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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.

 
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Scientific-technical goals:
  • To create science related to Microbiology and its biotechnological applications
  • Applications of microbial biotechnology for improving the health of people, animals, and plants
  • Design of vaccines for the bluetongue virus, basic aspects of fungal trehalases, obtaining plant growth-promoting bacteria, design of pre- and probiotic preparations, crop improvement systems using AI, design of aroma detection systems in wines.
 
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
NEUS RICOS MUÑOZCollaboratorUniversitat de València
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
 
Keywords:
  • VIRUSES
  • BLUETONGUE