The results of the NATURALLY project were presented this fall at three international meetings. At the 8th Edition of Global Conference on Plant Science and Molecular Biology (GPMB 2023) held in Valencia (Spain) on 11-13 September 2023, Dr. Danijela Poljuha held a lecture entitled “Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Two-Faced Invasive Plants” in which she presented the results of the phytochemical analysis of extracts of four invasive alien species in Istria, emphasizing the unexplored potential of invasive species as a source of phytopharmaceuticals.
Dr. Barbara Sladonja presented an assessment protocol of the ecological impact (positive and negative) of invasive species with a poster presentation entitled “Impact Assessment of Four Invasive Alien Plant Species in Croatia” in Pisa (Italy), at the 118th Congresso della Società Botanica Italiana onlus (IX International Plant Science Conference) 13.-16. September 2023
Mirela Uzelac Božac, PhD student, participated in the 4th International Conference on Community Ecology held in Trieste on September 20, 2023, where she presented her research as part of her doctoral thesis. In the presentation entitled “Invasive Alien Plants as Ecosystem Service Provider”, she presented the results of research into the antioxidant activity of extracts of four foreign invasive species in Istria, as well as individual phenols obtained by LC-MS analysis, and presented the next steps in the research.
Presenting the results of our research to the international scientific public is an important part of our work, which enables us to connect with colleagues from related fields, new collaborations and the opening of new questions, as well as the upgrading of existing research.
