As part of a scientific delegation from CENIT, Julián Asinsten, a member of Bioleft, traveled to Seville (Spain) to take part in a series of institutional activities related to the EnergyTRAN project. During these working sessions, the delegation visited LifeWatch ERIC—a public-private organization coordinated by the European Commission that provides research infrastructures—and the Joint Research Centre, a research body also under the European Commission’s umbrella.
At both institutions, Julián Asinsten delivered presentations about Bioleft, aiming to identify new opportunities for collaboration with international organizations. The audience, which included European Commission officials, technical experts in digital infrastructures, and researchers, received Bioleft’s proposals with interest.
LifeWatch ERIC, in addition to presenting its MyLifeWatch platform for managing research data and processes, shared findings from its projects Agroserv, Agroecology Partnership, and Microbes4Climate. These initiatives open up potential avenues for collaboration on experimental data analysis, microorganism analysis, blockchain applications for seed traceability, crop improvement using microorganisms, and the design and implementation of Living Labs.
We are thrilled to continue cultivating new relationships, learning from international experiences, and strengthening our knowledge in order to keep building our open-source seed exchange and improvement community, as well as our participatory breeding projects.