An MBA program, its overall vision of the company through a multidisciplinary approach, the required dedication and the personal impact on the candidate: all these things together are set to be a radical change in all participants’ life.
The MBA is focused on the understanding of all areas involved in the management and administration of companies, meaning the whole conception of the company, its operations and organization. This involves carrying out an integrated effort on all the activities of business management, in order to be able to implement those policies and more appropriate to successfully achieve the planned objectives strategies. The business world demands trained professionals with a solid understanding of the various areas of management, and in turn, with personal skills such as flexibility, adaptation, reflection, resolution and creativity.
Having an MBA is necessary for all those seeking a differential advantage in today's competitive world. It is one of the few academic diplomas with which, in addition to learning the various areas of running a business, a reputation recognized by the business environment is obtained. It is the program that lets you through the experience, getting new tools and knowledge that will facilitate the transition to a better position in your career.
Why study MBA at Aspire Business School?
The ASPIRE MBA has been characterized as the master of executive training par excellence, which enables participants to achieve positions in a company, and get the necessary management skills to manage companies and institutions. For example, it is the program that lets you enhance your career to a maximum level of development.
The MBA aims to provide Students with the adequate skills to manage assertively and innovatively an organization, from the essential knowledge of marketing, finance, economics, accounting, business management, human capital and operations to the development of an appropriate set of transverse tools and capabilities: leadership, teamwork, communication, business ethics, social responsibility, and shared value.
The advanced training that provides the master is designed to boost the participant’s career, ensuring a major leap and a sustained capacity to:
The methodology used in the programs of ASPIRE is based on the combination of practical training and theoretical knowledge, and further requires the active participation of students with their opinions and views. Based on this, all participants are encouraged to analyze and solve case studies based on real and simulated business situations for training purposes. The Student participation and teamwork are an essential element in the development of the program. This deepens and enriches the training, as it complements the diversity of opinions and experiences of the participants. In this sense, good teamwork is essential in the development, preparation and presentation of the Business Plan as the FMT project in which all the skills and knowledge acquired during the development of the program are integrated. The project encourages the ability to develop strategic vision and entrepreneurial spirit of the Student.
Using a virtual campus provides permanent access to all the resources needed for learning, in addition to update information on the planning of courses, assessment of student progress and direct contact with the teaching staff.
ABS is committed to provide students with global education, and we believe that financing can help attract best-in-class students who are ambitious and deserve a merit-based scholarship. For incoming students, these scholarships are granted after careful consideration, including academic merit and the social-economic status of a student. The amount awarded is at the discretion of Aspire Business School Barcelona administration but cannot exceed 50% of the annual tuition fees of the program. All national, international and transfer students are eligible for the following scholarships. You can apply for ONE scholarship only, so we recommend that you review the conditions of each option carefully.
Referral Scholarship
Open to: This scholarship is awarded to Masters (including MBA) candidates who have immediate or extended family relations with current and former students, including partners. This scholarship is also open to candidates from the same family who apply to ABS at the same time.
Candidates will be considered based on their Personal Statement where the applicants will need to describe how pursuing the studies at ABS will affect their career and personal life.
Women in Business Scholarship
Open to: WIB Scholarship is awarded to exceptional female candidates whose academic and professional merits help them to demonstrated leadership in their community, academic institution, or place of work.
Candidates will be considered based on their Personal Statement where the applicants will need to describe how pursuing the studies at ABS will affect their career and personal life. Candidates should also describe their understanding of why women must be part of business life.
From the new challenges posed by the recently overcame global financial crisis, to the new ways companies confront them, financial trends shape the world in which we live.
The demand for outstanding financial professionals is constantly growing. Companies demand managers with proven skills to understand these new scenarios, boost the corporate growth, diversify revenue streams and raise capital.
The current competitive landscape requires different level of an efficient financial approach to management, combining both a solid understanding of the managerial implications of the corporate financial structure, an updated perspective of the evolution of economic agents and regulators, and an in-depth analysis and monitoring of the financial KPIs of the business model. ASPIRE’s Master in Finance is willing to train an outstanding generation of new managers to successfully face these challenges.
Why study MESM at Aspire Business School?
The ASPIRE Master in Finance combines cutting-edge theoretical frameworks with an applied perspective of the day-to-day managerial implications of the financial roles. Our faculty members have an extended experience in a variety of industries and types of companies, from startups to big, consolidated players to offer the best possible learning experience in the vibrant city of Barcelona.
