Anti-amyloid β aggregation peptides for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders

A new family of structural variants of the Aβ42 peptide capable of binding to the amyloid form of that peptide, thereby preventing its aggregation…

Hormone signalling of fruit and seed development

To study the molecular and genetic mechanisms that control the development of reproductive organs and fruit-set mediated by gibberellins and other…

Cell Cycle and Signaling

We are interested in understanding how cell division is controlled, and more specifically how before and during mitosis a number of signaling modules…

Structural Biology of Oxidative Stress Systems

Chromatin and Gene Regulation

Through global massive sequencing techniques, mass spectrometry and molecular cell biology approaches the Chromatin and Gene Regulation Lab tries to…

Centrosome-cilia in normal and pathological neural development

Zika virus (ZIKV) infection, an Aedes mosquito-borne flavivirus, is declared a global threat for public health due to its association with congenital…

Protein Design and Modeling

Plant Small RNA Biotechnology

In plants, small RNA (sRNA)-directed gene silencing pathways control key biological processes such as development, chromatin remodelling, stress…

Vascular development

Brumos lab

Plants are sessile organisms with an extraordinary phenotypic plasticity. Responses of plants to stimuli take place in a dynamic and ever-changing…