Professor Michael Seeger, together with a team of USM researchers also composed of Erwin Strahsburger, Myriam González and Franco Cárdenas, are developing research to extract compounds from the black sea urchin for pharmacological purposes, in the treatment of heart disease and eye diseases. The black urchin is considered a pest by fishermen, but for medical purposes it has antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic properties. The study uses the urchins’ eggs, which makes it possible to keep them alive and even think about their cultivation, which would allow advancing to other applications, since their compound can also be used in aquaculture and livestock farming. Professor Michael Seeger is a member of the team that has collaborated in the development of the sanitation project for the Las Salinas site. The complete article can be read at
