Research Programs & Groups
Decoding molecular and cellular pathways linked to the disruption of physiological homeostasis leading to major diseases. Development of new therapies, using cutting-edge experimental and informatics approaches from single-cell to systemic levels. Coordinator: Juana Díez.
- Cell Signalling and Transcription (Eulàlia de Nadal)
- Virology Unit (Juana Díez and Andreas Meyerhans)
- Molecular Physiology (Miguel Ángel Valverde, Rubén Vicente, José Manuel Fernández, and Francisco J. Muñoz)
- Neuropharmacology (Rafael Maldonado)
- Cancer Biology (Ana Janic)
- Endocrine regulatory genomics (Lorenzo Pasquali)
- Genetics (Luis Pérez Jurado)
The Molecules, Genes, and Cells Program unites diverse research groups to uncover the molecular mechanisms underlying health and disease. Using a multidisciplinary approach—including molecular biology, genetics, immunology, and neurobiology—we study both normal and pathological processes in various model organisms, supported by advanced computational methods. Coordinator: José Ayté.
- Oxidative Stress and Cell Cycle (Elena Hidalgo and José Ayté)
- Immunology (Cristina López Rodríguez and Jose Aramburu)
- Proteomics and Protein Chemistry (David Andreu)
- Neurobiology of Behaviour (Olga Valverde)
- Integrative Biomedical Informatics (Ferran Sanz)
- PharmacoInformatics (Manuel Pastor)
- Structural Bioinformatics (Baldo Oliva)
- Functional Genomics (Robert Castelo)
- Computational Science (Gianni de Fabritiis)
- Microbiome (Mireia Vallès)
- Chemical Biology of Therapeutic Enzymes (Marta Barniol)
- Cognition Biology (Andrés Ozaita Mintegui)
Use of systems biology and biomedical engineering to gain a deep, quantitative understanding of biological systems. Research focuses on creating and implementing novel biomedical and clinical solutions. Coordinator: Pilar Rivera Gil.
- Neurobiology of Sensory Systems (Berta Alsina)
- Laboratory of Chemical Biology & Peptide Theranostics (Marta Barniol-Xicota)
- Biophysics in cell biology (Oriol Gallego)
- Dynamical Systems Biology (Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo)
- Translational Synthetic Biology (Marc Güell)
- Synthetic Biology for Biomedical Applications (Javier Macía)
- Stembryo Engineering Lab (Alfonso Martínez Arias)
- Neurodevelopmental Dynamics (Cristina Pujades)
- Integrative Biomedical Materials and Nanomedicine (Pilar Rivera Gil)
- Synthetic Cell Programming lab (Javier Santos Moreno)
Explores the diversity, evolution, and complexity of life within and between individuals, populations, species, and ecosystems. Investigates the mechanisms underlying their origin and evolution as well as their biological and medical implications for specific human traits, aging, and disease. Coordinator: Elena Bosch.
- Occupational Health (CISAL) (Fernando García Benavides)
- Evolutionary Population Genetics (Elena Bosch)
- Genomics of Individuality (Francesc Calafell)
- Human Genome Diversity (David Comas)
- Transcriptomics of development and evolution (Manuel Irimia)
- Comparative Genomics (Tomàs Marquès)
- Evolutionary Genomics (Arcadi Navarro)
- Studies Center on Science, Communication and Society (Gema Revuelta)
- Complex Systems (Ricard Solé)
