Juan Nácher works at the Institute for Biotechnology and Biomedicine Research leading the Neuroplasticity Unit, where he tries to understand the effects of adverse childhood experiences on the brain.
Issue 123 explores the connections between science and National Socialism in a current context in which xenophobic and authoritarian discourse is re-emerging.
In this new Science Space, we visit the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, where Pau Carazo studies the evolution of behaviour and sexual selection.
Leticia Mora works in the Protein Foods group at the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technologies (IATA) in Valencia. One of her main areas of research is the use of food by-products.
Marina Pinto is a nurse and has completed the Master's degree in Public Health and Health Management at the University of Valencia. She is about to finish her PhD dissertation and works in the area of cancer and public health at Fisabio.
Full Professor of Physics Pas García takes a gendered approach to her field, which involves the diffraction and polarisation of light. She points out that women in physics represent only around 20–22% of researchers.