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The course begins tomorrow Wednesday and will address the industrial applications of some of the molecules that these microorganisms produce and their applications in environmental recovery processes, in wastewater treatment or in the production of antibiotics, bioplastics and pigments.
13.07.2021
The Torrevieja University Venue opens tomorrow, Wednesday, July 14, at 9:00 am, the summer course "The Pink Lagoon of Torrevieja: potential applications of its microorganisms", which will end on Thursday, July 15.
Directed by the professor of the Department of Agrochemistry and Biochemistry of the UA, Rosa María Martínez Espinosa, the course, based on Biotechnology, will focus on making known the diversity of microorganisms that live in the water column and sediments of the Laguna Rosa de Torrevieja and similar ecosystems, as well as in highlighting the importance of the Extremophilic microorganisms of these ecosystems in the natural environment.
As a central part of the course, the study of the industrial applications of some of the molecules produced by these microorganisms will be addressed, as well as applications of the microorganisms themselves in environmental recovery processes (removal of heavy metals, bioremediation of brines, etc. .) and treatment of saline wastewater and brine from desalination plants. Aspects related to the microbiology, molecular biology and biochemistry of these microorganisms will be discussed to understand, later, how they could be used in industrial processes (pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, production of bioplastics and antibiotics, etc.).
The director of the course affirms that "this training proposal wants to promote training and scientific dissemination to value the biotechnological and environmental potential of the natural resources of the Laguna Rosa and other similar ecosystems in the province of Alicante such as the Salina de Calpe, the salt flats of Santa Pola or the interior salt flats of Alto Vinalopó (Villena) ”.
Program
Wednesday July 14, 2021
9.00-10.00 h. Course presentation (timetables, organization, presentation of the participating teachers, brief description of ecosystems (salt pans, salt marshes, salty lagoons, etc.)
Rosa María Martínez Espinosa. Course director
10.00-12.00 h. Microbiology of saline media I
Fernando Santos Sánchez. Department of Physiology, Genetics and Microbiology. University of Alicante
12.00-12.30 h. Break
12.30-14.30 h. Saline media microbiology II
Fernando Santos Sanchez
Thursday, July 15, 2021
09.00-10.00 h. Halophilic microorganisms in Biotechnology: applications and scaling of biomass production
Carmen Pire Galiana. Agrochemistry and Biochemistry Department. University of Alicante
10.00-12.00 h. Biotechnological applications of halophilic enzymes
Carmen Pire Galiana
12.00-12.30 h. Break
12.30-14.30 h. Genetic engineering of halophilic microorganisms. Biotechnological applications
Carmen Pire Galiana
Friday July 16, 2021
09.00-10.00. Halophilic microorganisms: soil and water bioremediation, production of bioplastics and antibiotics
Rosa Mª Martínez Espinosa
10.00-12.00 h. Pigment production using halophilic microorganisms
Micaela Giani Alonso. Agrochemistry and Biochemistry Department. University of Alicante
12.00-12.30. Break
12.30-14.30 h. Halophilic Microorganisms and Astrobiology
Ricardo Amils Pibernat. Autonomous University of Madrid
2.30 p.m. Conclusions and closing of the course
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