The Cellular Stress and Immunovigilance group began its activity at the IBGM after Dr. Laura Senovilla, Senior Scientist at INSERM, in Paris, France, joined the IBGM with a Distinguished Researcher contract from the national Beatriz Galindo Sr. program. The group It has recently been strengthened after the incorporation of different predoctoral and postdoctoral researchers. The group studies the mechanisms of cellular stress response and the involvement of the immune system in these processes in cancer and chronic diseases.

This group studies the cultural, political, social, and economic realities of the Americas from an interdisciplinary approach focused on history and cultural criticism, with special attention to Atlantic world connections. Within this field, priority is given to three lines of research: • Line 1: Literary production, cultural history, politics and ideology in the Americas and contemporary Europe. • Line 2: Imaginaries and transfers in the Atlantic world: utopianism and political cultures. • Line 3: Construction of national states and Latin American integration.

The group studies soil and organic waste management strategies to mitigate the impact of agricultural practices on greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, N2O and CH4). The group brings experience in the treatment and use of organic waste in agriculture as a strategy to preserve the quality of the soil and enhance its fertility, as well as in the evaluation of the environmental impact of the use of waste. The aim of the group is to improve the sustainability of agricultural systems within the context of the circular economy and promote their decarbonization as a strategy to mitigate climate change.

Ferroelectric oxide films for energy and memory devices group (FOXEM) aims to develop high quality new ferroelectric materials compatible with industry to study their properties from a fundamental to a device level. Electronics Industry is facing several bottlenecks to sustain the increasing demand and necessity of new data storage, computation and communication devices. New materials are needed and CMOS-compatible ferroelectrics based in HfO2 are in the spotlight.

Ribosomes are responsible for translation of genetic information into proteins in all living organisms, and they are for example the target for about 50% of all known antibiotics in the case of the bacterial ribosome.

In our lab, we work with the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and related Brassica crops species such as Brassica rapa (turnip, Chinese cabbage) and Brassica napus (oilseed rape). We are studying the impact of epigenetic mechanisms on plant development, genome organization and fundamental cell processes like transcription using molecular genetics, biochemical analyses and state-of-the-art epigenomics approaches.

After several decades of research, fuel cells based on proton exchange membranes (PEMFCs) and redox flow batteries (BFRs) are at a stage in which their operating principles have already been fully demonstrated, but technological aspects still have significant deficiencies, which require further advances. To try to solve some of these problems, this research team explores the complex fluid dynamic processes taking place in both devices, through numerical simulations and experimental techniques.