Projects and Publications School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
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Projects
The specialist knowledge offered by our institutes provides a solid basis for problem-solving with partners and clients. We adopt a highly practical and tailored approach to implementing research proposals, whether in the form of individual undergraduate dissertations investigating specific topics or interdisciplinary projects lasting many years and dealing with complex issues.
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ActinOmics: bioprospecting and genomics of actinobacteria isolated from the Marchica lagoon
The massive and excessive use of antibiotics in medicine has led to the emergence and spread of multi-resistant pathogens, rendering treatment with the usual antibiotics ineffective. Added to this phenomenon of antibiotic resistance is the emergence of new infectious diseases, often zoonotic, in humans. Hence the ...
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ACTS - Agroforestry Carbon Token System
Agroforestry has significant benefits for climate change mitigation and sustainable agroecosystems. For its valorisation as climate protection project, a new carbon certification scheme that allows continuous accounting of the CO2 removed by biomass carbon on a blockchain system is developed. ...
Publications
Publications are another key aspect of knowledge transfer between research and industry, and relevant outcomes are published in suitable outlets with the agreement of our partners.
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Ollier, Maxime; De Cara, Stéphane,
2024.
Ecological Economics.
219(108154).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108154
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Zabel von Felten, Astrid; Bokusheva, Raushan; Bozzola, Martina,
2024.
Dealing with negative monetary ecosystem services values in environmental and economic accounting.
Ecosystem Services.
66(101602).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101602