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Earth Day 2021
With the current global crisis, it is important to understand how did we get here and where do we go from now on. On the Earth Day, we raise awareness for the necessity to create a more sustainable future and how GREEN-IT is focused on being a part of the solution
World Water Day 2021
Water is essential to life and, in the GREEN-IT Research Unit, several researchers focus on contributing to solve the water-related global challenges that have risen.
International Day of Forests 2021
On the International Day of Forests, GREEN-IT member Edmundo Sousa explains how his research contributes towards a better and more sustainable forest management
Bárbara Rebelo awarded Best Poster Award
PhD student Bábara Rebelo received the Best Poster Award at the 11th ITQB NOVA PhD Students' Meeting
World Pulses Day 2021
On World Pulses Day, get to know more about GREEN-IT members PlantX Lab, Corinca Carranca and Isabel Videira e Castro and their research on beans and legumes.
CRISPR: tweaking genes to improve plants
In an interview with CiB, GREEN-IT member Paula Duque addresses genetic editing, CRISPR and the advantages of plant breeding
Plant health and the fight against chestnut blight
GREEN-IT member Helena Bragança talks about her research on chestnut blight and the importance of planth health on Público
World Soil Day 2020
On World Soil Day, GREEN-IT researchers bring awareness to this resource and explain how they work towards healthy soils, improved plant nutrition and sustainable agriculture
Science paper links root endodermis and microbiota in mineral balance
Valéria Custódio, ITQB NOVA researcher and GREEN-IT member, is co-author of the paper, which offers new insight on the importance of the relationship between microbiota and root endodermis.
Applications open for the PhD Programme Plants for Life
From 19 November to 5 January 2021 three mixed PhD fellowships are available, in the scope of the international PhD Programme
Bringing the national rice back
GREEN-IT member Ana Sofia Almeida explains the role of science in creating national varieties of rice on RTP show "Faça Chuva Faça Sol"
Water availability and growth: how plants choose
How do plants know if the environment is suitable for growth?
History of rice featured in Nature Plants
A sudden global cooling event 4,200 years ago may have caused the evolution and spread of new rice varieties
Portuguese common bean: the answer for our Fusarium wilt prayers?
The Portuguese traditional varieties provide new leads for a more sustainable production system
European Scientists question ECJ decision on high-precision genome
On the first anniversary of the court ruling, the scientific community publishes an open letter with the support of over 120 institutions
InnovPlantProtect receives the Minister for Science and the Minister
Visit to the CoLAB headquarters took place within the celebrations of the Farmers Day
Manuela Chaves elected Correspondant Associé of the Academie d'Agriculture de France
The announcement was made this week in Paris
António Xavier Prize 2018 announced today
Award ceremony integrated in the 25th celebration of the ITQB NOVA Day
PhD Fellowships Plants for Life 2019
Applications to international PhD Program are welcome till January 24
Biorefineries for the XXI century
New EU project on bacterial enzymes and bioprocesses for lignin valorisation
In Nature nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed
Use of pesticides can increase pathogenicity of soil fungi
Scientists meaning business
New course to promote entrepreneurship in scientists, partnership ITQB NOVA and NOVA SBE
European scientists unite to safeguard precision breeding for sustainable agriculture
ITQB NOVA is one of the institutions that endorses this position paper
Going to Mars without leaving the Earth
Talks on Mars 2030 between researchers from ITQB NOVA and IA at Centro Cultural de Belém
Cork oak tree whole genome sequenced by Portuguese team
Results published in Nature group Scientific Data magazine
