (right). IN, CSIC-UMH Can you imagine if every time you touched something -or something touched you- you had a visual experience? Well, that...
Understanding the cellular basis of the health and pathologies of the human uterus to improve the diagnosis and treatment of uterine diseases
For two and a half years, the INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute of the Hospital Clínico de València has led the HUTER project (Human Uterus Cell Atlas), funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme with the aim of creating a...
HUNDREDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE ENJOYED THE MIND THE LAB
IN THE VEGA BAJA COMARCH As part of the activities of the Mednight 2022, whose big day will be on September 30, the MUDIC again took the scientific outreach activity of the guerrilla Mind the Lab to the municipalities of Guardamar, Orihuela, Pilar de la Horadada...
Extreme heat in the Mediterranean Sea: are torrential rains expected in autumn?
Apart from the disastrous impact of these temperatures on the marine ecosystem, we must ask ourselves whether this will mean an autumn of heavy rainfall and flooding. This summer we are surprised by how warm the Mediterranean Sea is, especially the central and western...
Gulsun Sağlamer. Turkey
Prof. Dr. Gulsun Sağlamer. Former Rector of Istanbul Technical University (1996-2004). She is a professor of architecture at Istanbul Technical University. She was a member of the Scientific Committee of TUBITAK-INTAG (The Scientific and Technical Research Council of...
Prof. Dr. Sondan Durukanoğlu. Turkey
Prof. Dr. Sondan Durukanoğlu Feyiz is the current rector of Kadir Has Üniversity. Prof. M. Sondan Durukanoğlu Feyiz. She completed her Master’s in Physics at the University of Wisconsin in 1992 and her Ph.D. at the Physics department of Kansas State University in...
Prof. Dr. Nagwa Abdel Meguid. Egypt
Dr Meguid is a professor of human genetics, Former Head of Human Genetics Unit, National Research Center (NRC) Egypt. She is a Senior Geneticist at the Genetics Institute, California; a fellow of Uppsala University, Sweden and Yale University. First Arab Laureate win...
Prof. Dr. Carmen Fenoll. Spain.
PhD in Biological Sciences from the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid. Professor of Plant Physiology in the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Biochemistry at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo. She is currently the president of the Association of...
Prof. Dr. Nektarios Tavernarakis. Greece
Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis. He is Vice-President of the European Research Council (ERC) and Chairman of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Governing Board. He is also President of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas...