| Nanotechnology Activities Survey in Spain |
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| Name of the Laboratory |
BioCenit Research Lab
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| Department |
Enginyeria Informatica i Matematiques / Enginyeria Quimica |
| Institution |
ETSE / ETSEQ |
| Institution (Acronym) |
BIOCENIT |
| Contact Person (e-mail) |
Anna Guardiola / Francesc Giralt / RALLO, Robert
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| Address |
Av. Paisos Catalans, 26 |
| Postal code |
43007 |
| Province |
Tarragona |
| Autonomous Region |
Cataluña |
| Country |
Spain |
| Phone |
+34 977 558 458 |
| Fax |
+34 977 559 710 |
| Website |
http://www.biocenit.cat |
| Main Research Areas |
* nanotoxicity modeling
* nanostructure - activity relationships
* nanoinformatics
* systems science
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| Participating Projects |
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* MODERN - modern-fp7.biocenit.cat
Coordinator: Francesc Giralt: UE (1000000.000 €)
* POPMAP - http://www.biocenit.cat/popmap
Coordinator: Francesc Giralt: MEC/MITYC (90000.000 €)
* Innatox
Coordinator: Francesc Giralt: CC.AA.
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| Three more relevant publications within 2010-2013 |
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* Cohen Y, Rallo R, Liu R, Liu H - Acc. Chem. Res., 46 (3):802–812, 2013
* Liu R, Rallo R, Weissleder R, Tassa C, Shaw S, Cohen Y - Small, 9(9-10):1842-1852, 2013
* Liu R, Zhang HY, Ji ZX, Rallo R, Xia T, Chang CH, Nel, AE, Cohen Y - Nanoscale, in press, DOI: 10.1039/C3NR01533 , 2013
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| Instruments and equipment available |
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* Multiprocessor computing cluster
* GPU computing cluster
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| funding 2010-2013 (In
thousand Euro) |
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MECD/MINECO/MINETUR |
CC.AA. |
UE |
Private |
Total for years |
2010 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2011 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2012 |
0 |
0 |
1000000 |
0 |
1000000 |
2013 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total for organism
type |
- |
- |
1000000 |
- |
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| Number of researchers (14) |
| Permanent positions (Prof, Dr) |
3 |
| PhD(contracted) |
2 |
| PhD Students |
4 |
| Technicians |
1 |
| Others |
0 |
| PhD 2010-2013 |
3 |
| PhD Ramon y Cajal (currently) |
1 |
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| Participation in other Networks
EU Nanosafety Cluster, BioNanoMed, Connect EU NanoBio NanoMed, NCI Nano WG |
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| Useful web links or contacts for NANOSPAIN
Network
www.cein.ucla.edu |
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| Other relevant information
The group participates in the NSF/EPA UC Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology and in the NIEHS Center for Nanobiology and Predictive Toxicology |
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Nanotechnology for structural applications
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Nano powered ceramics
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Composite materials containing nanocrystals or powders
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Materials based on carbon nanotubes or fullerenes
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Nanoparticulate coatings
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Other - specify:
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NanoTechnology for information processing storage and transmission
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Nanoelectronics, materials and devices
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Optoelectronics/optical materials and devices
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Magnetic materials and devices
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Organic (opto) electronics
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Other - specify:
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Nano(bio)technology for medical applications
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Drug encapsulation
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Targeted drug delivery, molecular recognition
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Other - specify: Computational Toxicology, Nanostructure - Activity Relationship Models
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Nanotechnology for sensor applications
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Nanostructured sensors
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Sensors based on biological molecules
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Other - specify:
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Nanotechnology for (electro)chemical processing technologies
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Filtration
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Catalysts or electrodes with nano-structured surface
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Other - specify:
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Long-term research with generic applications
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Self- assembly
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Quantum physics, mesoscopic systems, chemical
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Interfacing to organic / biological molecules
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Other - specify:
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Instruments and equipment, supporting sciences and technologies
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Analytical equipment and techniques
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Powder production and processing
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Deposition equipment and techniques
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Patterning equipment and techniques
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Other - specify:
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