The "greening" of environmental sciences studies in Spain

Presentamos los resultados de un proceso de identificación de la presencia de la Educación Ambiental (EA) en los grados de Ciencias Ambientales (CA) en España. Para ello hemos indagado en las páginas web de las universidades, señalando la presencia de la EA, su carácter optativo/obligatorio, los departamentos responsables de la misma y los indicadores de EA y de metodología docente en sus guías docentes. Por otro lado se aplicó una encuesta a una muestra de estudiantes universitarios del grado de CA sobre su interés hacia la EA, la naturaleza de esta y su grado de acuerdo con los indicadores anteriores. Los resultados evidencian una implantación parcial de la EA y una esperanzadora actitud de los estudiantes hacia dicha presencia.We show the results of a process of identifying the presence of Environmental Education (EE) in Environmental Sciences degrees (ES) in Spain. So we have searched into the websites of universities, pointing the presence of EE, the optional/compulsory character, the departments responsible for it, and indicators of EE and teaching methodology in their teaching guides. On the other hand a survey was applied to a sample of students of university degree of ES including their interest in the EE, the nature of this, and how much they agree with the above indicators. The results show a partial implementation of the EE and a hopeful attitude of students towards such presence

CIBERER : Spanish national network for research on rare diseases: A highly productive collaborative initiative

Altres ajuts: Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII); Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.CIBER (Center for Biomedical Network Research; Centro de Investigación Biomédica En Red) is a public national consortium created in 2006 under the umbrella of the Spanish National Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII). This innovative research structure comprises 11 different specific areas dedicated to the main public health priorities in the National Health System. CIBERER, the thematic area of CIBER focused on rare diseases (RDs) currently consists of 75 research groups belonging to universities, research centers, and hospitals of the entire country. CIBERER's mission is to be a center prioritizing and favoring collaboration and cooperation between biomedical and clinical research groups, with special emphasis on the aspects of genetic, molecular, biochemical, and cellular research of RDs. This research is the basis for providing new tools for the diagnosis and therapy of low-prevalence diseases, in line with the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDiRC) objectives, thus favoring translational research between the scientific environment of the laboratory and the clinical setting of health centers. In this article, we intend to review CIBERER's 15-year journey and summarize the main results obtained in terms of internationalization, scientific production, contributions toward the discovery of new therapies and novel genes associated to diseases, cooperation with patients' associations and many other topics related to RD research