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Mar 2023

Dr. Maite Muniesa has received the distinction Icrea Acadèmia 2022

Dr. Maite Muniesa has received the distinction Icrea Acadèmia 2022

Dr. Maite Muniesa, coordinator of the Microbiology section, and member of the MARS group has received the distinction with the ICREA Academia 2022 recognition, for her scientific

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28

Sep 2018

New web site on coliphages

New educational web site on bacteriophages

Members of the MARS group have collaborated in the elaboration of the contents of the new educational web site on the bacteriophages. This web site (www.coliphages.com) explains

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Apr 2017

Dr. Joan Jofre (UB) is invited by the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States as an expert in the microbiological analysis of water

Dr. Joan Jofre (UB) is invited by the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States as an expert in the microbiological analysis of water

A few days ago in Washington DC, Dr. Joan Jofre, from the research group Health-Related Water Microbiology (MARS) of the University of Barcelona, participated in a working

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21

Feb 2023

FAGONIT: Phage technology as a nitrification inhibitor applied to the generation of nitrogen fertilizers

FAGONIT: Phage technology as a nitrification inhibitor applied to the generation of nitrogen fertilizers

Research on the promising bacteriophage fiNF-1 continues with a new three-year public-private collaboration project, funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, to study

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Jun 2017

Dr. Anicet Blanch (UB) invited by the Japanese Society on Water Environment

Dr. Anicet Blanch (UB) invited by the Japanese Society on Water Environment

Dr. Anicet Blanch, a researcher at the Water Research Institute (IdRA) of the Faculty of Biology and a member of the scientific board of Bluephage, a spin-off of the University

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16

Nov 2016

Bluephage, the new spin-off of the University of Barcelona

Bluephage, the new spin-off of the University of Barcelona

The availability of quality water has been a worldwide priority concern for over a century. The main focus of such concern is preventing the transmission of water related

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