The ECORR Research Group (Surface Electrochemistry and Corrosion), created in 2017, is the fusion of two previously existing Groups, SURFPROT (Nanocomposite Materials and Tailored Thin Films) and PIC (Interfacial Corrosion Processes). Its research activities are integrated within two priority research lines for the CENIM: 1. Corrosion Processes in Conventional and Advanced Materials. 2.

I'm in charge of the group “Synthetic methodologies based on unsaturated systems”. I have a very close scientific relation with several researchers of the Departamento de Química Orgánica I of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) through the Unidad Asociada al CSIC “Lactamas y Heterociclos Bioactivos”. As an example, I'm the principal investigator of research projects funded by MINECO, but people from the UCM are participant members. Recently (may 2017), a predoctoral fellow has been incorporated to the IQOG-CSIC.

Spatial control of key regulators of cell cycle progression, with a focus on the role of proteotoxic aggregation in proliferation decline during cell ageing.

The research interests of the group are divided in two main lines. On the one hand, we are focused on the study of the changes taking place in plant genomes, including the organization of genetic material and its biological significance, all interpreted in an evolutionary context, On the other hand, we aim to explore the traditional knowledge of plants. The IBB-CSIC group is composed by a Tenured Scientist (another CT will be incorporated in 2020, two Ramón y Cajal researchers (one will be incorporated in 2020), a post-doctoral researcher and two predoctoral ones (project).

Our group is focused in the study of the cellular processes and molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of synaptic transmission. We are particularly interested in the ability of neurons to regulate the synaptic strength over time, a process called synaptic plasticity, which is crucial both during physiological and pathological conditions of the Nervous System (NS). In our studies, we apply several functional and structural approaches to the experimental animal models, including: a. Extra and intracellular (patch- clamp technics) recordings of neuronal electrical activity. b.

Our laboratory is interested in the study of the signaling pathways and biological responses mediated by the lipid second messengers through the Rho GTPases. The activation of RhoGTPases is controlled by three groups of proteins: GEFs (guanosine exchange factors), GAPs (GTPase activating proteins) and GDIs (guanosine dissociation inhibitors). In our group we are studying a family of GAP proteins, the chimaerins.

We are interested in understanding how viruses evade the host immune response. We are characterizing herpesvirus and poxvirus proteins that interact with interferons, cytokines or chemokines, and modulate their activity. The contribution of viral cytokine receptors to pathogenesis is being addressed in mouse models of infection.

Study of how the integration of distinct molecular components into biochemical circuits and networks determines biological function