Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP, UPM-INIA) Areas of research: Plant Development, Interaction of Plants with Environment, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Location: Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid Website: www.cbgp.upm.es; Contact: direccion.cbgp@upm.es
The Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP) is a joint research centre of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and the Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), recently awarded Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence. The current strategic objectives of the CBGP (UPM-INIA) are the following: • Generation of fundamental knowledge on the genetic and molecular bases of key biological and physiological processes in plants and plant-interacting organisms. • Generation of knowledge on genomics of plants and plant-interacting organisms. • Development of new technologies for the functional analysis of plants/ microorganisms. • Development of new products/processes for the bioeconomy productive sectors. • Transmission of information and secondment of educational programmes (Bachelor and Master) for students, scientists and technicians, in biotechnology and genomics of plants and associated microorganisms. CBGP facilities include a 7,500 m2 building with laboratories, offices and state of the art facilities for plant growth including more than 350 m2 of phytochambers, and 1,200 m2 of greenhouse (300 m2 of P2-level containment experiments). CBGP also has infrastructure for metabolomics, cell biology and a P3-level containment lab. CBGP (UPM-INIA) scientists are grouped into three main Research Areas/Themes: Plant Development (7 groups); Interactions of Plants with Environment (9 groups) and Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (5 groups). CBGP has attracted talented scientists since its foundation, including 11 Tenure-track positions and 3 ERC starting grants (15% of all research groups). CBGP has a remarkable Translational Biology activity in the innovation ecosystem of CEI Montegancedo: in the last 5 years 23% of the CBGP research projects have been funded
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