The Aspire’s MSME focuses on a set complimentary goals.
The methodology used in the programs of ASPIRE is based on the combination of practical training and theoretical knowledge, and further requires the active participation of students with their opinions and views. Based on this, all participants are encouraged to analyze and solve case studies based on real and simulated business situations for training purposes.
The Student participation and teamwork are an essential element in the development of the program. This deepens and enriches the training, as it complements the diversity of opinions and experiences of the participants. In this sense, good teamwork is essential in the development, preparation and presentation of the Business Plan as the FMT project in which all the skills and knowledge acquired during the development of the program are integrated. The project encourages the ability to develop strategic vision and entrepreneurial spirit of the Student.
Using a virtual campus provides permanent access to all the resources needed for learning, in addition to update information on the planning of courses, assessment of student progress and direct contact with the teaching staff.
Aspire is committed to provide students with global education, and we believe that financing can help attract best-in-class students who are ambitious and deserve a merit-based scholarship. For incoming students, these scholarships are granted after careful consideration, including academic merit and the social-economic status of a student. The amount awarded is at the discretion of Aspire Business School Barcelona administration but cannot exceed 50% of the annual tuition fees of the program. All national, international and transfer students are eligible for the following grants. You can apply for ONE scholarship only, so we recommend that you review the conditions of each option carefully.
Open to: WIS Scholarship is awarded to exceptional female candidates whose academic and professional merits help them to demonstrated leadership in their community, academic institution, or place of work.
Candidates will be considered based on their Personal Statement where the applicants will need to describe how pursuing the studies at Aspire will affect their career and personal life. Candidates should also describe their understanding of why women must be part of business life.
Open to: Students who can demonstrate excellent academic or professional results related to the career of their choice.
Candidates will be considered based on recommendation letters from former professors or colleagues and on their Personal Statement where the applicants will need to describe how pursuing the studies at ABS will affect their career and personal life. Candidates should also describe how the academic merit and professional success has provided them with leadership potential.
Please choose your scholarship and then email the completed corresponding application form to your admissions officer or at [email protected] with the rest of the documents required for admission. Please also include:
A copy of your most current CV or provide us with a brief history of your previous employment or work placements/internships.
Please attach any relevant supporting documents to strengthen your application (e.g. job references, professors’ references, transcripts). All references and any supporting documentation must be sent as part of your full application.
The global competitive landscape has undergone a dramatic revolution in these very last years. From a resource-based approach to competition, we’ve transitioned to a winner-takes-it-all scenario in which, paradoxically, startups and entrepreneurs stand a better a chance of success. Big players, in turn, face now a completely different pace of disruption with more agile, flexible players willing to fight for their customer base. It’s the startup revolution.
These new type of competition require a new type of managers and entrepreneurs, combining a deep sense of creativity, innovation and a hands-on approach to management with a solid understanding of the new drivers of success and the impact of the new digital business models on traditional operating processes. Entrepreneurs willing to constantly challenge conventional wisdom and status quo to creat new types of value generation for a globalized market.
The ASPIRE Master in Startup Management and Entrepreneurshipis specifically designed to serve this new generation of managers in this challenging task: new managers for a new economy.
The ASPIRE Master in Startup Management and Entrepreneurship offers the possibility to get in contact with a solid and outstanding base of faculty members coming from a diversified set of industries, with a hands-on approach to management and a proven track record as entrepreneurs, business angels and specialized consultants in a comprehensive set of corporate areas.
The program combines a cutting-edge approach to new theoretical frameworks for the digital entrepreneurship with an applied perspective to in-class experience.
The Aspire’s MSME focuses on a set complimentary goals.
The methodology used in the programs of ASPIRE is based on the combination of practical training and theoretical knowledge, and further requires the active participation of students with their opinions and views. Based on this, all participants are encouraged to analyze and solve case studies based on real and simulated business situations for training purposes.
The Student participation and teamwork are an essential element in the development of the program. This deepens and enriches the training, as it complements the diversity of opinions and experiences of the participants. In this sense, good teamwork is essential in the development, preparation and presentation of the Business Plan as the FMT project in which all the skills and knowledge acquired during the development of the program are integrated. The project encourages the ability to develop strategic vision and entrepreneurial spirit of the Student.
