The increase in resistance of pathogenic bacteria to traditional antibiotics may lead in the near future to a post-antibiotic scenario in which the incidence of infectious diseases in society will lead to an increase in patient hospitalisation time, with a clear economic impact and, more seriously, to a higher mortality rate that some studies predict will even be comparable to that caused by cancer.

The research group "Cell-Biomaterial Recognition" investigates the interaction between certain metallic materials and the cells found in the environment of the implanted material under experimental conditions that simulate physiological conditions, mainly for its application in those situations that require repair and/or bone replacement. The biomaterials under study include metallic materials such as certain cobalt-chromium alloys and biodegradable materials based on magnesium or iron.

Our research program integrates biochemistry, biophysics, and bottom-up synthetic biology to reconstruct minimal bacterial division assemblies from its molecular building blocks in controlled cell-like environments.

The Experimental Nuclear Physics Group is dedicated to the study of the structure and dynamics of exotic nuclei and resonant states beyond the drip-line. The nuclei of interest are populated either in nuclear reactions at low or high energies by Coulomb excitation or transfer reactions, as well as via beta decay. We carry out our experiments at international laboratories of high prestige as ISOLDE-CERN (Switzerland), GSI (Germany), the GANIL (France), TRIUMF (Canada) and RIKEN (Japan) and complement them with studies carried out here in Madrid at the tandem accelerator of the UAM.

Our activity focuses into the study of systems and processes (usually of interest in Nanoscience) that do not fit within conceptual frameworks paradigmatic of the last century such as thermodynamic equilibrium, long-range order or thermodynamic limit. A characteristic aspect of the group is the complementary use in our scientific studies of neutron scattering together with cutting edge numerical techniques. From such activities naturally grew up a line focused in the development of state of the art instrumentation for neutron scattering installations.

The group is made out of scientists with complementary backgrounds and expertise focused on the research of basic problems in the realm of Molecular Physics. The subjects of study are mainly systems of relevance in astronomical environments or in the Earth’s atmosphere. The group works in close collaboration with astrophysicists and atmospheric scientists. A combination of experimental techniques and theoretical approaches is used for the investigation of the selected objectives.

The group is formed in the 80's leading the implementation of laser techniques in spain through the 'CSIC mobilization program for lasers and their applications'. In Spain it is pioneer on the application onf lasers to high resolution spectroscopy, studying vibration and rotation os small molecules. The group stands out for the development of complex experimental techniques, not commercially available: stimulated Raman spectroscopy, Raman pumping, time-resolved double-resonance Raman-Raman, and difference frequency infrared spectroscopy.

The research group Nanocharacterization of Materials (NanoCarma) studies the relationship between the micro- and nanostructure and the properties of materials. The research team has a large experience in the synthesis of materials and their micro- and nanocharacterization, with techniques like high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and associated techniques (XEDS, EELS, ELNES), optical spectroscopies and Raman microscopy, neutron diffraction and magnetic properties measurements.

Self assembled photonic materials, preparation, photonic properties; influence of order/disorder; random lasers

The aim of our research group is to use nanoscience and surface-science methodologies to investigate interdisciplinary problems. we study at the nanoscale the structure and electronic properties of low dimensional systems on surfaces and to develop new methodologies to induce highly-controlled chemical reactions on surfaces. We target on new nano-architectures of reduced dimensionality by using organic molecules as building blocks and bottom-up strategies.