▪ Biopesticides Europe 2018, June, Amsterdam – Netherlands
Within the global efforts towards a sustainable agriculture, biopesticides offer an everyday more plausible alternative to the use of synthetic pesticides. Fundación MEDINA ´s microbial collection contains a large diversity of microorganisms able to fight important...
▪ I EIAMNP, Euroindoamerican Natural Products Meeting, 29th of May – 1st of June 2018, Madrid
MEDINA attended the I Euroindoamerican Natural Products Meeting held in Madrid from May 29th to the 1st of June. This meeting brought together scientists and academia, research institutions, industry and government to report on basic and applied research on natural...
▪ Dr Olga Genilloud awarded the GEPRONAT prize 2017 in Innovation in Natural Products Chemistry Research, 30 th of May, Madrid – Spain
Our scientific director, Dra. Olga Genilloud, has been awarded the GEPRONAT 2017 award in Innovation in Natural Products Chemistry Research by the Spanish Royal Chemistry Society. With a focus on the production of new microbial Natural Products, the development of...
▪ XV Meeting of the Microorganisms from Extreme Environment National Network, May 23 – 25, Huelva – Spain
Fundación MEDINA attended the last meeting of the Extreme Environment Microorganisms network (RedEx) held in Matalascañas, Huelva (Spain). RedEx is funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINECO) and allows the research groups in the...
▪ Fundación MEDINA, drug discovery center of the new European Infrastructure EU-OPENSCREEN ERIC.
Fundación MEDINA (MEDicamentos INnovadores en Andalucía) is one of the high throughput screening centers of EU-OPENSCREEN-ERIC, the new infrastructure officially announced on March 21, 2018 by the European Official Journal of the EU as European Research Infrastructure...
▪ 28th ECCMID European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 21-24 April, Madrid – Spain
MEDINA has attended one more year ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) in Madrid. Dr. Olga Genilloud presented the Discovery of the novel glycosylated lanthipeptide MDN-0207, a new antibiotic with unprecedented chemical features...
▪ First Meeting of the Spanish New Antibiotics Discovery Association (AD-ES), 10th of April, Madrid – Spain
The First meeting of Spanish New Antibiotics Discovery Association (AD-ES) was hold on April 10th, 2018 at the Spanish Drugs Agency (AEMPS) headquarters, and brought together internationally renowned speakers from the global action against antimicrobial resistance....
▪ Systemic blockade of LPA1/3 lysophosphatidic acid receptors by ki16425 modulates the effects of ethanol on the brain and behavior, Neuropharmacology
MEDINA has participated in the paper about ki16425 modulation of the effects of ethanol on the brain and behavior, published in Neuropharmacology. This is a broad and complete paper at the technical and experimental level, including numerous data and procedures, part...
▪ “Fungi competition” wins the modality of sustainable agriculture of Fotciencia”15 contest.
A picture called “Fungal competition” authored by Rachel Serrano, researcher at Fundación MEDINA, has won the modality of sustainable agriculture of the Fotciencia”15 contest. The picture shows the result of the confrontation between an endophytic fungus, living...
▪ miCROPe International Symposium, Dec. 4-7, Vienna – Austria
MEDINA attended the symposium “Microbe-assisted crop production – opportunities, challenges and needs” (miCROPe 2017) to discuss and learn about the latest developments and future opportunities in the field of plant-microbe interactions and...