Discovered in Girona 2022 (Cycle of Conferences) May 2022

House of Culture of the Provincial Government of Girona

In the month of May, the cycle of conferences ” Discovered in Girona” will take place, with the aim of bringing the research of the Department of Biology of the University of Girona closer to Girona society.

The cycle consists of four sessions in which we will explain the discoveries of different research groups that make up the Department.

At the end of the session, there will be a closing presentation, which this year will present how the SARS-CoV-2 surveillance system in Catalan wastewater was created and how it works.

The conferences will be held at the Casa de Cultura de Girona, at 7.30pm.

Below you will find the program of these talks. We also send it to you in an attached document.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

May 3

• The adherent-invasive Escherichia coli pathotype in Crohn’s disease

Margarita Martinez

Associate professor at the University of Girona, Microbiology of Intestinal Disease Group

• Shedding light on medicine: photodynamic therapy for the treatment of cancer

Anna Massaguer

Associate professor at the University of Girona, Group of Antitumor Therapies Directed .

May 10

• Improvement in the diagnosis of aggressive prostate cancer thanks to PSA glycosylation

Esther Wolf.

Associate professor at the University of Girona, Cancer Biochemistry Group .

How are plants protected? A journey from cork to apple

Sandra Fernández Piñán.

Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Girona, Cork Laboratory Group.

May 17

• New metal compounds as anti-cancer agents

Marlon Bravo.

Predoctoral researcher at the University of Girona, Protein Engineering Group.

• Native tortillas in the Ter, until when? Finding answers in DNA

Adrià Casanova

Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Girona, Genetic Ichthyology Laboratory.

May 24

Closing speech:

SARSAIGUA: SARS-CoV-2 surveillance network in wastewater in Catalonia

Carlos Borrego

Full professor at the University of Girona, Catalan Water Research Institute (ICRA) and Molecular Microbial Ecology group (IEA-UdG)