Harvest of the #CropDiversityExperiment Estación Experimental Aprisco in full swing. #CROWILUTION Agencia Estatal de Investigación includes crops and their wild relatives and presents us a few particular challenges, e.g. heat (over 40 °C under the rainout shelters) and seed shattering of the #cwr biodiversos.urjc IICG-URJC

¡Reunión del equipo del Instituto de Investigación en Cambio Global! 🌱 🖇️ Discutiendo objetivos estratégicos y metas del Instituto #IICG #URJC #CambioGlobal #Investigación #sostenibilidad #IICG #urjc #gobalchange #research #biodiversity #ecologicalrestoration #cambioclimatico

Without biodiversity, there would be no food. Biodiversity depends on how we manage our agrifood systems & take care of nature & our planet. Our future depends on biodiversity! #GenerationRestoration

Great news! ✨We are so happy to share that the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master proposal GLOBE has been granted by the EC. This has been possible thanks to the collective effort of some of our researchers, especially Silvia Matesanz and Ruben Milla

Super inspiring talk from John D Thompson in the IBC2024 about “The Science of Plant Conservation in a Changing Mediterranean World”, highlighting the need of preserving micro-hotspot of endemisms as well as the incredibly evolutionary potential of Mediterranean plants #IBC2024

Arranca el XX International Botanical Congress en Madrid, donde tenemos una buena representación de investigadores e investigadoras

“Evolutinoary Ecology of plants” a symposia organized by our colleagues Ruben Milla , Silvia Matesanz and Marcos Méndez. If you missed the first two sessions, today from 11:00 to 13:00 is the last one. Don't miss it! #IBC2024

Our session on Evolutionary Ecology of Plants couldn't have ended better. Amazing talks today, thanks to all participants and to the great audience. #IBC2024

Yesterday Adrián Escudero, director of the IICG presented his talk ‘Is current conservation management effective in protecting at-risk cliff plant species in the face of increasing climbing pressure?’ #IBC2024

What an amazing day at #IBC2024! Very inspiring and motivating talks, great science and discussions. Keep it coming!!

Yesterday Carlos Lara-Romero, Ph.D , our colleague from the IICG presented his talk ‘Genomic assessment of climate adaptation in an annual legume via artificial selection and assisted gene flow’ #IBC2024

Ya puedes leer el estudio donde hemos participado desde el IICG-URJC, analiza cómo el uso extensivo del territorio repercute de manera positiva sobre el entorno natural y social. #IICG #URJC #Researchpaper

We said goodbye to the North American students who have been researching gypsum ecosystems as part of the #Gypnextgen project. Thank you U.S. National Science Foundation for supporting the project! #IICG #URJC

⚠️Our research published in Journal of Medical Entomology: we quantified for the first time in #Spain the bites of medical importance from #spiders & other #toxic animals with hospitalary data provided by the Health Information Institute Ministerio de Sanidad biodiversos.urjc Entomological Society of America👇

Ya puedes leer el estudio realizado por investigadores del IICG-URJC, los resultados desmontan la percepción popular sobre la peligrosidad de las arañas y de otros animales terrestres tóxicos. #IICG #URJC #Researchpaper