Historical study of the interaction between society, gender, culture and heritage, with special reference to pilgrimages, kinship structures and power relationships, mainly based on genealogical reconstructions, prosopographical studies and the analysis of institutions, diplomatic and heraldic documents and epigraphs.

Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen-presenting cells whose activity is essential for the initiation and resolution of inflammatory processes and the generation of antigen-specific immune responses (see references in the objectives section). DCs express chemotactic receptors CCR7 (ligands CCL19 and CCL21). DCs use the mentioned chemotactic receptor to migrate to the lymph nodes where, as part of the adaptive response, these cells will immunological synapse (IS), regions of cell-cell contacts, with T lymphocytes.

Macrophages and dendritic cells are professional antigen-presenting cells whose activity is essential for the initiation and resolution of inflammatory processes and for the generation of antigen-specific immune responses. Besides, macrophages are the fical effector cells of adaptive immunity, thus contributing to the elimination of infectious agents and to the maintenance of tissue integrity and homeostasis.

We are interested in all the biological processes where DNA is involved: replication, transcription, repair and recombination, how are they regulated and how they alter and are affected by epigenetic factors such as DNA topology and chromatin organization.

The Polycomb system constitutes a major chromatin regulator of embryonic cell specification and cell homeostasis. Although not well understood mechanistically, in adult tissues it acts coordinating the transcriptional programs and proliferation of the variety of cell progenitors that underlie the renewal of adult tissues. Hence, that their impact on aberrant, oncogenic processes merits searching for opportunities of therapeutic intervention/amelioration based on a better knowledge of their activities.

We analyze theoretically the charge and spin quantum electron transport in quantum dot arrays. We study the manipulation of charge and spin qubits by ac electric and magnetic fields. We also investigate how to directly transfer quantum states between distant edges in quantum dot arrays. We analyze the effect of electron-phonon, hyperfine and spin-orbit interactions on the electron transport.

The members of our team are experts in various subfields of condensed matter physics including magnetism, superconductivity, strong correlations, mesoscopics, nanostructures, non-linear optics and quantum technologies. We describe materials and processes using model Hamiltonians and effective models. Both numerical and analytical approaches are used. Therefore, our team is fully equipped to tackle novel problems in a timely and efficient way.

The Chemical Transducers Group (GTQ) carries out applied research and technological development on integrated microanalytical systems for the measurement of (bio)chemical parameters in liquids, being highly versatile and easily adapted to different measurement scenarios. GTQ develops chemical sensors and microfluidic components to produce smart systems including lab-on-chip platforms, wearable devices, multisensing approaches and combinations thereof. Different strategies for the monolithic and/or hybrid integration of chemical transducers with microfluidic components, are pursued.

The Integrated Circuits and Systems (ICAS) design group has been part of CNM since its foundation (1985). With different variations and some reorientation, its essence has always been the microelectronic chips development. Currently, ICAS R&D is organized around: 1) ultra low-power analog, mixed and RF integrated circuits; and 2) technology and design of organic/printed/flexible microelectronics.