Using a virtual campus provides permanent access to all the resources needed for learning, in addition to update information on the planning of courses, assessment of student progress and direct contact with the teaching staff.
Aspire is committed to provide students with global education, and we believe that financing can help attract best-in-class students who are ambitious and deserve a merit-based scholarship. For incoming students, these scholarships are granted after careful consideration, including academic merit and the social-economic status of a student. The amount awarded is at the discretion of Aspire Business School Barcelona administration but cannot exceed 50% of the annual tuition fees of the program. All national, international and transfer students are eligible for the following grants. You can apply for ONE scholarship only, so we recommend that you review the conditions of each option carefully.
Women in STEM Scholarship
Open to: WIS Scholarship is awarded to exceptional female candidates whose academic and professional merits help them to demonstrated leadership in their community, academic institution, or place of work.d
Candidates will be considered based on their Personal Statement where the applicants will need to describe how pursuing the studies at Aspire will affect their career and personal life. Candidates should also describe their understanding of why women must be part of business life.
Merit Scholarship
Open to: Students who can demonstrate excellent academic or professional results related to the career of their choice.
Candidates will be considered based on recommendation letters from former professors or colleagues and on their Personal Statement where the applicants will need to describe how pursuing the studies at ABS will affect their career and personal life. Candidates should also describe how the academic merit and professional success has provided them with leadership potential.
Please choose your scholarship and then email the completed corresponding application form to your admissions officer or at [email protected] with the rest of the documents required for admission. Please also include:
A copy of your most current CV or provide us with a brief history of your previous employment or work placements/internships.
Please attach any relevant supporting documents to strengthen your application (e.g. job references, professors’ references, transcripts). All references and any supporting documentation must be sent as part of your full application.
For some years now, we have been globally immersed in the so-called digital age, a major and disruptive change in every aspect of our life. Business environment is no exception. The creation of companies that operate exclusively on the Internet has revolutionized the conventional way of conceiving the company, the strategy and the models of doing business. Thus, new cases of business success such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Netflix or Spotify, among other OTTs, are digital natives. The rules of the game have changed and now any company or organization must know how new technologies affect the company, how to take advantage of them and how to use them to find new opportunities or new competitive advantages.
The ASPIRE Master in Digital Transformation is a demanding program that provides the participant with the knowledge and skills necessary to exploit the digital environments in a business environment, always with a global vision of the business. The program is designed to show the new Internet professionals the key drivers required to be successful both in launching a new business and in transforming those businesses that still operate outside the digital world and need to make the leap. Professionals who know and master the new digital environment, know how to exploit social networks, be prepared to launch Mobile Marketing strategies and help your company to develop its e-commerce plan. In short, professionals and executives who know how to take advantage of New technologies to gain a solid competitive advantage over time.
Why study MDT at Aspire Business School?
The ASPIRE Master in Digital Transformation has been designed to to enable participants to be fully operational in the digital environment and achieve top management positions in a wide range of industries. The master excellence is leveraged on its faculty board, comprised of experienced professionals with a solid track record in a variety of industries and global markets, along with top researchers and consultants combining a cutting-edge perspective on the latest theoretical frameworks and an hands-on approach to digital businesses.
The Aspire’s MDT focuses on a set complimentary goals.
The methodology used in the programs of ASPIRE is based on the combination of practical training and theoretical knowledge, and further requires the active participation of students with their opinions and views. Based on this, all participants are encouraged to analyze and solve case studies based on real and simulated business situations for training purposes. The Student participation and teamwork are an essential element in the development of the program. This deepens and enriches the training, as it complements the diversity of opinions and experiences of the participants. In this sense, good teamwork is essential in the development, preparation and presentation of the Business Plan as the FMT project in which all the skills and knowledge acquired during the development of the program are integrated. The project encourages the ability to develop strategic vision and entrepreneurial spirit of the Student.
Using a virtual campus provides permanent access to all the resources needed for learning, in addition to update information on the planning of courses, assessment of student progress and direct contact with the teaching staff.
Aspire is committed to provide students with global education, and we believe that financing can help attract best-in-class students who are ambitious and deserve a merit-based scholarship. For incoming students, these scholarships are granted after careful consideration, including academic merit and the social-economic status of a student.
