The Genomics of fruit trees and grapevine research group began its activities in 2002 supporting three main lines of action in plant breeding of woody species: i) selection of fruit varieties and rootstocks adapted to the conditions of the Mediterranean area; ii) development of multidisciplinary techniques for its application in marked-assisted breeding; and iii) conservation of genetic resources in fruit tree species and grapevine. The activities carried out in the last years focuses on the following objectives to strengthen the research line.

Phytochemicals, Bioactivity and Process Development Group is is focused on: - The revalorization of vegetable by-products by the characterization and isolation of their high value components using simple and economically viable processes that not require chemical treatments - The search for sustainable processes based on improving energy consumption, reducing the use of solvents and environmental impact. - The investigation of the biological activities of phytochemicals for the development of new products in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and agricultural sectors For these purposes, foll

Our goal is to understand how new biological interactions are initially set at the time of origin of molecular innovations. This allow us to study the inherent capacities of biological molecular structures to interpret and read the information contained in other biological systems, even when these systems have not co-evolved with and are foreign to these biological structures.

The group addresses the role of food proteins as allergens. The prevalence of food allergy has increased continuously over the last decades in developed countries, where it is considered a serious public health problem that affects 3-6% of children, with an enormous impact on quality of life. We aim to characterize the reason why some proteins behave as allergens and the influence exerted by the food matrix, environmental factors and food processing to try to understand why food allergies are increasing worldwide, and to develop better methods to treat and prevent these disorders.

The Neural and Cognitive Engineering Group (gNec) belongs to the Centre for Automation and Robotics (CAR), a CSIC-UPM mixed center. Its main objective is to use the knowledge coming from disciplines such as Automatics, Robotics and Computer Sciences to respond and offer methods and technological solutions to problems related to physical and cognitive disabilities of the human being originated in a misfunction of the Central Nervous System, aspiring to overcome the actual of wearable and soft robots and artificial intelligent tecniques.

Research in the group will focus on developing effective homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts for a better synthetic chemistry, from multi-ton products to fine chemistry and pharmaceuticals. Catalysis is a cross matter in many fields, including organic synthesis and material science, and serves for the understanding of chemistry and how it influences our way of life. However, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis are usually separated and low inter-crossed fields, so the objective of our group is a cross-fertilization between both.

Cultural heritage is a fundamental sector for Spanish and European economy and society. COPAC is an interdisciplinary group devoted to the study of corrosion and protection systems for metallic materials used in this field. Nowadays, it is a young and growing group, that has continued the research activities in these field that have been carried out in the CENIM since many years ago. With a focus on applied research and the transfer to the society and industry of the scientific and technical advances in this research line.

Our laboratory is interested in understanding the molecular basis behind the generation of new neurons both during the development of the nervous system and in the adult brain. The generation of new neurons is retained to some extent in niches in the adult nervous system throughout lifetime under physiological conditions and constitutes an important source of neural plasticity. However, adult neurogenesis is very restricted, both in number and subtypes of neural cells generated.

Cell division requires the proper spatio-temporal coordination between mitosis and citokinesis to allow the correct inheritance of the genetic material. Eukaryotic cells assemble the mitotic spindle to permit chromosome segregation into the daughter cells. The spindle in an structure made on microtubules, which are polarized and highly polarized cytoskeletal filaments. The major functions of the spindle are to properly capture chromosomes and to become a bipolar structure that allows their segregation into the daughter cells during cell division.

The main interest of the Cell Cycle & Cancer Biomarkers laboratory is focused on the cell cycle and cell division machinery and how are interconnected to cancer processes. We pursue the identification of new cancer biomarkers related to cell cycle genes, with the ultimate goal to provide new tools for cancer therapy. https://gdecarcer.wixsite.com/website/research