Professor Isabel Trillas, among the twelve finalists for the EU Prize for Women Innovators

Isabel Trillas.
Isabel Trillas.
Research
(01/03/2017)

Professor Isabel Trillas, from the Faculty of Biology of the UB, is one of the twelve finalists for the UE Prize for Women Innovators. The European Parliament will hold the award ceremony on March 8, the International Womenʼs Day, in an event with the UE Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas.

Isabel Trillas.
Isabel Trillas.
Research
01/03/2017

Professor Isabel Trillas, from the Faculty of Biology of the UB, is one of the twelve finalists for the UE Prize for Women Innovators. The European Parliament will hold the award ceremony on March 8, the International Womenʼs Day, in an event with the UE Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas.

Isabel Trillas is the co-founder of the spin-off Biocontrol Technologies. The company develops a pesticide based on the microorganism Trichoderma asperellum strain T34, a fungus with natural origins that proved its excellent efficacy with foliar and soil-borne plant diseases. In Biocontrol Technologies, Professor Trillas is the member of the directing committee and scientific advisor. 

The aim of the prize is to raise the awareness on the need for innovation and a greater number of women entrepreneurs. The finalists were selected by a high-level jury formed by independent experts from the fields of business, risk capital, entrepreneurship and education.