Plants host a large variety of infectious agents that frequently cause enormous damage in crops and natural ecosystems. The first goal of our research group is to understand the molecular mechanisms that underlie the interaction between plants and some of these pathogens, such as viruses and viroids. From this knowledge we expect to develop new biotechnological strategies for crop protection and innovation. We believe that we can take advantage of the remarkable properties of plant viruses and viroids by converting them into useful biotechnological devices.

Multiwavelength obsevational astrophysics of normal and active galaxies, and development of associated instrumentation

Participation in experimental particle physics, hadron collider experiments. Participation in physics at future accelerators. R&D in detector technologies and future experiments in particle physics based on collider machines. Distributed computing for the CMS experiment at LHC. Phenomenology (theory and analysis) for LHC and LC physics, with emphasis in Higgs physics.

Established in 2008 with the inclusion of researcher J.M. Gutiérrez and part of his group, founded in 1999 at the University of Cantabria (UC, http://meteo.unican.es). With over 20 years dedicated to climate research, the group addresses theoretical aspects of its nonlinear dynamics and applied aspects such as simulation, processing, and analysis of meteorological and climatic predictions.

The group studies the contribution of vitamin K-dependent proteins and their receptors in human pathology. The processes of coagulation and immune response are intimately intertwined. Today we consider the mechanisms of coagulation, and more generally of hemostasis, as an integral part of the body's response to injury and are part of the activation cascades that lead to inflammation and thrombosis. Therefore, it is not surprising that genes for components of hemostasis have effects on the activation or regulation of inflammatory pathways.

The group has a long trajectory in oxidative stress and lipid signaling in cell death. In particular, we have described the key role of mitochondrial GSH (GSHm) in mitochondrial function and susceptibility to apoptosis / necrosis. The dynamic properties of the membrane by the cholesterol / phospholipid ratio regulates the GSHm and its depletion sensitizes both hepatocytes and neurons to TNF / Fas, hypoxia and β-amyloid peptide, contributing to steatohepatitis and Niemann Pick and Alzheimer's diseases.

The goal of our group is to discover new therapeutic strategies to combat the underlying alterations of the cognitive loss in pathological brain aging. The research aims to enable or enhance endogenous neuroprotective mechanisms in experimental systems of aging and Alzheimer disease (AD). We mainly focus in the involvement of epigenetic changes against neuroinflammation-linked neurodegeneration. The group uses animal models, cell cultures and samples of human tissue to investigate neuroprotection and prevention therapies.

Our group focuses its research on the study of intracellular and intercellular mechanisms that are activated in response to injury, particularly in liver and neurodegenerative diseases as well as processes of carcinogenesis. Our work combines cell models and primary cultures with animal models that mimic human diseases. The ultimate goal is a better understanding of the signaling involved in diseases allows developing therapeutic interventions to improve the treatment of human disease. The main lines of research we address are: - Therapeutic targets in Alzheimer's disease (Dr.

The research of the PERCEPTION AND MANIPULATION group focuses on enhancing the perception, learning, and planning capabilities of robots to achieve higher degrees of autonomy and user-friendliness during everyday manipulation tasks, especially of deformable objects. Some topics addressed are the geometric interpretation of perceptual information (RGB-D vision, force and torque), the 3D modeling of rigid and flexible objects, action selection and planning, reinforcement learning, and teaching by demonstration.

Our research group is formed by three staff scientists, They perform an interdisciplinary and complementary research that touches the fields of Chemical Biology and Pharmacology, oriented to the study of the regulation of reproductive functions in mammals. Besides, one technician currently add to the group personnel, with the help, in some instances, of a technician of the IIQ staff.