Microbial Biotechnology: alcoholic beverages, fungal infections, bluetongue virus, plant microbiology, and microbial resistance - BIOTECMIC

Reference of the Group:

GIUV2025-632

 
Description of research activity:

Applications of microbial biotechnology for improving the health of humans, animals, and plants. Bluetongue virus vaccine design, fundamentals of fungal trehalases, obtaining plant growth-promoting bacteria, designing pre- and probiotic preparations, crop improvement systems using AI, and designing aroma detection systems in wines.

 
Web:

https://www.uv.es/maicas/

 
Scientific-technical goals:
  • Crear ciencia relacionada amb la Microbiologia i les seues aplicacions biotecnologiques
  • Aplicaciones de la biotecnologia microbiana para la mejora de la salud de persones, animales y plantas
  • Diseño de vacunas para el virus de la lengua azul, aspectos basicos de trehalasas fungicas, obtencion bacterias promotoras del crecimiento de vegetales, diseño de preparados pre y probioticos, sistemas de mejora de cultivos usando IA, diseño de sistemas de deteccion de aromas en vinos.
 
Research lines:
  • Characterization of blue tongue virus.Design and production, in yeast, of bluetongue virus capsid particles as an alternative to the live attenuated virus vaccine.
 
Group members:
Name Nature of participation Entity Description
SERGI MAICAS PRIETODirectorUniversitat de València
Research team
CLARA MARÍA IZQUIERDO JIMÉNEZCollaboratorUniversitat de València - Estudi GeneralUVEG PhD student
GLORIA CARRUANA SALASCollaboratorUniversitat de València - Estudi GeneralUVEG PhD student
 
CNAE:
  • -
 
Associated structure:
  • Microbiology and Ecology