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TecnATox has been awarded with a "Research to Business" grant

Seven initiatives by researchers from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili received a grant of the Research to Bussiness program organized by the URV, through the Foundation's valorisation unit, to promote initiatives that favor the arrival to market of knowledge and technologies developed in the University.

IN-NOVAPlàstics, a proposal presented by Prof. Marta Schuhmacher aimed at integrating innovative techniques to assess the quantity of micro- and nanoplastics in environmental samples, is one out of the seven awarded projects.

Posted on 20-11-2019

Doctoral thesis defense

Elga Schreiber, PhD candidate at TecnATox, successfully defended her doctoral thesis the last 15th November 2019, at 12.00h in Aula Magna, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universitat Rovira i Virgili.

Title: "Efectes de l'exposició al n-butilparabèn en el sistema reproductor masculí i l'estrès oxidatiu en testicles de rates joves"

Supervisors: Dr. Mercedes Gómez, Dr Tània García and Dr. Margarita Torrente.

Posted on 18-11-2019

The last publication of TecnATox

Sakamoto M, Itai T, Marumoto K, Marumoto M, Kodamatani H, Tomiyasu T, Nagasaka H, Mori K, Poulain AJ, Domingo JL, Horvat M, Matsuyama A. Mercury speciation in preserved historical sludge: Potential risk from sludge contained within reclaimed land of Minamata Bay, Japan. Environ Res. 2019 Aug 14;180:108668. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2019

Scientific Articles

Posted on 29-10-2019

FEM RECERCA!

FEM RECERCA! is a programme of URV to awake vocations, encouraging interest in research and its application, for university studies, as well as exemplifying its viability and importance, and the multiple applications that the knowledge offered by a degree generates in the field of research.

Part of the Ecotoxicology team of TecnATox is carrying out six sessions of the workshop "Com estudiem els rols ambientals de les microalgues" (How we study the environmental role of microalgae) adressed to high school students.

This workshop revolves around microalgae and two of their environmental roles: i) as organisms affected by environmental conditions; ii) as producers of toxic substances. In the framework of this activity, attendees will learn about the use of chromatography and pigments to study the biodiversity of the natural communities. Subsequently, an ecotoxicity test based on microalgae will be applied, and finally, they will know how to analyze reported data from molecular analysis to identify species.

Posted on 24-10-2019

A new publication of TecnATox has been included in PubMed

Guardia-Escote L, Basaure P, Biosca-Brull J, Cabré M, Blanco J, Pérez-Fernández C, Sánchez-Santed F, Domingo JL, Colomina MT. APOE genotype and postnatal chlorpyrifos exposure modulate gut microbiota and cerebral short-chain fatty acids in preweaning mice. Food Chem Toxicol. 2019 Oct 14:110872. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2019.110872.

Scientific Articles

Posted on 23-10-2019

Doctoral thesis defense

Laia Guàrdia, PhD candidate at TecnATox, successfully defended her doctoral thesis the last 15th October 2019.

Title: "Postnatal chlorpyrifos exposure influences the gut microbiota and the expression of biological and neurobehavioral characteristis of the apoe genotype in an age-dependent manner"

Supervisors: Dr. Maria Teresa Colomina Fosch, Dr Jordi Blanco Pérez and Dr. Maria Cabré Bargalló.

Posted on 22-10-2019