Santiago de Compostela, 18 November 2021. The Spanish National Research Council has launched nine new research projects in Galicia funded by the State Research Agency through the 2020 calls for R&D&I projects within the state programmes…
Santiago de Compostela, 2 November 2021. The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), through the Immunology and Genomics group of the Institute of Marine Research (IIM), has supervised a doctoral thesis whose results make it possible to…
Santiago de Compostela, 20 October 2021. Vigo is hosting today and tomorrow the 2nd International Symposium on the Labelling and Authenticity of Seafood Products, organised by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), through the Food Biochemistry…
-The SUBACID project, launched in 2017 and ending in June, is coordinated by Trinity College Dublin, and CSIC participates through the Organic Geochemistry Laboratory of the IIM (Vigo). It is funded by the European Union…
Santiago de Compostela, 3 June 2021. The Institute of Marine Research (IIM), through the Fisheries Ecology group and with the support of Fundación Biodiversidad of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, will…
The Immunology and Genomics group at the IIM (Vigo), led by Antonio Figueras and Beatriz Novoa, has detected, after a year of work using massive sequencing techniques, the SARS-CoV-2 mutations circulating in several Galician towns…
Over two years, it will deepen scientific knowledge and analyse the effectiveness of mitigation measures in the Bay of Biscay and on the Iberian coast to help achieve good environmental status. It involves 14 partners…
Since July, four other treatment plants have also been monitored. On average, the increase in the concentration of the virus’s genetic material at the inlet of the WWTPs precedes the detection of new infections by…
Attendance will be possible either in person or online, with prior registration at https://www.risegal.csic.es/es/seminario-web-a-covid-alimentos-e-galicia The webinar will be opened by Ana Canals (Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition) and will include talks by Rosario…
This scientific study confirms that the presence of anisakis and other zoonotic parasites in Grupo Profand cephalopod products “is not comparable to other fishery product species”. The report is part of a unique programme commissioned…
Press release published by the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) in Vigo This work will help improve fisheries management in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. The main recruitment area is located in the Ártabro…
Through IIM research groups and within the framework of the Pleamar programme “Innovative tools applied to the monitoring of populations in the surroundings of a Marine Protected Area: artificial intelligence, genetics and acoustic telemetry (iGENTAC)”…
A high proportion of “dispensable genes”, which are not found in all individuals, is related to survival and may explain the mussel’s capacity for adaptation. In addition to its commercial interest, this species contains molecules…
The first conference on the project’s documentary video takes place today. SEATRACES, led by the Food Biochemistry group at the Institute of Marine Research in Vigo (IIM), is co-financed with more than 2.6 million euros…
– Through the IIM (Vigo) and using artificial intelligence techniques. – Both variables are related to the carbon cycle and therefore to the effects of climate change. Santiago de Compostela, 8 October 2020. The Spanish…
– They have already taken up their posts at their respective centres: IIM, MBG and Incipit. – In addition, research staff from IIM (Vigo), MBG (Pontevedra) and Incipit (Santiago de Compostela) have been promoted internally…
– The Service for the Determination of Metals in Environmental Samples has recently been launched, promoted by the Marine Biogeochemistry group. The IIM already offers more than a dozen services related to R&D&I. – In…
– Through the Marine Products Chemistry group, the institution has established panels of serum protein biomarkers representative of patients with active tuberculosis and their infected or uninfected contacts, contributing to understanding the metabolic complexity associated…
Santiago de Compostela, 22 April 2020. The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), through the Institute of Marine Research (Galicia), the Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (Aragon) and the Jaume Almera Institute of Earth Sciences (Catalonia), has…
Their ultimate purpose is to help solve a global challenge through research and innovation. In total, the institution is promoting 34 across Spain. The platforms led from Galicia address the optimization of agricultural and forestry…
Another 7 CSIC projects in Galicia will be funded through the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation, including 6 at the Biological Mission of Galicia (MBG-CSIC) and 1 at Incipit. Santiago de…
“New molecular and remote-control technologies for assessing cetacean populations” aims to develop methods for monitoring cetacean species (whales and dolphins) in the north and northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, including protected areas such as the…
Through the IIM (Vigo) and within the SICAPTOR project. Tools based on artificial intelligence have been developed to recognize and quantify species even when they overlap or are superimposed, and autonomous operation has been achieved.…
Santiago de Compostela, 23 January 2020. CSIC will present on 5 February the results achieved after one year of research within the project “Implementation of an electronic total-catch documentation system for sustainable and online…
