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Life Sciences - Health - 27.09.2023

First experimental study to propose a therapy to correct memory deficit caused by disorders in the fetal alcohol spectrum
Research conducted in a mouse model identifies the neurobiological mechanism responsible for alterations in the memory of young individuals exposed to alcohol during pregnancy and lactation. This study proposes a therapy that can reverse the deficit, paving the way for treating a disorder that is underdiagnosed in humans.

Life Sciences - 26.09.2023

The poisonous mushroom Galerina marginata colonised Antarctica about two million years ago from northern Europe or America
The poisonous mushroom Galerina marginata colonised Antarctica about two million years ago from northern Europe or America A research team including Isaac Garrido, from the University of Valencia (UV

Life Sciences - Music - 21.09.2023

The ’ring’ of regions orchestrating brain function
New research published in a high impact journal shows that there could be "one Ring to rule them all" orchestrating brain dynamics, in some ways similar to Tolkien's famous poem in The Lord of the Rings. The study has identified a ring of regions of the prefrontal cortex which sits at the top of the hierarchical system governing brain dynamics.

Life Sciences - Health - 21.09.2023

Rosario Gil: ’In Valencia we are developing a system to fight the tiger mosquito plague with the bacterium Wolbachia ’
Rosario Gil: "In Valencia we are developing a system to fight the tiger mosquito plague with the bacterium Wolbachia " Rosario Gil García is a professor at the University of Valencia (UV) in the Department of Genetics and a researcher at the Institute of Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), a joint centre of the UV and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).

Life Sciences - Health - 12.09.2023

Reducing the population of the Asian tiger mosquito in Valencia by inoculating males with the Wolbachia bacteria investigated
Reducing the population of the Asian tiger mosquito in Valencia by inoculating males with the Wolbachia bacteria investigated A team of researchers from the University of Valencia (UV) is working on

Life Sciences - 12.09.2023

Research coordinated by the University of Valencia discovers bacteria that could improve biogas production
Scientists from the European research project Micro4Biogas have discovered and characterised a new taxonomic order of bacteria which specialise in the decomposition of organic matter and could hold the key to improving biogas fuel production. The order, which they have dubbed Darwinibacteriales, is one of the most abundant in biogas-producing tanks but had never been characterised scientifically before.

Life Sciences - Health - 07.09.2023

Pioneering research by the University of Valencia and the CSIC uses bacteria viruses against Xylella fastidiosa in the Balearic Islands
Pioneering research by the University of Valencia and the CSIC uses bacteria viruses against Xylella fastidiosa in the Balearic Islands Pilar Domingo-Calap, researcher at the Institute of Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), a joint centre of the University of Valencia (UV) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), directs research with phages (bacterial viruses) that has started treating crop plants affected by the bacteria Xylella fastidiosa in the Balearic Islands.

Life Sciences - Health - 06.09.2023

HIV drug may be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and CSIC have studied the effect of lamivudine, a drug used in the treatment of HIV, in a transgenic model of Alzheimer's disease. The results, published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences , suggest that retranscriptase inhibitors may be a promising strategy to be developed in the field of neurodegenerative diseases.

Life Sciences - 01.09.2023

Toddlers learn to reason logically before they learn to speak, according to a study by UPF
19-month-old toddlers already use natural logical thinking, even before they learn to speak, to deal with uncertainties about the world. This natural logic contributes to their learning process, both in terms of language and in other fields of knowledge. This is one of the main conclusions of a study led by UPF's Center for Brain and Cognition, that has been published today in the journal Current Biology .

Life Sciences - 10.07.2023

Key gene discovered in the daily and annual cycles of the pea aphid, applicable to pest control
Researchers from the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), a joint centre of the University of Valencia (UV) and the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), among other centres, have discovered that the Pigment-Dispersing Factor protein gene (PDF), which is part of the insect circadian clock (responsible for daily rhythms), is also found in the pea aphid.

