The long baggage accumulated by the research group in the field of social and health policies has facilitated the current focus on the study of social identity, subjective well-being and human behavior and its influence on the end of life process, specifically in "rights of exit" (euthanasia, assisted suicide, etc.), as in the social dimension of pain.

DEMOCRETS is part of the SOCIETY research area of ​​the CSIC. From sociology and political science, its members analyze: (a) the new forms of citizen intervention in public affairs, (b) the governance strategies of the immigration fact, and (c) the political and social action, participation and representation in democratic and authoritarian contexts. These three lines of work contribute to several of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, especially No. 10 (reduce social inequality) and No. 16 (build responsible institutions).

Computational biology lab. The work is devoted to the integration of evolutive and structural information to study the function of proteins, the simulation of dynamic processes of protein-protein and protein-ligand interaction, the development of novel "in silico" drug design systems and the generation of new quantitative methods for computational biology.

The research focuses on understanding the mechanisms behind neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD) using neuronal cell models. The team investigates the impact of herpes simplex 1 virus (HSV-1) on the endolysosomal pathway and cholesterol metabolism, both implicated in AD-like neurodegeneration. They use 2D and 3D neural models derived from human progenitor cells to study these pathways. Preliminary results show that HSV-1 infection leads to AD-like features in these models, including Aβ accumulation and altered cholesterol levels.

The research group is focused on the optimization and biotechnological production of botanical and fungal biopesticides. This research is based on the growing need for new biopesticides motivated by food security requirements increasingly restrictive in the EU. We produce and optimize biopesticides by selectively screening plants, fungal endophytes associated with plants of interest and agricultural waste in order to improve our database and library of plant, fungal and waste based extracts of potential use in crop protection and pest control.

Our research group is devoted to understand the interplay between general relativity and quantum mechanics. In most situations these two theories do not even need to talk to each other. However, all indicates that a combination of the two is a must in understanding the physics of black holes and that at work in the origin of the universe. We investigate these situations searching for ways of combining the gravitational and the quantum realms. For that we use a wide range of techniques: From numerical simulations in general relativity to group-theoretical and condensed matter techniques.

The Supramolecular NanoChemistry & Materials (NANOUP) Group aims to control the supramolecular assembly of (bio)molecules, metal ions and nanoscale building blocks at the nanometer length scale for the creation of multifunctional materials and devices. The use of Supramolecular Chemistry to control the fabrication of nanoscale materials and devices is a key aspect for the future of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology.

The Nanoscience Instrument Development Division focuses on the design, development, improvement and deployment of advanced state-of-the-art instruments for nanoscience and nanotechnology. The main aim is the creation of an integrated scientific and technical platform with a highly qualified multidisciplinary team capable of addressing challenging instrumental projects both for basic nanoscience research as well as for nanotechnological applications.

The research activities and interests of this group focus on the development of "ab initio" techniques for the the simulation of magnetic, electronic and transport properties of nano-scale objects, the search for novel effects and devices of interest in Nanomagnetism, Nanoelectronics and Nanoespintronics and the simulation of novel effects in micromagnetism in collaboration with experimental groups of the CINN.

This group focuses its scientific activity on the study of physics in mesoscopic hybrid nanostructures based on the following types: Superconducting / Magnetic Magnetic / Non Magnetic Magnetic / Magnetic Magnetic / Semiconductor Proximity and interface effects in ferromagnetic/semiconductor (F/SM) hybrid nanostructures Resonance effects in noble metal/ferromagnet (NM/F) hybrid nanostructures and multilayers.