This project objective is to design and compare various methods to analyze paralitic toxins, in order to substitute the mouse bioassay.
The presence of certain species of toxic benthic dinoflagellates in the Spanish coasts poses a clear potential risk for the human health. The objective of this project is to evaluate and clarify the extension of this risk for the human health, the Fisheries industry and the tourism sector.
Espirolids are potent bioactive substances detected mainly in the last years, and which structure was not found before in other marine or terrestrial organisms, which indicates novel mechanisms of action. […]
“You only know a species if you know its complete life cycle” Von Stosch “It is not the strongest who will survive but those who can best manage change” Charles […]
Un estudio sobre el comportamiento y variabilidad del género Dinophysis en las costas de Galicia.
-Parasites may have given birth to sex- This sentence summarizes an evolutionary theory based on the “Red Queen Hypothesis”, named after Lewis Carroll, and which predicts that a prey has […]
Un nuevo enfoque en la investigación de las floraciones algales nocivas basado en el conocimiento del ciclo celular reproductivo y sus estrategias adaptativas, aplicado al estudio de dinoflagelados bentónicos del […]
Today, August 29, we were informed at the Oceanographic Center of Vigo about the observation of a red tide on the beach of O Adro, in Bouzas (Vigo). It looked […]
Between June 20 and 22, the IV International Symposium on Marine Sciences (ISMS) will be held in Vigo. (“Half a thousand marine scientists from 14 countries meet in Vigo.” Faro […]
Partensky F., Six C., Ratin M., Garczarek L., Vaulot D., Probert I., Calteau A., Gourvil P., Marie D., Grébert T., Bouchier C., Le Panse C., Gachenot M., Rodríguez F. & […]