Life Sciences - 10.07.2023

Discovered a key gene in the daily and annual cycles of the pea aphid, applicable to pest control
Researchers from the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), a joint centre of the University of Valencia (UV) and the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), among other centres, have discovered that the Pigment-Dispersing Factor protein gene (PDF), which is part of the insect circadian clock (responsible for daily rhythms), is also found in the pea aphid.

Life Sciences - Health - 05.07.2023

Bacteria of pharmaceutical interest in sea slugs for the first time
An international research team in which the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), joint centre of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) and the University of Valencia (UV) participate, has just published a study in the journal Microbiome which reveals the presence of beta-lactones, a group of little-studied substances with pharmaceutical potential generated by symbiotic bacteria that inhabit the skin of a species of nudibranch, a sea slug.

Life Sciences - 28.06.2023

New insights into consciousness
A study by UPF and ULiège reveals new insights into consciousness, which establish the basis for treating disorders such as vegetative state in the future. Currently, the diagnosis of people with consciousness disorders is mainly based on their behavioural response to external stimuli. However, this study examines the underlying brain activity of people with these disorders, laying the foundations for improving their diagnosis and treatment in the future.

History / Archeology - Life Sciences - 28.06.2023

A study led by the University confirms that vipers inhabited the Columbretes Islands 2,600 years ago
An international team led by Postdoctoral Researcher Margarita Salas of the University of Valencia Rafael Marquina, has studied the fossil remains of small vertebrates recovered from the Illa Grossa, the largest island of the archipelago of Columbretes.

Health - Life Sciences - 26.06.2023

Cooperation between muscle and liver circadian clocks, key to controlling glucose metabolism
An international study on the effect of circadian clocks in different tissues shows that there is a minimal network required for the control of glucose levels in the body. This finding has clear implications for diabetes and other age-related diseases. Collaborative work by teams at the Department of Medicine and Life Sciences ( MELIS ) at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), University of California, Irvine (UCI), and the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) has shown that interplay between circadian clocks in liver and skeletal muscle controls glucose metabolism.

Life Sciences - Pharmacology - 08.06.2023

Discovered that the interaction of opioids with the brain’s immunity influences anxiety and addiction in cases of pain
A research by the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology and Parasitology, and the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BIOTECMED) of the University of Valencia (UV), reveals that

Life Sciences - Mathematics - 05.06.2023

’Butterfly chaos effect’ discovered in swarms and herds of animals
Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) have discovered a phase shift between chaotic states that can appear in herds of animals and, in particular, in swarms of insects. This advance may help to better understand their behaviour or be applied to the study of the movement of cells or tumours.

Life Sciences - Paleontology - 11.05.2023

Study on the evolution of Brontotheres lead by UV palaeontologist Óscar Sanisidro published in the journal ’Science’
Study on the evolution of Brontotheres lead by UV palaeontologist Éscar Sanisidro published in the journal -Science- Palaeontology specialists lead by University of Valencia investigator Éscar Sanisidro publish a study in the -Science- journal on the body size of Brontotheres, a mammal family that went extinct 53 million years ago.

Health - Life Sciences - 10.05.2023

One step closer to eliminating latency, the real challenge in combating HIV
An international study coordinated by the MELIS-UPF researchers Andreas Meyerhans and Juana Díez has identified Schlafen 12, a new HIV restriction factor that could pave the way for new strategies for curing the infection. An international study led by MELIS-UPF researchers from the Infection Biology and Molecular Virology laboratories has identified and characterized Schlafen 12 (SLFN 12) as a novel HIV restriction factor.

Life Sciences - Health - 29.03.2023

Juan Nácher: ’It has been proved that cannabis is a risk factor for the development of schizophrenia’
Juan Nácher Roselló, full professor of Cellular Biology at the University of Valencia (UV), is one of the main researchers of the Spanish Network for Cooperative Study in Mental Health (CIBERSAM), as