Research groups

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY (CBET⁺ CRG)

• Early warning cell and molecular biomarkers of pollution exposure and effects
• High-throughput technologies for environmental diagnosis (omics, tissue arrays …)
• Microscale and in vitro toxicity assays

APPLIED ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (IBeA CRG)

• Analysis of pollutants in food, biota, water and sediments
• Multi-residues analysis for emerging pollutant screening
• Hyperspectral analysis by combined spectroscopy and microscopy

METEOROLOGY, ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE (EOLO URG)

• Analysis of climate data (numerical models, in-situ and satellite data)
• High-resolution numerical models and statistical downscaling
• Forecasting and classification based on machine-learning algorithms

MARINE ECOLOGY AND ECONOMY (ECOMAR CRG)

• Plankton responses to natural and anthropogenic stressors
• Impact of alien species, harmful algae and pathogens on ecosystems and their services
• Governance in complex socio-ecological systems

ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE IN MARINE SYSTEMS (ERMS RG)

• Molecular responses of marine bacteria in adverse environments
• Mechanisms of pathogen dissemination in the environment
• Systems engineering methods to seafood production and safety

ECOLOGICAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN MARINE SYSTEMS (MEQA RG)

• Ecological quality assessment with focus on EU environmental protection directives Ecology of altered rocky benthic, phytoplankton and microplankton communities
• Identification of harmful algae and exploration of species of biotechnological interest