The amount awarded is at the discretion of Aspire Business School Barcelona administration but cannot exceed 50% of the annual tuition fees of the program. All national, international and transfer students are eligible for the following grants. You can apply for ONE scholarship only, so we recommend that you review the conditions of each option carefully.
Women in STEM Scholarship
Open to: WIS Scholarship is awarded to exceptional female candidates whose academic and professional merits help them to demonstrated leadership in their community, academic institution, or place of work.
Candidates will be considered based on their Personal Statement where the applicants will need to describe how pursuing the studies at Aspire will affect their career and personal life. Candidates should also describe their understanding of why women must be part of business life.
Merit Scholarship
Open to: Students who can demonstrate excellent academic or professional results related to the career of their choice.
Candidates will be considered based on recommendation letters from former professors or colleagues and on their Personal Statement where the applicants will need to describe how pursuing the studies at ABS will affect their career and personal life. Candidates should also describe how the academic merit and professional success has provided them with leadership potential.
Please choose your scholarship and then email the completed corresponding application form to your admissions officer or at [email protected] with the rest of the documents required for admission. Please also include:
A copy of your most current CV or provide us with a brief history of your previous employment or work placements/internships.
Please attach any relevant supporting documents to strengthen your application (e.g. job references, professors’ references, transcripts). All references and any supporting documentation must be sent as part of your full application.
There’s a global consensus on the idea that data stand as the coin in today’s business landscape, and will be the driver shaping the fourth industrial revolution.
Indeed, in the current so-called second machine age we are seeing the rise of new types of business models, corporate competences, customer-focused processes and managerial skills build around data science.
Companies require professionals that understand that data management and business analytics are deeply embedded in both traditional business models transitioning to new competitive approaches and digital natives alike.
Experienced data scientists, instead of digital newbies, will be playing a key role in leading corporate growth in the years ahead, understanding industry-specific drivers of success and leading the information-based transformation.
Why study MDSBA at Aspire Business School?
The ASPIRE Master in Data Science and Business Analytics has been designed to provide a cutting-edge perspective on how data analytics and information-based management is key in leading corporate success. The program content combines a deep specialization with an applied perspective on how data affects traditional and new business models, supported by an outstanding base of professionals with real experience in a variety of industries and corporate processes.
The Aspire’s MDSBA focuses on a set complimentary goals.
The methodology used in the programs of ASPIRE is based on the combination of practical training and theoretical knowledge, and further requires the active participation of students with their opinions and views. Based on this, all participants are encouraged to analyze and solve case studies based on real and simulated business situations for training purposes. The Student participation and teamwork are an essential element in the development of the program. This deepens and enriches the training, as it complements the diversity of opinions and experiences of the participants. In this sense, good teamwork is essential in the development, preparation and presentation of the Business Plan as the FMT project in which all the skills and knowledge acquired during the development of the program are integrated. The project encourages the ability to develop strategic vision and entrepreneurial spirit of the Student.
Using a virtual campus provides permanent access to all the resources needed for learning, in addition to update information on the planning of courses, assessment of student progress and direct contact with the teaching staff.
Aspire is committed to provide students with global education, and we believe that financing can help attract best-in-class students who are ambitious and deserve a merit-based scholarship. For incoming students, these scholarships are granted after careful consideration, including academic merit and the social-economic status of a student. The amount awarded is at the discretion of Aspire Business School Barcelona administration but cannot exceed 50% of the annual tuition fees of the program. All national, international and transfer students are eligible for the following grants. You can apply for ONE scholarship only, so we recommend that you review the conditions of each option carefully.
Women in STEM Scholarship
Open to: WIS Scholarship is awarded to exceptional female candidates whose academic and professional merits help them to demonstrated leadership in their community, academic institution, or place of work.
Candidates will be considered based on their Personal Statement where the applicants will need to describe how pursuing the studies at Aspire will affect their career and personal life. Candidates should also describe their understanding of why women must be part of business life.
Merit Scholarship
Open to: Students who can demonstrate excellent academic or professional results related to the career of their choice.
Candidates will be considered based on recommendation letters from former professors or colleagues and on their Personal Statement where the applicants will need to describe how pursuing the studies at ABS will affect their career and personal life. Candidates should also describe how the academic merit and professional success has provided them with leadership potential.
