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IRNASA-CSIC

@irnasa.bsky.social

Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca | We research in global health, agri-food productivity, bioeconomy, environmental conservation and climate change 👩‍🔬🦠🌱🐖

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IRNASA-CSIC@irnasa.bsky.social · 19h ago

🔬 #IRNASA‑CSIC, through the group led by @monicabalsera.bsky.social, is part of @csic.es’s SYNMAC Connection. The challenge is to understand biological matter across different scales and levels of organization and to translate this knowledge into transformative technologies.

Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CSIC)@cib-csic.bsky.social · 2w ago

SYNMAC (CSIC Hub in Engineering Synthetic Biological Matter) is a multidisciplinary strategic initiative in research, advanced training, and innovation funded by @csic.es under the 2025 CONEXIONES-CSIC. Our researcher, German Rivas, coordinates the project together with Irene Otero-Muras (I2sys2bio)

Lluis Montoliu@lluismontoliu.bsky.social · 2w ago

Muy interesante el artículo de Sergio Cerezo @irnasa.bsky.social en @agenciasinc.es sobre la reciente aprobación en la UE del reglamento para usar #NGTs #CRISPR en plantas, especialmente sus comentarios de la experiencia británica, que va por delante de la europea. www.agenciasinc.es/Opinion/La-n...

La nueva era de la mejora vegetal comienza en Europa

En junio se aprobó la nueva regulación europea sobre Nuevas técnicas Genómicas que pone fin a años de bloqueo normativo. Esta normativa permitirá a los agricultores a acceder a nuevas variedades veget...

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IRNASA-CSIC@irnasa.bsky.social · 2w ago

🧬🌱"La nueva era de la mejora vegetal comienza en Europa", un artículo de Sergio Cerezo Medina (@sergio-cm.bsky.social), responsable del Servicio de Edición Genética y Bioinformática del #IRNASA-CSIC, publicado en @agenciasinc.es. ▶️ www.agenciasinc.es/Opinion/La-n...

La nueva era de la mejora vegetal comienza en Europa

En junio se aprobó la nueva regulación europea sobre Nuevas técnicas Genómicas que pone fin a años de bloqueo normativo. Esta normativa permitirá a los agricultores a acceder a nuevas variedades veget...

agenciasinc.es

IRNASA-CSIC@irnasa.bsky.social · 3w ago

📢 New paper out! 📜 "Australian Acacia species impact soil bacterial communities abroad but not at home", published in 'Plant and Soil'. 👨‍🔬 With the participation of Ángel Valverde, from #IRNASA‑CSIC. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s111...

Australian Acacia species impact soil bacterial communities abroad but not at home - Plant and Soil

Background and Aims Invasive Australian Acacia species are known to modify soil physicochemical properties and microbial communities, yet their effects on soil microbial co-occurrence networks and functioning across native and non-native ranges remain poorly understood. Here, we investigated these impacts by comparing soil physicochemical properties, soil bacteriome diversity, composition and nitrogen-cycling guilds in sites with and without Acacia species across native (Australia) and non-native regions where they have become naturalized or invasive (New Zealand, South Africa). Methods We reconstructed bacterial co-occurrence networks to examine network topological features and associated hub taxa (i.e., highly interactive/connected bacteria) in relation to soil physicochemical variables and the presence of acacia trees. Results Acacia presence was associated with soil acidification and increases in soil organic matter and NH₄⁺-N in New Zealand and South Africa, but not in Australia. Networks associated with acacia soils in New Zealand and South Africa showed lower node-level closeness than those in Australia, indicating that soil bacterial taxa are less centrally connected in the non-native ranges than in the native range of acacias. Relative abundance of hub taxa was strongly correlated with soil pH, moisture, and nutrient availability. Conclusion Our findings highlight the importance of combining co-occurrence network analysis with differential abundance testing of core taxa and exploring the associations between highly connected (central) soil microbes, changes in soil physicochemical properties, and nitrogen-cycling guilds. Understanding how microbial networks respond to invasive plant species is essential for predicting the recovery of soils following management interventions. For instance, this knowledge can guide restoration strategies, identifying instances where passive recovery is sufficient and when active interventions, such as soil amendments or microbial inoculation, are necessary to restore native communities and ecosystem processes.

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IRNASA-CSIC@irnasa.bsky.social · 4w ago

📖 EU Research has published an interesting article about the ERC‑funded PASSAGE project, led by Blanca Ausín, a researcher at #IRNASA-CSIC. ➡️ Ausín, B. (2026). “Tracing the Ocean’s Climate Archive”, EU Research, Summer 2026, vol. 46, pp. 32–33. 🔗 isu.pub/LNw6eao

PASSAGE

We spoke to Dr. Blanca Ausín, a Distinguished Researcher at the Spanish National Research Council, about the ERC-funded PASSAGE project. By combining oceanographic fieldwork with advanced geochemical

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IRNASA-CSIC@irnasa.bsky.social · 4w ago

👩‍💻 Elène Lenders joins #IRNASA‑CSIC as the lead for the Internationalization area within the Unit of Excellence. 🌍 Strengthening the center’s international projection is one of the key goals of our Strategic Plan. 🚀 Welcome aboard, Elène!

Elène Lenders at her workplace.