Bulgarian Scientists Develop Plant-Based Compound Combination to Support Metabolic Health A team of scientists from CPSBB and the Laboratory of Metabolomics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) has protected, through a utility model, a newly developed combination of natural bioactive compounds: maackiain, betulinic acid, and piperine. The development is the result of the team’s

Students and high-school teachers from Greece, Italy, and Bulgaria visited the scientific complex of CPSBB Over 30 students from Greece, Italy, and Bulgaria visited the scientific complex of CPSBB. They were welcomed by the researchers Dr. Nikola Staykov, PhD student Michael Wittenberg, and young researchers Yanitsa Ilieva, Sintia Yaneva, and Valeria Toneva. Prof. Vesela Kazashka,

CPSBB is the coordinator of the FRUITFUL project CPSBB is the Coordinator in an international consortium within the MSCA Staff Exchanges FRUITFUL project, with academic, research and industrial partners from nine countries. The scientists fromo Bulgaria, Ireland, Romania, Italy, Serbia, USA, Argentina, Pakistan and New Zealand will develop innovative biostimulant-based molecular priming approaches to mitigate

CPSBB is the coordinator of the SOLGENSYS project Scientists study which genes and genomic traits influence the quantity and quality of tomato fruits, especially when the plants are exposed to adverse conditions such as drought and high soil salinity. The goal is to identify the key genetic factors that help tomatoes cope with stress while

CPSBB and AMDFA Organize the European Researchers’ Night 2026 Initiative in Plovdiv   This year’s European Researchers’ Night will take place in September 2026 as part of the K-TRIO project (Researchers in the Knowledge Triangle), funded by the European Union’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme. In Plovdiv, the main organizers of the project’s activities are

CPSBB researcher takes part in a media project on longevity Prof. Milen Georgiev, Head of research departments at CPSBB and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), will be a featured guest in an upcoming documentary on longevity authored by the Bulgarian journalist Mira Dobreva. The film is scheduled to air on the Bulgarian National Television

In the third year of the BOOSTER project, CPSBB experiments are being held in field conditions to evaluate the effect of brown seaweed biostimulants on maize crops For the third consecutive year since the launch of the BOOSTER project, Dr. Aakansha Kanojia, a researcher at CPSBB, has been investigating the effect of biostimulants developed from

CPSBB discussed potential partnership for a pilot technology transfer with а Bulgarian food supplement manufacturer Bulgarian food supplement manufacturer Fortex Nutraceuticals is set to become an industrial partner in the transfer and commercialization of scientific innovations developed by the Plant Cell Biotechnology Department of CPSBB and Laboratory of  Metabolomics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Tenth-grade students from the Vocational High School of Food Technologies and Technics in Plovdiv visited CPSBB Tenth-grade students from the Vocational High School of Food Technologies and Technics in Plovdiv visited CPSBB as part of their practical training in Bioproduction Technologies. The visit provided the students with an opportunity to gain first-hand insight into the