Please choose your scholarship and then email the completed corresponding application form to your admissions officer or at [email protected] with the rest of the documents required for admission. Please also include:
A copy of your most current CV or provide us with a brief history of your previous employment or work placements/internships.
Please attach any relevant supporting documents to strengthen your application (e.g. job references, professors’ references, transcripts). All references and any supporting documentation must be sent as part of your full application.
Health care institiutions around the world are facing challenging issues caused by progressively changing trends, such as an increasingly prevailing physical inactivity and ageing. As the issues become global, so turns the strategic vision of their resilution. Good management is crucial to approaching these challegenges, and ASPIRE’s MHCM equips you to succesfully confront them, while providing economic, political, and technical approaches on a fast-changing and complex health care environment.
During the MHCM, participants are trained to match knowledge from various academic fields with professional skills and figure out a solution for just about any problem that they might found during their career as health care managers. During this process, the spotlight is never put on anything but patient demands and needs. All in all, the program prepares key leaders through a solid foundation in business analysis and a proven exposure to real - world healthcare management and rewarding professional development opportunities.
Why study MHCM at Aspire Business School?
The ASPIRE Master in Health Care Management and its recognized business faculty, together with a select group of highly experienced healthcare industry executives, prepares graduates to assume increasingly bigger management and leadership roles in a wide range of healthcare settings, insurers and managed care companies, including health and hospital systems, consulting firms, pharmaceutical companies, public health organizations, service provider organizations, medical device and biotech firms. The specific focus is set on the understanding of the European and Catalan National Health Care Programs, a real benchmark worldwide.
The Aspire’s MHCM focuses on a set complimentary goals.
The methodology used in the programs of ASPIRE is based on the combination of practical training and theoretical knowledge, and further requires the active participation of students with their opinions and views. Based on this, all participants are encouraged to analyze and solve case studies based on real and simulated business situations for training purposes. The Student participation and teamwork are an essential element in the development of the program. This deepens and enriches the training, as it complements the diversity of opinions and experiences of the participants. In this sense, good teamwork is essential in the development, preparation and presentation of the Business Plan as the FMT project in which all the skills and knowledge acquired during the development of the program are integrated. The project encourages the ability to develop strategic vision and entrepreneurial spirit of the Student.
Using a virtual campus provides permanent access to all the resources needed for learning, in addition to update information on the planning of courses, assessment of student progress and direct contact with the teaching staff.
Aspire is committed to provide students with global education, and we believe that financing can help attract best-in-class students who are ambitious and deserve a merit-based scholarship. For incoming students, these scholarships are granted after careful consideration, including academic merit and the social-economic status of a student.
The amount awarded is at the discretion of Aspire Business School Barcelona administration but cannot exceed 50% of the annual tuition fees of the program. All national, international and transfer students are eligible for the following grants. You can apply for ONE scholarship only, so we recommend that you review the conditions of each option carefully.
Women in STEM Scholarship
Open to: WIS Scholarship is awarded to exceptional female candidates whose academic and professional merits help them to demonstrated leadership in their community, academic institution, or place of work.
Candidates will be considered based on their Personal Statement where the applicants will need to describe how pursuing the studies at Aspire will affect their career and personal life. Candidates should also describe their understanding of why women must be part of business life.
Merit Scholarship
Open to: Students who can demonstrate excellent academic or professional results related to the career of their choice.
Candidates will be considered based on recommendation letters from former professors or colleagues and on their Personal Statement where the applicants will need to describe how pursuing the studies at ABS will affect their career and personal life. Candidates should also describe how the academic merit and professional success has provided them with leadership potential.
Please choose your scholarship and then email the completed corresponding application form to your admissions officer or at [email protected] with the rest of the documents required for admission. Please also include:
A copy of your most current CV or provide us with a brief history of your previous employment or work placements/internships.
Please attach any relevant supporting documents to strengthen your application (e.g. job references, professors’ references, transcripts). All references and any supporting documentation must be sent as part of your full application.
Tralee is currently seeking to recruit a high calibre and suitably qualified science graduate to undertake this Master of Research programme in the Department of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences at IT Tralee. Graduates holding a relevant Level 8 Honours Degree (second class honours or higher) are invited to submit an application. The successful applicants will be awarded a stipend of €700 per month for a maximum period of 18 months and the Institute will waive full fees for this funding period. Postgraduate students are expected to complete their studies full-time at the Institute.
