Researchers at the University of Barcelona embark on a new research campaign in the Antarctica

The project sets up a new Antarctic campaign in December. Besides researchers from the University of Barcelona, experts at the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), the University of Alcalá de Henares (UAH), the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and Harvard University participate in the campaign too.
To study marine invertebrate communities that compose the marine benthos is the main objective of the DISTANTCOM project, led by Conxita Àvila, researcher in the Department of Animal Biology and the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio) of the University of Barcelona. The project also aims at identifying the molecules that take part in ecological relationships and assessing their potential pharmacological effects.

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