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Roberto Soalno in his ofice at the CNB-CSIC

Roberto Solano has been awarded the Silver Medal of the International Plant Growth Substances Association (IPGSA). This medal recognises the contributions made in the study of plant hormones, and specifically, the contributions of Solano's group in the dissection of the biosynthesis and signalling pathways of jasmonates, essential hormones for plants´ response to stress.

Solano expressed his gratitude for the recognition and emphasised that "it is an honour and a pleasure to have been awarded the IPGSA medal".

In addition to Solano, the IPGSA has awarded researchers Caren Chang from the University of Maryland in the USA and Eva Benková, from the Austrian Institute of Science and Technology. The awards were presented at the 24th edition of the IPGSA Triennial Conference, held in Korea last July, and they will be featured speakers at the next edition of the conference.IPGSA Conference

This conference, which celebrated its 24th edition this year, is held every three years on a different continent and is a great opportunity to learn about the latest advances in related areas of plant sciences and to promote international collaborations. Presentations highlight the roles of plant growth hormones and their involvement in all aspects of pioneering plant biology.

Los virólogos del CNB-CSIC Mariano Esteban y Juan García Arriaza
  • Un acuerdo con la organización de salud pública Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), respaldado por las Naciones Unidas y supervisado por la OMS, facilitará que esta tecnología llegue a los países de bajos recursos
  • El CSIC no cobrará regalías por la explotación de su vacuna siempre que se fabrique para países incluidos en la lista de países con ingresos bajos o medios
  • Tras los test serológicos, es la segunda vez que el CSIC pone una tecnología a disposición de la iniciativa C-TAP de la OMS para compartirla y producirla a precio asequible

El Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), organismo dependiente del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, pone a disposición de los países en vías de desarrollo su prototipo de vacuna covid-19 basada en el virus vaccinia MVA como vector desarrollada por investigadores del CNB-CSIC. La institución ha firmado un segundo acuerdo con la organización de salud pública Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), respaldada por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), y bajo supervisión de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) que facilitará que esta tecnología avance a ensayos clínicos y llegue a los países más necesitados. Tras los test serológicos de covid-19, es la segunda vez que el CSIC cede una tecnología a través de la iniciativa COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) de la OMS para facilitar al acceso igualitario a tecnologías sanitarias de covid-19.

La firma se enmarca en la iniciativa (C-TAP), creada por la OMS en mayo de 2020 para facilitar el acceso oportuno, igualitario y asequible a productos sanitarios de la covid-19 a través del impulso a su producción. C-TAP proporciona una ventana única mundial a las entidades que desarrollan tecnologías para hacer frente a la covid-19, como terapias, vacunas y sistemas de diagnóstico, con el objetivo de que compartan su propiedad intelectual (patentes), conocimiento y datos, con fabricantes de probada calidad mediante licencias transparentes, no-exclusivas y con voluntad de servir a la sanidad pública.

Open call: 9th Edition of "Science by Women" program
  • 26 Spanish Research Institutes will host Senior African researchers during 2023

The Women for Africa Foundation (FMxA), in line with its mission of contributing to the development of Africa through the drive of its women, is launching the 8th Edition of SCIENCE BY WOMEN programme, with the aim to promote African women’s leadership in scientific research and technology transfer and to foster the capacity of the research centres in their home countries. The main goal is to enable African women researchers and scientists to tackle the great challenges faced by Africa through research in health and biomedicine, sustainable agriculture and food security, water, energy and climate change.

The programme´s ultimate goal is to enable African women researchers to play a leading role in the transition of Africa to a knowledge-based and innovation-led economy through research that can be transferred into products, processes, services and technologies having impact on people´s lives. To achieve this ambitious goal, FMxA collaborates with 26 Spanish Centres of Excellence, whose prestige is unanimously recognized throughout Spain and internationally, thereby ensuring excellence in scientific research in various fields.

Pilar Cubas, new member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
  • Pilar Cubas is among the 60 new EMBO members announced today.
  • This distinction is awarded annually to the world's leading scientists in recognition of the excellence of their research in the life sciences.

Madrid 4 July 2023. EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organisation) announces today the appointment of 60 new members of its organization, which includes Pilar Cubas, CNB-CSIC researcher. The new EMBO members are elected annually in recognition of their research achievements and for their contribution to scientific excellence in the field of life sciences.

This year's awardees have been recognised for contributions spanning the spectrum of life science research, including work that has demystified the immune system, advanced understanding of our senses, and facilitated innovative approaches to vaccine development.

This year sees 60 members and nine associate members elected to the EMBO Membership, of which 35 are women (51%) and 34 are men (49%). The newly elected members and associate members reside in more than 20 countries. These new additions also include Marco Milán, researcher from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Barcelona (IRB).

El Premio “Manuel Rico” – BRUKER de la Sociedad de Biofísica de España reconoce el trabajo desarrollado por el investigador Fernando Moreno-Herrero
  • El jurado destaca sus estudios biofísicos pioneros sobre la maquinaria molecular implicada en la reparación, organización y replicación del ADN
  • El premio de este año ha sido concedido de manera conjunta al investigador del CNB y a Teresa Giráldez Fernández, profesora de la Universidad de la Laguna

Fernando Moreno-Herrero, investigador del Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), recibe este año el Premio “Manuel Rico” Bruker de la Sociedad de Biofísica de España como reconocimiento a su trabajo pionero en el desarrollo de la biofísica molecular usando la Microscopía de Fuerzas Atómicas y las Pinzas Magnéticas.

Investigador del CNB-CSIC desde septiembre de 2009, Moreno-Herrero lidera el grupo de Biofísica Molecular de Proteínas Reparadoras de ADN. El interés principal del grupo es el desarrollo y uso de técnicas biofísicas de molécula única para estudiar propiedades mecánicas y estructura de ácidos nucleicos, así como los mecanismos de acción de máquinas moleculares de proteína involucradas en la reparación, replicación y mantenimiento del ADN.

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