Dr Oscar Goñi received his Degree in Chemistry from the University of Navarra (Spain), an MSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Complutense University of Madrid (Spain) and completed his PhD in Plant Protein Biochemistry at ICTAN-CSIC (Spain) and Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). Dr Goñi has previously worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Max Planck Institute of Plant Breeding Research (Cologne). He is a protein biochemist with experience in the purification and characterization of functional proteins, enzymology and development of protein biomarkers. Dr. Goñi currently holds the position of Postdoctoral Researcher with Shannon ABC / Brandon Bioscience and specialises in the development of enzyme activities for the production of macro-algae derived oligosaccharides and chitin/chitosan derived oligosaccharides for crop protection and yield enhancement.
The United Nations’ and Agriculture Organization predicts that by 2050 the world will need to produce 70 percent more food than it does currently. Along with improving food storage and transport, increasing crop yields is seen as a primary solution. Salinity is one the major environmental stresses affecting crop production, particularly in arid and semi-arid areas. Most of the vegetable crops are salt sensitive, growing poorly in salinized soils due to the accumulation of toxic ions from prolonged irrigation regimes. A meaningful approach to increase crop yield and counteract salt stress would be the use of protein hydrolysate-based biostimulants, which are gaining interest worldwide. Nowadays, more than 90% of the protein hydrolysates market in agriculture is based on products obtained through chemical hydrolysis of proteins from animal origin. The production and use of new vegetable derived-protein hydrolysates with high plant biostimulant activity has become the focus of much research interest due to their lack of plant phytotoxicity, absence of degraded or biologically inactive amino acids or compatibility in the production of food for vegetarians. The commercial partner, Deltagen UK, aims to commercialise protein hydrolysate biostimulants with superior salinity inducing tolerance. The aim of this research is the development of an innovative system to produce protein hydrolysates from the defatted by product meals of flax, lentil and sesame seeds with the ability to biostimulate plant tolerance to salt stress. Novel protein hydrolysates will be produced using a cocktail of suitable proteases, they will be applied to tomato plants (cv. Micro-Tom) in a controlled growth room under salt stress conditions. Treatments will be assessed by comparing classic phenotypical parameters. Plant tissue will also be saved in order to assess other biochemical and molecular parameters such as stress related proteins and osmoprotectant metabolites.
The beginning of 21st century is marked by global scarcity of water resources, environmental pollution and increased salinization of soil and water. An increasing human population and reduction in land available for cultivation are two threats for agricultural sustainability. It has been estimated that worldwide 20% of total cultivated and 33% of irrigated agricultural lands are afflicted by high salinity. It has been projected that more than 50% of the arable land would be salinized by the year 2050. Use of optimized farm management practices such as shifting crop rotation or better irrigation systems can ameliorate yield reduction under salinity stress. However, its implementation is often limited because of cost and availability of good water quality. Several salt-tolerant varieties have been released, the overall progress of traditional breeding has been slow and has not been successful, as only few major determinant genetic traits of salt tolerance have been identified. The utilisation of agro-food processing wastes to generate value added products is an extremely convincing argument as it makes commercial and environmental sense. In addition, it is an excellent, demonstrable example of the European circular economy in action, a key objective of the H2020 research programme, turning waste into value and ultimately food for a growing population.
Three process variables will be studied in order to obtain the maximum degradation of seed proteins: incubation time, temperature and the initial concentration of meal protein. The Response Surface Methodology (RSM) will be used to reduce the cost and duration of experiments and allow for the observation of any interacting factors in the final process response. Amino acid and monosaccharide composition will be determined by sensitive high performance anion exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (HPAEC-PAD) according previous bibliography. Molecular weight distribution of protein hydrolysates will be characterized by protein electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and high performance size exclusion chromatography (HPSEC). The plant trials will involve 2 separate sets of experiments under unstressed and salt-stressed conditions respectively. Experiments will be carried out in a growth room with different concentration rates of different protein hydrolysates and the tomato variety Micro-Tom will be used. This extensive factorial experiment will be assessed by fruit yield, fruit quality, chlorophyll (SPAD measurement), MDH content (cell membrane integrity) and levels of protective compounds (proline and soluble carbohydrates). The presence of stress proteins such as HSPs will be determined using immunoblotting techniques (Western blot). RT-qPCR is another advanced laboratory technique that will be emp
IT Tralee is currently seeking to recruit ahigh calibre and suitably qualified science graduate to undertake this Master by Research programme in the Department of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences at IT Tralee. Graduates holding a relevant Level 8 Honours Degree (second class honours or higher) are invited to submit an application. The successful applicants will be awarded a stipend of €700 per month for a maximum period of 18 months and the Institute will waive full fees for this funding period. Postgraduate students are expected to complete their studies full-time at the Institute.
