Statement from the ALBA Synchrotron regarding the fire outbreak on December 2, 2023
Caterina Biscari, director of the facility, collected the award in a ceremony held the 29th of November at Fira Sabadell, with the attendance of companies from the Vallès area.
Researchers from Universidad de Castilla la Mancha, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and the Institute of Agricultural Sciences – CSIC proved the potential of wine production residues as biopesticides in agriculture, thus reducing the waste management problem and contributing to a circular economy. Their work shows that recycled biochar from grape pomace is effective to reduce the parasitic nematode infection of tomato plants in pots. Biochar characterization by synchrotron light infrared spectroscopy was performed at MIRAS beamline of the ALBA Synchrotron.
The event will take place next 1st December 2023 at the ALBA Synchrotron and will be about the industry opportunities in light source infrastructures, such us the future ALBA II project.
The use of different microscopy and tomography techniques, including synchrotron light, unveils how lung cells are modified along the infection in cell culture models. The work is the result of the European consortium CoCID (Compact Cell Imaging Device) with the participation of CSIC groups and the ALBA Synchrotron.
