SecrioNet is born: the first Spanish network to promote research in cryobiology
With the participation of specialists from eight universities and the CSIC The University of Vigo, through the Marine Research Center (CIM), leads SecrioNet, an innovative national scientific network for the development and collaboration in cryobiology, recently funded under the 2024 “Redes” call of the Spanish State Research Agency. The project, coordinated by CIM researcher Estefanía […]
The Spanish Society of Cryobiology is born, based at CIM-UVigo
This discipline studies the effects of low temperatures on biological materials or systems Based at the Marine Research Center of the University of Vigo and with scientist Estefanía Paredes as founding president, the Spanish Society of Cryobiology (SECrio) is established. This organization aims to bring together a wide range of professionals with interests in this […]
Global milestone in aquaculture: researchers from Vigo succeed in preserving one-millimeter juvenile mussels
The Ecocost group from the Galician university achieves a development that will allow larvae to be cryopreserved during periods of high availability and restore overexploited banks. Science delivers a new milestone to the fishing community in Vigo. The Ecocost group, from the Marine Research Center at the University of Vigo, has successfully preserved juvenile mussels […]
The University of Vigo uses jellyfish to improve the cryopreservation of sea urchins, mussels, and clams
Experts from the Marine Research Center (CIM) use Aurelia aurita larvae as an experimental model The Marine Research Center (CIM-UVigo) has turned to jellyfish as an experimental model to improve the cryopreservation of high-value resources such as mussels, clams, cockles, and sea urchins. The Icemedusa project, which has just started in the Ecimat laboratories in […]