Mr Quille received his Degree in Chemistry of Pharmaceutical Compounds from University College Cork in 2007. He has since completed an M.Sc in Biotechnology in the Shannon ABC laboratories at IT Tralee on a project entitled: The preparation of an alginate with a hydrophobic moiety that retains its biocompatibility and immunosuppressive properties while remaining suitable for cellular encapsulation. He has previously worked in Astellas as a Process Technician and in Shannon ABC as a Biochemical Technician. He currently holds the role of Research Scientist with Shannon ABC. Previous projects include developing a commercial focus to the use of bioassays in the assessment of different components of seaweed and the impact of seasonality. He has worked on the FP7 funded project NatuCrop where he oversaw extensive tomato growth room, glasshouse and field trials. Results of his work have been presented at a number of conferences all over Europe and in Brazil. He is currently working on a Horizon 2020 project.
Crop productivity relies heavily on nitrogen fertilisation which in itself requires huge amounts of energy to produce. Also excess applications of nitrogen to the land is detrimental to the environment therefore increasing plant nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) is essential in the promotion of sustainable agriculture. The use of seaweed and seaweed extracts in agriculture is well documented. The most popular and well researched type of seaweed extract commercially available is an Ascophyllum Nodosum extract (ANE). Ascophyllum is a brown seaweed that is native to the waters of Ireland as it grows best in the North Atlantic basin. Seaweed extracts have been described to enhance seed germination and establishment, improve plant growth, yield, flower set and fruit production, increase resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, and improve postharvest shelf life. Previously a seaweed extract when combined with a fertiliser regime increased the productivity and oil content and accelerated maturation (colour and firmness) of the olive fruits from olive trees. Oil-Seed Rape (OSR; Brassica napus) is a member of the Brassicaceae family that is grown for its oil content. It requires extensive nitrogen fertilisation, however it has a poor N-harvest index meaning a lot of nitrogen is lost in the straw rather than transported to the pod. The aim or our study is to apply 4 commercially available ANE’s to winter and spring crops of OSR (different varieties) in a controlled growth room and glasshouse and finally in a field setting under different fertiliser regimes. Treatments will be assessed by comparing fresh weight, dry weight, and seed/oil yield and oil quality. Plant tissue will also be saved in order to assess other parameters such as flavonol accumulation, nitrate reductase, gene expression (NRT2) and photosynthetic parameters.
600,000 Ha of OSR is planted in the UK and Ireland alone every year, recommended input of nitrogen is 200 kg (0.2 tonnes) per Ha meaning 120,000 tonnes of nitrogen every year. As OSR only has an N-harvest index of 0.6, representing 48,000 tonnes lost, which is a massive financial loss as well as potentially environmentally detrimental. In determining the effect of ANE’s on NUE current research focuses on the outcome, i.e. is yield increased, rather than investigate the method by which the yield has increased. This research is aimed a filling some void of knowledge here by linking phenotypic differences to biochemical and genetic data of treated plants in order to assign a potential mode of action.
While ANE’s have been shown to increase nitrogen assimilation, extensive growth trials, especially in economically important crops (such as OSR) which investigate their role in affecting NUE are scarce and are only seemingly becoming popular in recent years. However considering the increased price of nitrogen, the additional interest in biostimulants (ANE’s in particular), the need to feed a growing population and coupled to the environmental damage of excess nitrogen this can be considered a ‘hot topic’. Plant (glasshouse and field setting) trials will be conducted and analysed for phenotypic data (photosynthetic measurements, yield). Materials from these plant trials must then be harvested, extracted and saved for biochemical and genetic determination. Lab-based techniques employed include protein extraction, western blotting and spectrophotometry, RT-PCR and HPLC. This 3 pronged approach from assessing phenotype to the biochemical level and finally to the gene level will provide evidence on mode of action of the ANE’s potential impact on NUE in OSR.
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