CRAG

Agrigenomics Research Center

• General Characteristics

  • ACTIVITY: scientific and technological research.
  • LOCATION: UAB Campus. CRAG Building. Bellaterra (08193) Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona).
  • ESTABLISHMENT DATE: 26/04/1991.
  • CATEGORY: research center.
  • CONTACT: (+34) 935 636 600. Extension for technology transfer (x3005)

• R&D Activities/Interests

  • DESCRIPTION: CRAG is an independent organization established as a consortium of four research institutions: the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), the Institute of Research and Technology in Food and Agriculture (IRTA), Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), and the University of Barcelona (UB). CRAG is dedicated to researching the molecular bases of genetic traits of interest in plants and animals, and their applications for breeding.
  • MAIN FUNCTIONS:
    • Teaching and research.
    • Knowledge transfer.
  • FACILITIES: –
  • PERSONNEL:
    • Scientific: 132
    • Technical/support: 43
    • Management/administration: 21
  • BUDGET: –
  • PROJECTS: –
  • KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER: –

TECHNOLOGICAL OFFER/DEMAND: the center is organized into the following work areas:

  • Signal development and transduction.
  • Responses to stress.
  • Metabolism and Metabolic Engineering.
  • Genomics of plants and animals.