Quality, passion and innovation make the history of Italpollina, world leader in the production of organic fertilizers and specialties, focusing on technology, research and environmental sustainability.
ITALPOLLINA is a world leader in the production of organic fertilizers, biostimulants of vegetal origin and beneficial microorganisms. They are implated in more than 60 countries worldwide and offers innovative solutions for a modern and sustainable agriculture, whose principles are alimentary and environmental safety.
Their mission is to provide farmers with safe and efficient fertilizers for all nutritional requirements. They do it at their best in respect of the environment and human health.
The École Normale Supérieure de Lyon is an elite French public institution that trains professors, researchers, senior civil servants as well as business and political leaders. Students choose their courses and split their time between training and research in sciences and humanities. Founded in 1880, the ENS de Lyon also focuses on educational research. It is a symbol of French Republican meritocracy and it remains committed today to disseminating knowledge to the widest audience and to promoting equal opportunity.
The scientific programmes cover all stages of reproductive development in plants, from the initiation of the flower at the shoot apex to early embryo development. Although most of the projects use model plants Arabidopsis and Petunia, some of the teams are also working on species of agronomic interest such a Rose and maize. In addition, since the evolution of flower development is an important focus, a set of primitive angiosperms such as Cabomba is used. Within the large theme of flower development, the teams are mainly working on transcriptional regulation and intercellular signalling. Approaches involve molecular genetics, genomics, transcriptomics, cell biology and in vivo imaging. More recently, several teams have taken a systems biology approach involving biophysics, mathematics and computer science. In this context, the ENS, with its highly multidisciplinary character, offers an optimal environment.
French National Institute for Agricultural Research
INRA is Europe’s top agricultural research institute and the world’s number two centre for the agricultural sciences. Its scientists are working towards solutions for society’s major challenges. Our job is to explore, understand, experiment and think aheadwith the goal of giving people freedom of choice and the ability to innovate
Our specialties is Food, nutrition, agriculture and the environmentand our main focal issues are competitiveness, regional land use, health, sustainable development and bioeconomy.
