Transcriptional control of cancer and regulation of cell division

Our group is developing research projects dealing with four subjects: a)Functions of the transcription factors MYC, MXD and CTCF in cancer and cell…

Bacterial Type IV Secretion Systems

Research on the molecular biology of structure and function of bacterial Type IV secretion systems, their involvement in bacterial virulence and DNA…

Chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases

Our aim is the study of the mechanisms that regulate the functional differentiation of CD4+ T cells and their involvement in the development of…

Neurobiological basis of the mechanism of action of drugs in the CNS.

Our research group studies the implication of the serotonergic and cannabinoid systems, and the neurogenic and neuroplastic processes in the CNS to…

Regulation of gene expression during development

Our goal is to understand the cellular and molecular basis of embryonic development. Our main interest is how the interactions between the…

Advanced uses of Ecomaterials from the agricultural industry

Agricultural residues are being used as Renewable Raw Materiales (RRM) for use in a wide variety of projects. Given their origen, these materials are…

Directed evolution of enzymes

Our research primarily focusses on the engineering of enzymes by directed evolution and hybrid/semi-rational design for a wide range of…

Systems Neurobiology

The goal of our research is to better understand the molecular mechanisms of depression and of new fast-acting antidepressant treatments (deep brain…

Molecular Motors in Nanobiotechnology

We are focused on the study of molecular motors involved in DNA and protein transport across biological membranes. These nanomotors are able to…

Protein Design and Engineering

The protein design and engineering group is focused in the study and optimization of proteins for different biotecnological applications. We are…