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Global Ecology Unit (GEU)

Global Ecology Unit (GEU)


The group is formed by four researchers from CSIC. The group leads on a larger group that includes personnel from CREAF at a full time forming a single group including 45 people working as researchers, technicians, pre- and postdocs with intereses that embrace global and functional ecology, global change, climate change, volatile organic compounds, biosphere-atmosphere interactions and remote sensing.
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High-Energy Astrophysics and Robotic Astronomy Group

High-Energy Astrophysics and Robotic Astronomy Group


The ARAE (High-Energy Astrophysics and Robotic Astronomy) Group at IAA-CSIC has focused in multiwavelength observations of astrophysical objects and stellar population synthesis models, besides developing robotic astronomical observatories worldwide and astronomical instrumentation, leading the BOOTES Network of Robotic Telescopes worldwide. With more than 300 publications -with 6 in Science and 17 in Nature amongst them- and 3 patents and 1 utility model, the ARAE group leads target-of-opportunity programs at major observatories and is part of several international collaborations.
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Solar Physics Group

Solar Physics Group


The IAA's Solar Physics Group (SPG) is a dynamic research group whose main scientific interests root in solar spectropolarimetry and magnetic fields from all the three points of view: theoretical, observational, and instrumental. Investigations and developments are carried out on: 1) the radiative transfer equation (RTE) for polarized light in the presence of magnetic fields; 2) the inversion of the RTE for its use on the interpretation of spectropolarimetric measurements; 3) the structure and physical nature of photospheric magnetic structures like plage and network flux tubes, the umbra, th
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Group of Terrestrial Planets Atmospheres

Group of Terrestrial Planets Atmospheres


The GAPT (http://gapt.iaa.es, www.trappa.es) has a long tradition on the study of the planetary atmospheres by analyzing their IR non-LTE emissions. We have participated in many space missions since the early 90's, as SAMS, ATMOS, ISAMS, and CLAES. More recently we have been Co-Is of the TIMED/SABER of NASA, Vex/VIRTIS, ETGO/NOMAD, and members of the SAG and QWG of Envisat/MIPAS. We are experts in non-LTE radiative transfer, in retrievals of temperature and composition from non-LTE IR emissions, and in the physics and chemistry of the middle and upper regions of planetary atmospheres.
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Planets and minor bodies

Planets and minor bodies


Three are the research areas comprising the group "Planets and minor bodies of the Solar System": Planets, minor bodies of the Solar System and Cosmic Dust Laboratory. Broadly speaking, this group aims to provide us with an integrated view of the Solar System making use of observational data obtained from ground and space. Moreover, several members of the group are focused on the development of models of planetary and cometary atmospheres in the Solar System.
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Multidisciplinary applications of accelerators

Multidisciplinary applications of accelerators


The group has a multidisciplinary character for being integrated for physicists, chemists, engineers and doctors. It has carried out research in the big facilities of Centro Nacional de aceleradores: a) 3 MV Tándem Accelerator, b) 1 MV Tandetron Acceletor for Mass Spectrometry, c) 18/9 MeV Cyclotron, d) PET/CT scanner for medical image, and e) a Co-60 source for photonic irradiation. A more detailed description of the group and its researchers can be found in the CNA website www.cna.us.es
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REGULATION OF mRNA TRANSLATION IN EUKARYOTES
AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ORGANISMAL LIFE

REGULATION OF mRNA TRANSLATION IN EUKARYOTES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ORGANISMAL LIFE


We're researching how eukaryotic systems regulate mRNA translation globally and specifically. We identify new elements in ribosomes and mRNAs, and activities of initiation factors (eIFs) in differential translation during cell proliferation and stress responses. We study the ES6S region in 40S ribosomal subunits, its role in mRNA entry and scanning in various species. Using SARS-CoV-2's nsp1 protein, we explore how base composition in 5' UTR and CDS regions impacts translation and mRNA stability in human cells.
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NanoArchitectures and Interfaces for Electrochemical Energy Storage

NanoArchitectures and Interfaces for Electrochemical Energy Storage


Our group tackles energy-related challenges by advancing electrochemical storage technologies, leveraging expertise in materials science. We develop electrode materials with controlled microstructure and surface chemistry, and study chemical and transport phenomena at the device level. Current research focuses on sustainable materials and aqueous chemistries, especially zinc-based and flow batteries, with the aim of improving reversibility through fundamental electrochemical control.
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Farm Animal Genomics

Farm Animal Genomics


Analysis of the genomic variability in domestic animals. Unraveling the genetic architecture of complex traits.
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Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology Research Group

Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology Research Group


We aim to discover, inventory and classify biodiversity and to understand the evolutionary processes underlying animal diversification. We develop strategies and best practices for the inventory, discovery and description of biodiversity, using state-of-the-art phenotypic, genetic data and bioinformatics approaches. We apply homology-based classification techniques based on morphological, molecular and behavioral data, and develop theoretical foundations for taxonomic inference.
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