EQ-2 GROUP NEWS

PhD Thesis

Next November 15, 2022 at 3:00 p.m., the virtual defense of the doctoral thesis “Extraction of valuable compounds from agricultural sources and red macroalgae to develop novel gels” will take place, presented by Vanesa Sanz Llorens. The thesis has been supervised by Dras. Herminia Domínguez González and María Dolores Torres Pérez. https://www.laregion.es/articulo/ourense/estudiante-ourense-publica-tesis-aprovechamiento-biocompuestos/202301112206221189298.html https://www.uvigo.gal/universidade/comunicacion/duvi/tese-avanza-extraccion-compostos-bioactivos-xelificantes-fontes-agricolas-marinas

11 November, 2022

Zoom Webinar

https://polymers-1.sciforum.net/

8 November, 2022

Participation in the meeting of the Biorefinery network.

Three members of the BIOPLATFUN project research team presented the first results of the project at the Sustainable Biorefineries Thematic Network meeting held in San Sebastian on 27 and 28 October.

4 November, 2022

Programme “Divulgando Ciencia Singular”

The EQ2 Research Group participates in the Open Days, “Ciencia con C de CINBIO”, framed in the programme “Divulgando Ciencia Singular

10 October, 2022

Visiting researchers in the last semester from Italy, France, Portugal and Tunisia.

1 October, 2022

Conference on BIOMASS & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

https://www.uvigo.gal/universidade/comunicacion/duvi/xornadas-visibilizan-investigacion-eido-biomasa-desenvolvemento-sostible https://www.laregion.es/articulo/ourense/jornadas-campus-ponen-valor-biomasa/202209232250171162840.amp.html https://www.farodevigo.es/ourense/2022/09/24/jornada-biomasa-sostenible-uvigo-75832619.amp.html

23 September, 2022

G- Night, Noite Galega das persoas investigadoras

The EQ2 Research Group participates in the divulgative activities that are being celebrated in septemberin commemoration of the European Night of Researchers

20 September, 2022

Visiting researcher in our Research Group

Dr Domenico Licursi from the University of Pisa will be a visiting researcher in our Research Group financed thanks to the “Axudas propias á investigación da Universidade de Vigo para o ano 2022”

8 September, 2022

PhD Thesis

On September 12, 2022, the defense of the doctoral thesis “New biorefinery strategies for the recovery of melon by-products” will take place from the auditorium of the Faculty of Sciences of Ourense, presented by Xiana Rico Castro. The thesis has been supervised by Dras. Remedios Yáñez Díaz and Beatriz Gullón Estévez.

5 September, 2022

4th Seaweed for Health Conference

https://www.uvigo.gal/universidade/comunicacion/axenda/4th-seaweed-health-conference https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/ourense/2022/08/24/congreso-investigacion-sobre-uso-algas-tendra-lugar-ourense/00031661354133398241672.htm https://www.laregion.es/articulo/ourense/campus-sumerge-verduras-oceano/202208242109581155605.html

2 September, 2022

The 4th Seaweed for Health Conference, Ourense, 24-26 th August 2022

11 August, 2022

IV Conference on Biomass and Sustainable Development in the EQ2 Group

Currently, we are working on the program for our “Jornadas en Biomasa y Desarrollo Sostenible”, it will be on September 23rd.Soon we have available the link for the inscription.

30 July, 2022

Postdoctoral stay

Sandra Rivas Siota, one of our researchers, is on a 3- month postdoctoral stay in the Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industrialeat the Università di Pisa

21 July, 2022

Biohealthy environmental conferences

Our thanks to the speakers, the students and the centers we visited (CINBIO, CETMAR, EDAR Ourense), who made possible this University Extension Course “Xornadas medioambientais Biosaudables. Avaliando a saúde do planeta e os seus moradores”, organized from the Grupo Biomasa y Desarrollo Sostenible. https://www.uvigo.gal/universidade/comunicacion/duvi/curso-afonda-componentes-biosaludables-medio-ambientehttps://www.farodevigo.es/ourense/2022/06/02/campus-oferta-ocho-cursos-extension-66805303.html

15 July, 2022

Environmentally Biohealthy Conferences. Assessing the Health of the Planet and its Residents

27 June, 2022

New INOU2022 project:

New INOU2022 project, entitled “Revitalization of the olive sector in the province of Ourense: use of olive pruning from native Galician varieties and valorization to obtain value-added compounds”. The main researchers are Sandra Rivas, from the EQ2 group, and Patricia Reboredo, from the Food and Health Omics group. https://www.uvigo.gal/es/universidad/comunicacion/duvi/seis-proxectos-investigacion-interdisciplinar-acadan-axudas-inou-2022

8 June, 2022