A project from research to reuse wastes as natural herbicides and in biomedicine
The Biodiversity and Environment Institute and the School of Pharmacy and Nutrition of the University will develop this study for two years.
FotoEnrique Cobos<br>/De izquierda a derecha: Emilio Goicoechea (2º de Grado en Nutrición Humana) y voluntario; Valery Elsner (2º de Grado en CCAA) y voluntaria; Mónica Oyarzun (técnico del Dpto de Biología Ambiental); Dra. Nieves Goicoechea (Dpto. Biología Ambiental e investigadora principal); Dra. Carmen Sanmartín (Dpto. Tecnología y Química Farmacéuticas. Investigadora); Dr Daniel Plano (Dpto. Tecnología y Química Farmacéuticas. Investigador); Céline Guynot de Boismenu, 2º de Grado en CCAA y voluntaria; Tomás Madrigal, 2º de Grado en Farmacia y voluntario; y la graduada Silvia Estarriaga, doctoranda.
02 | 11 | 2023
Researchers from the Biodiversity and Environment Institute and from the School of Pharmacy and Nutrition of the University of Navarra will investigate the possible properties of some household and pruning wastes as antimicrobial, antitumor and natural herbicide agents. This research will be developed in the framework of the "Program for the promotion of partnership in actions of research and development+i between Autonomous Communities" of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan funded by the European Union-NextGenerationEU.
“The project is project aimed at reducing the production of household, industrial, or agricultural plant waste, but rather at expanding its reuse in areas that go beyond composting, such as its employment natural herbicides or in biomedical applications,” notes Nieves Goicoechea, a researcher at Biodiversity and Environment Institute professor at the School of Science at the University of Navarra.
The project, requested in partnership with the group of research Applied Agrochemistry and Environment (GIAAMA) of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche, and which is titled degree scroll "Valorization of domestic vegetable and pruning waste in sanitary and agricultural areas", will receive an economic endowment of 67,000 € and will be developed over two years.
"Our goal is to give the project a living-lab character in which the participation of the university community is encouraged. For this reason, it is planned to install different collection points for material at campus of the University of Navarra," says Dr. Goicoechea.
The work team consists of Nieves Goicoechea, a researcher at Biodiversity and Environment Institute; Dr. Carmen Sanmartín and Dr. Daniel Plano from the School of Pharmacy and Nutrition; and Mónica Oyarzun, a technical staff member at the School of Science. In addition, other professionals and volunteers are expected to participate in the project: pharmacist Silvia Estarriaga, who will be working on her thesis ; Nigerian researcher Damilola Grace Olanipon (scholarship Ortiz de Landázurischolarship ); two students in Degree dual Degree will complete their final Degree projects; and four students will participate as volunteers in the selective waste collection at various locations on campus .
The Biodiversity and Environment Institute of the University of Navarra is a research center that aims to respond, based on scientific evidence, to the main environmental challenges facing the planet. The Institute is formed by more than fifty researchers working in four main areas: management of ecosystems, anthropogenic impacts, global change and biodiversity, and science communication.
