Galician Scientist Designs Enzymes to Protect Crops

The silent battle that plants are waging every day against fungi, bacteria and other pathogens could be about to take an evolutionary leap thanks to synthetic biology. researcher Beatriz Orosa, from the Singular Research Center for Biolóxica Chemistry and Molecular Matter at the University of Santiago de Compostela (CiQUS), has just launched the SynUbL project, focused on improving the immune response of crops through state-of-the-art molecular …