Field of Expertise
CiQUS consist of 18 research groups which granted 12 ERC projects (4 ERC-PoC). We address challenges in Biological and Medicinal Chemistry, New functional Materials and Synthetic Technologies.
Expertise
KEY PROJECTS - "BIOMED":
• EIC-Transition “TraffikGene-Tx”: Targeted Peptide Carriers for RNA Delivery
• EIC-Pathfinder “CAR T-REX”: CAR T cells Rewired to prevent EXhaustion in the tumour microenvironment.
• CaixaResearch Consolidate 2021: Eliminating cancer stem cells: inhibition of mitochondrial respiration.
• ERC-PoC “antiCSC”: Targeting the cancer stem cell metabolism with reactive metal complexes.
• ERC-PoC “TraffikGene”: Peptide Dynamic Amphiphiles - Nucleic acid therapeutics & gene therapy.
• AECC 2021: Anticancer drugs: selective cleavage of DNA three-way junctions by CU(II) peptide.
• AECC 2020: Novel vaccine approach for cancer immunotherapy based on protein microspheres.
• Adjuvant-free subunit vaccines for COVID-19 (Funds: ISCII – Spain & European Vaccine Initiative)
• FET-OPEN “SWIMMOT”: Switchable magneto-plasmonic contrast agents and molecular imaging.
• H2020-ICT “REAP”: Revealing drug tolerant persister cells in cancer using contrast enhanced optical coherence and photoacustic tomography.
• H2020-SC1 "ENDOSCAPE": Clinically applicable non-viral gene delivery technology”
KEY PROJECTS - “MATERIALS & SYNTHESIS”:
• ERC-SyG “MolDAM”: Molecular Devices by Atom Manipulation.
• ERC-CoG "BECAME”: Bimetallic Catalysis for General Methane Functionalization.
• ERC-StG “ELECTROCOFS”: Molecular Design of Electrically COFs as Efficient Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries.
• ERC-StG “SPACING” Spatially-Controlled ligand arrangement by origami-based nanoprinters.
• ERC-StG "NANOCOMP": Complex Dynamics of Clusters in High-Aspect Ratio Hollow Nanostructures.
• ERC-PoC “ZABCAT” A new Zn-Air Battery Prototype to Overcome Cathode Degradation.
• ERC-StG “2DTHERMS”: Thermoelectrics Based on 2-D Nanostructures of Correlated Oxides.
• ERC-PoC “ANTS”: A New of Microthermal Sensing for Application in Microcalorimetry.
• FET-OPEN “e-PROT”: Engineered Conductive Proteins for Bioelectronics.
• FET-OPEN “SWIMMOT”: Switchable magneto-plasmonic contrast agents and molecular imaging technologies.
• FET-OPEN “SPRING”: Spin Research in Graphene: spintronics & quantum computing
• Graphene-Flagship “LEGOCHIP”: Nanoporous Graphene & Nanophotonic Biosensor Devices.
• NMP-21-2014 "NanoRestART": NANOmaterials for the REStoration of works of ART.