Open Call for Research Projects in ICTS-Doñana!

The Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructure Doñana Biological Reserve (ICTS-Doñana) announces the opening of a call for international research projects in the Doñana Natural Space.

Selected projects will receive a grant of up to €10,000 per application, intended to cover expenses such as travel and per diems for researchers, consumables, and small research project materials.

Priority will be given to international projects that collaborate with Spanish research teams in Doñana Natural Space, that make use of the facilities of the ICTS and/or use environmental monitoring data provided by ICTS-Doñana.

The call for proposals will remain open until 30 June 2024, with priority given to projects led by young researchers and women.

Send your research project in Spanish or English with the CV of the Principal Researcher to direccion.ebd@csic.es

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Funding: Junta Andalucía Call QUAL21-020



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Pheomelanin synthesis in insects: Implications for Parkinson's disease

Pheomelanin synthesis in insects: Implications for Parkinson's disease

Melanins are biological pigments that occur in two chemical forms, eumelanin and pheomelanin. In vertebrates, melanin synthesis normally takes place in epidermal melanocytes using dihydroxyphenylalanine as a precursor, but in human catecholaminergic neurons the precursor is dopamine and leads to neuromelanin. Here authors report for the first time that an insect (grasshopper) synthesizes pheomelanin. It does so using dopamine as the main precursor, thus producing a pigment homologous to the pheomelanic moiety of human neuromelanin. The production of this moiety involves neurotoxic intermediates that have been linked to Parkinson's disease. informacion[at]ebd.csic.es: Galván et al (2015) Insects synthesize pheomelanin. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12397


http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pcmr.12397/abstract

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