Miércoles, 25 de Noviembre de 2009
Researchers characterize DNA from an animal species in its whole distribution, which will help to develop appropriate conservation plans
Scientists from the Biological Station of Doñana (CSIC) and the University of Granada have characterized the population genetic diversity of an animal species (a mouse, in this case) in its whole distribution. This information is essential for developing successful conservation plans for such species.This work was conducted by Alejandro Centeno Cuadros at the Doñana Biological Station (CSIC) in Sevilla, and the Department of Animal Biology of the University of Granada. His work was directed by (...)
Martes, 03 de Noviembre de 2009
Researchers characterize DNA from an animal species in its whole distribution, which will help to develop appropriate conservation plans
Scientists from the Biological Station of Doñana (CSIC) and the University of Granada have characterized the population genetic diversity of an animal species (a mouse, in this case) in its whole distribution. This information is essential for developing successful conservation plans for such species. This work was conducted by Alejandro Centeno Cuadros at the Doñana Biological Station (CSIC) in Sevilla, and the Department of Animal Biology of the University of Granada. His work was directed (...)
Lunes, 28 de Abril de 2008
Scientists decipher fruit tree genome for the first time
A scientific group of the Universities of Illinois (USA), Georgia (USA), Hawaii (USA) and Nakai (China), among others, have deciphered for the first time fruit genomic sequence, in this case papaya (Carica papaya), according to the cover of the last issue of the prestigious journal Nature. One of the researchers is a scientist assigned to the group of Molecular Genetics of the Department of Genetics of the University of GranadaThis new advance involves, after (...)
Lunes, 21 de Enero de 2008
Economic experts propose a single payment at the time of retirement in order to delay Spaniards’ retirement age
A study from Professors Juan Antonio Lacomba Arias and Francisco Lagos García, of the Economic Theory and History Department of the University of Granada and from Enrique Fatás, from the University of Valencia, has proved that those systems that include an additional payment in the first period in which pensions can be required, are much more effective in delaying the retirement decision than those which periodically distribute additional payments to retirement pensions.The article, published in (...)
Jueves, 17 de Enero de 2008
Design of a new system that improves hearing in patients who carry a cochlear implant
The doctoral thesis of Isaac Manuel Álvarez Ruiz has been developed in the Departments of Signal Theory, Telematics, and Communication, and Surgery and its Specialties of the University of Granada, and directed by Professors Ángel de la Torre Vega and Manuel Sainz Quevedo. The main aim of this work includes improving the acquisition of Compound Action Potential records, carrying out an application analysis in the cochlear implant programming and studying the distribution of (...)
Lunes, 08 de Octubre de 2007
Scientists of the University of Granada create a black-spot map to prevent road kill of protected amphibians and reptiles
Researchers of the Department of Animal Biology at the University of Granada, in collaboration with the Junta de Andalucia Enviromental Department, have created the first “black-spot” map to prevent road kill of amphibians and reptiles in Andalucía. This peculiar “radiography” shows that in this region there are at least 29 black-spots where it is necessary to act to prevent the death of these animals, most of them protected species. The research, carried out by professors (...)
Jueves, 05 de Octubre de 2006
According to a study of the UGR, the fish from the Andalusian coasts have less Anisakis than do the fish from other fishing grounds
For a number of years, people have talked about Anisakis, a parasite found in fish and passed on to the human when undercooked fish are ingested. Fresh anchovies in vinegar, a typical Spanish dish, together with the exotic Japanese dishes such as ‘sushi’ and ‘sashimi’, present a risk because they are not not cooked before being eaten. Normally, the Anisakis larvae are found in the intestine and muscles of fish, which act as hosts in (...)
Martes, 22 de Agosto de 2006
Dividing up your holidays into several periods can help prevent post-holiday syndrome
Millions of workers will leave their working places and start their holidays in the next weeks. Daily routine will be part of the past and resting days, pictures at the seashore and summer memories will be back to stay – at least for some months.Experts estimate that 35 per cent of Spanish workers between the ages of 25 and 40 will have to face the “post-holiday syndrome” this year: a general feeling of discomfort caused (...)
Martes, 01 de Agosto de 2006
Research reveals that drug users usually make decisions without considering the context and their future consequences
Many researches have analysed psychological, physical, and even social effects of narcotics consumption. Nevertheless, drug addiction had never before been related to the decision-making capacity of the individual . The “Behavioural medicine and health psychology” research group of the Universidad de Granada, coordinated by Professor Miguel Pérez García and Professor Antonio Verdejo García, of the Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological treatment, have carried out two studies which show that drug users make decisions without (...)
Jueves, 30 de Marzo de 2006
UGR scientists develop a technique to detect a streptococcus passed from mother to foetus during delivery
Micro-organism Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus transmitted vertically from mother to foetus) and the Universidad de Granada have been closely linked from more than twenty years. In the nineties, a research group of the University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves gave rise to Granada Medium (a technique to detect the presence of the streptococcus in the mother). Recently, the same group, in collaboration with the departments of Microbiology and Organic Chemistry and the Nuclear Magnetic (...)