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"From the Torrevieja Lagoon to industry and medicine" will be the second program talk within the cycle that takes place in Torrevieja, which will be given by Rosa Mª Martínez
23.11.2021
The Torrevieja Venue will host this Thursday, November 25, the second conference of the "Dialogues in the Territory" Cycle organized by the University of Alicante at its university venues. Specifically, this appointment will take place at the Torrevieja Headquarters, located in the "Virgen del Carmen" Cultural Center at 7:00 p.m., with the conference "From the Torrevieja Lagoon to industry and medicine", by Rosa Mª Martínez Espinosa, professor of the Department of Agrochemistry and Biochemistry of the University of Alicante, with the presentation by Ricardo Recuero, Councilor for Innovation of the Torrevieja City Council.
This talk aims to value the potential of the microorganisms in the brine and sludge of the Torrevieja Lagoon, taking as a reference the coastal and inland salt flats of the province of Alicante that have been studied in detail. It is expected that the study of the microbial biodiversity of the lagoon will provide new data on the species that inhabit it, as well as on the production of molecules of interest for industry and biomedicine, such as enzymes resistant to salt and high temperatures, antibiotics , degradable plastics, and compounds with high pigmenting power and high antioxidant activity.
The conference will be in charge of Rosa María Martínez Espinosa, who obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Biology at the University of Alicante in 1998. That same year she began her training period as a researcher in the group of Extremophiles of the UA, obtaining the title of Doctor in Biology in 2003. During the development of the Doctoral Thesis, he had a grant from the Juan Gil-Albert Institute of Culture of Alicante, and the Doctoral Thesis, obtained the Extraordinary Prize. She continued her training as a researcher with postdoctoral stays at the University of East Anglia, UK. In 2011, she definitively joined the staff of the University of Alicante as a university professor in the area of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, in 2017 she created the research group "Applied Biochemistry" and in 2020 promoted to University Professor.
Since 2008 he has held academic management positions at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Alicante. He is a member of the panel of experts for the verification, renewal of accreditation, modification and institutional accreditation of ACSUCYL (Agency for the quality of the university system of Castilla y León) and of the panel of renewal of accreditation of ANECA (National Agency for the Evaluation of Quality and Accreditation). In addition, since December 2020 at the Vice-Rector for International Relations and Cooperation of the University of Alicante.