Research groups and centres
Our faculty and researchers are organized into various research groups. While issue work is interdisciplinary, the groups listed below are organized around the four main areas in which we work (Environmental Biology; Biochemistry Genetics; Chemistry; Physics and Applied Mathematics), which correspond to the Departments under the School of Science.
 
Research groups:
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Stress Physiology in Plants
- Coordinator: Nieves Goicoechea Preboste
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Chemistry and Agricultural Biology (BACH).
- Coordianador: José María García-Mina Freire:(jgmina@unav.es)
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Biodiversity Data Analytics and Environmental Quality
- coordinator: David Galicia Paredes(dgalicia@unav.es)
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Environment and society
- coordinator: Jordi Puig i Baguer(jpbaguer@unav.es)
Research groups:
Antimicrobial Resistance
- Antimicrobial and anti-endotoxin peptides active against antibiotic-resistant, biofilm-forming Gram-negative bacteria; 2. Production and characterization of new probiotics, prebiotics, postbiotics, and bioactive compounds through precision fermentation.
· coordinator:Guillermo Martínez de Tejada
- Bacterial pathogenesis and pathogen-host interaction. Study of virulence mechanisms and interaction with the immune system, with a special emphasis on multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens, and their application to the development of new vaccines and antimicrobial therapies.
· coordinator:Tomás Maira Litrán
- Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance within the One Health framework. Isolation and phenotypic and molecular characterization of antibiotic-resistant bacteria of human, animal, food, and environmental origin, with a special focus on the monitoring and control of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteria.
· Coordinator:Ana Isabel Vitas Pemán
Brucella-Brucellosis. Study of the pathogenicity mechanisms of Brucella, particularly those related to intracellular survival and interaction with the host. One of its main lines of research is the development of new, safer, and more effective vaccines that improve upon existing ones and reduce their limitations, as well as the refinement of diagnostic and treatment tools.
· Coordinator:Raquel Conde-Álvarez
Characterization of the role of oxidative stress in vascular and metabolic pathophysiology: the NADPH oxidase family. Characterization of the role of NADPH oxidase 5 in vascular pathophysiology in metabolic syndrome, obesity, and diabetes.
· coordinator:Guillermo Zalba Goñi
· Other members: Eduardo Ansorena Artieda, Mª de Ujué Moreno Zulategui
Translational Oncology. Predictive biomarkers of response and new therapeutic strategies for lung and ovarian cancer.
· coordinator:Rubén Pío Osés
Gene Therapy for Neurological Diseases. In the Gene Therapy for Neurological Diseases program, we seek to understand the mechanisms and molecular instructions of cognitive and motor decline in neurodegenerative diseases, specifically Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Based on this knowledge, we develop new therapeutic strategies that we test in various preclinical models of these diseases.
· coordinator:Alberto Pérez Mediavilla
development on advanced neuroprotective therapies. NeuroTher
· Coordinator:Marisol Aymerich Soler
Research groups:
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MATCH (Materials and Cultural Heritage). Aluminate cements: retention of heavy metals and photocatalytic effect.
- contact: José Ignacio Álvarez Galindo
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laboratory integrated environmental quality (LICA). Environmental pollution. Environmental problems associated with reactive nitrogen.
- contact: Jesús Miguel Santamaría Ulecia -
Supramolecular Materials for Biomedical and Environmental Technologies (SUMBET)
- contact: Itziar Vélaz Rivas
Research groups:
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group of Medical Physics and Biophysics.
- contact: Javier Burguete More -
group of granular media. Complex fluids and packing. Granular flows and clogging. Advanced experimental techniques in image processing and signal processing.
- contact: Diego Maza Ozcoidi -
Topological groups. Geometry and Topology and their applications
- contact: Mª Jesús Chasco Ugarte
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