| Nanotechnology Activities Survey in Spain | 
               
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                | Name of the Laboratory | Ocular Surface Research Group | 
               
                | Department | Institute for Applied Ophthalmo-Biology (IOBA) | 
               
                | Institution | University of Valladolid | 
               
                | Institution (Acronym) | UVA | 
               
                | Contact Person (e-mail) | DIEBOLD LUQUE, YOLANDA / M. Paz Garcia Garcia / Margarita Calonge Cano | 
               
                | Address | Edificio IOBA. Campus Miguel Delibes. Paseo de Belén, 17 | 
			   
                | Postal code | 47011, Valladolid | 
               
                | Province | Valladolid | 
               
                | Autonomous Region | Castilla y León | 
               
                | Country | Spain | 
               
                | Phone | +34 983184750 | 
               
                | Fax | +34 983184762 | 
               
                | Website | http://www.ioba.med.uva.es/ | 
               
                | Main Research Areas | * Drug Delivery* Biopolimers and Tissue Engineering
 * Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine
 * Ocular Inflammation
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                | Participating Projects | 
               
                | * EYE-SCAFF: Development of a new product of advanced therapy for the regeneration and reconstruction of the ocular surface.Coordinator: Margarita Calonge Cano: Contract with Ferrer Intl. Laboratories (Spain) (580.000 €)
 * BioHydroNano: Biomimetic hydrogel/nanoparticles combination: a new advanced therapy platform for ocular diseases.Coordinator: Yolanda Diebold Luque: Spanish Ministry of Science, CICYT MAT-2010-20452-C03-01 (242.000 €)
 * 3D-NET: Drug Discovery and Development of Novel Eye TherapeuticsCoordinator: Yolanda Diebold Luque (for the University of Valladolid): Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IAPP) (235.000 €)
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                | Three more relevant publications within 2010-2013 | 
               
                | * 				     				       Contreras-Ruiz L, de la Fuente M, Párraga JE, López-García A, Fernández I, Seijo B, Sánchez A, Calonge M, Diebold Y. -  Molecular Vision 2011; 17:279-290 (I.F. = 2.511; 14/55 Q2)                     
                   * 				     				       Diebold Y, Calonge M. -  Progress in Retinal and Eye Research 2010; 29:596-609 (I.F. = 7.755; 1/49 Q1)8                     
                   * 				     				       Contreras-Ruiz L,* Zorzi GK,* Hileeto D, López-García A, Calonge M, Seijo B, Sánchez A, Diebold Y. -  Gene Therapy 2012; 1-11 (I.F. = 3.71; 27/112 Q1)                     
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                | Instruments and equipment available | 
               
                | * Complete equipment for cell culture* Quantitivative RT-PCR
 * Fluorescence inverted microscope with software for 3D analysis and spectral confocal microscope
 * Luminex multianalyte analysis system
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                | Number of researchers (37) | 
               
                | Permanent positions (Prof, Dr) | 6 | 
               
                | PhD(contracted) | 4 | 
               
                | PhD Students | 14 | 
               
                | Technicians | 4 | 
               
                | Others | 5 | 
               
                | PhD 2010-2013 | 4 | 
               
                | PhD Ramon y Cajal (currently) | 0 | 
			  
               
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                | Participation in other Networks  CIBER-BBN, Red TerCel, Red SLIMA, Centro en Red de Medicina Regenerativa y Terapia Celular, Red de Optometría | 
			  
			  
               
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                | Useful web links or contacts for NANOSPAIN 
                    Network  www.ciber-bbn.es, www.redslma.com, www.red-tercel.com | 
              
			  
             
               
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				|  Nanotechnology for structural applications | 
				  
				|  |  Nano powered ceramics | 
				  
				|  |  Composite materials containing nanocrystals or powders | 
				  
				|  |  Materials based on carbon nanotubes or fullerenes | 
				  
				|  |  Nanoparticulate coatings | 
				  
				|  |  Other - specify: | 
				  
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				|  NanoTechnology for information processing storage and transmission | 
				  
				|  |  Nanoelectronics, materials and devices | 
				  
				|  |  Optoelectronics/optical materials and devices | 
				  
				|  |  Magnetic materials and devices | 
				  
				|  |  Organic (opto) electronics | 
				  
				|  |  Other - specify: | 
				  
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				|  Nano(bio)technology for medical applications | 
				  
				|  |  Drug encapsulation | 
				  
				|  |  Targeted drug delivery, molecular recognition | 
				  
				|  |  Other - specify: Tissue Engineering for ocular applications | 
				  
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				|  Nanotechnology for sensor applications | 
				  
				|  |  Nanostructured sensors | 
				  
				|  |  Sensors based on biological molecules | 
				  
				|  |  Other - specify: | 
				  
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				|  Nanotechnology for (electro)chemical processing technologies | 
				  
				|  |  Filtration | 
				  
				|  |  Catalysts or electrodes with nano-structured surface | 
				  
				|  |  Other - specify: | 
				  
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				|  Long-term research with generic applications | 
				  
				|  |  Self- assembly | 
				  
				|  |  Quantum physics, mesoscopic systems, chemical | 
				  
				|  |  Interfacing to organic / biological molecules | 
				  
				|  |  Other - specify: | 
				  
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				|  Instruments and equipment, supporting sciences and technologies | 
				  
				|  |  Analytical equipment and techniques | 
				  
				|  |  Powder production and processing | 
				  
				|  |  Deposition equipment and techniques | 
				  
				|  |  Patterning equipment and techniques | 
				  
				|  |  Other - specify: | 
				  				
                
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