The Trophic Ecology Group (GET) is a research team made up of scientists and technicians from different oceanographic centers of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO). The team was created with the vision of addressing the analysis of the structure and functioning of marine ecological networks through the multidisciplinary study of trophic interactions between species, populations, and communities from pelagic, demersal, and benthic habitats, considering the influence of natural variability and anthropogenic impact on the energy transfer of the ecosystem.

The Brain Pathology and Neurodegeneration group is part of the Cajal Platform, whose primary goal is to advance knowledge of the brain’s structural characteristics and their pathological alterations. Specifically, our group is interested in studying the histopathological features and structural alterations of neurons underlying the major human neurological diseases. In particular, we place special emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease, currently recognized as the leading cause of dementia worldwide.

We use massive-scale experimentation and mathematical modeling to understand and predict how the biophysical properties of the molecules of life are encoded in their sequences. These fundamental encoding functions underlie all of biology with implications for our understanding of genetic diseases, evolutionary adaptation, and biomolecular engineering. To approach these problems, we use deep mutational scanning (DMS), a powerful experimental technique that allows us to systematically measure the functional effects of thousands of genetic variants in a single experiment.

Our research group studies the physics driving the explosion mechanism of supernovae and other stellar transients, and also focuses on improving the understanding of supernovae as cosmological distance indicators.

The AGN and Galaxy Astrophysics research group at ICE-CSIC focuses on the study of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and galaxy evolution across cosmic time, both from a theoretical and observational perspective. For this, the group is engaged in a very ambitious and competitive international research program.

Our group investigates how the tumour microenvironment influences cancer progression, metastatic spread, and resistance to therapy. We focus on the role of extracellular vesicles, obesity, and key receptors such as NGFR in shaping tumour–host interactions, influencing immune responses and cancer progression. By uncovering these mechanisms, we aim to pinpoint therapeutic targets that can block metastatic growth and overcome treatment resistance.