Researcher Pablo Ortega has been named the winner of the cicCartuja Article of the Month for November 2025

Recently, researcher Pablo Ortega was honored with the “cicCartuja Article of the Month – November 2025” award for his work entitled Identification of an Alternative Glycogen Synthesis Pathway Independent of Glycogen Synthases in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. In addition, this study has been nominated for the cicCartuja EbroFoods Research Award 2025.

The research explores the physiological plasticity of cyanobacteria and reveals the existence of a glycogen-like polysaccharide synthesized independently of glycogen synthases. Furthermore, the study identifies glucosylglycerol as an essential osmolyte and precursor of this polysaccharide. Overall, these findings expand current knowledge of microbial polysaccharide biosynthesis and open new perspectives for the development of sustainable biopolymers with potential industrial and biotechnological applications.