Congratulations to Ana Sainz-García for winning the Best Poster Award at ICPIG 2023! Her research on the use of Plasma Activated Water (PAW) to prevent foodborne diseases caused by Listeria monocytogenes was recognized at the international congress held in the Netherlands. The research is conducted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of …
Our colleague Ignacio Muro-Fraguas has won the Best Poster Award at the IX Doctoral Conferences G-9 (Engineering and Architecture area) with the poster ‘Application of anti-biofilm coatings by plasma-polymerisation on materials for the food industry and the medical sector‘. His PhD research focuses on the reduction of bacterial adhesion and the consequent production of biofilm …
The third edition of the Institute of Studies of La Rioja (IER) Research Awards recognized the work ‘Application of atmospheric cold plasma (APCP) for the sanitization of oak barrels‘. The work was carried out by researchers from the University of La Rioja (our Group colleagues Elisa Sainz-García, Ana Sainz-García, Rodolfo Múgica-Vidal and Ignacio Muro-Fraguas) and …
El proyecto “ESTRATEGIAS DE RIEGO INTELIGENTE PARA CULTIVO DE ALMENDRO” (ERICA), cofinanciado por el Fondo Europeo Agrario de Desarrollo Rural (FEADER), el Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (MAPA) y el Gobierno de Aragón, se enfoca en desarrollar métodos de riego más eficientes y sostenibles. Como se detalla en el documento adjunto, los primeros resultados …
El nuevo proyecto, aprobado recientemente, pretende poner a disposición del sector frutícola aragonés una nueva metodología integral de riego, basada en criterios objetivos de fisiología y termodinámica, que simplifique la toma de decisiones agronómicas para optimizar la eficiencia en el uso del agua y los resultados productivos de las explotaciones de almendro. Este proyecto está …
This technique, developed and demostrated in a doctoral thesis at the University of La Rioja, is more effective, durable and ecological that current disinfection methods, based on chemical compounds. So far, it has reduce biofilm formation by 50-85% from four of the most common bacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus) on different …
