| Nanotechnology Activities Survey in Spain |
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| Name of the Laboratory |
Surfactants and cell membranes interactions
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| Department |
Fisiologia |
| Institution |
Universitat de Barcelona/Facultad de Farmacia |
| Institution (Acronym) |
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| Contact Person (e-mail) |
VINARDELL MARTINEZ-HIDALGO, Maria Pilar
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| Address |
Av. Joan XXIII s/n |
| Postal code |
08028 |
| Province |
Barcelona |
| Autonomous Region |
Cataluña |
| Country |
Spain |
| Phone |
+34024505 |
| Fax |
+34934035901 |
| Website |
http://www.ub.edu/dpfisiv/grups/tensioactius.htm |
| Main Research Areas |
* Nanotoxicology
* Surfactants
* Drug delivery
* Nanovesicles
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| Participating Projects |
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* MAT2012-38047-C02-01: Adaptación de modelos in vitro para evaluar la seguridad de partículas coloidales de escala micro y nanométrica
Coordinator: Maria Pilar Vinardell: Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (75.000 €)
* CTQ2009-14151-C02-02: Estudios orientados a mejorar la seguridad de sistemas tensioactivos catiónicos de lisina
Coordinator: Maria Pilar Vinardell: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (31.000 €)
* Tensioactivos y Quimica sostenible
Coordinator: Maria Rosa Infante Martínez-Pardo: Generalitat de Catalunya AGAUR (48.000 €)
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| Three more relevant publications within 2012-2015 |
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* Rubert Nogueira, D.; del Carmen Morán, M.; Mitjans, M.; Pérez, L.; Ramos, D.; de - Nanotoxicology, 8, 4, 404-21. 2014.
* Vinardell, M.P.; Sordé, A.; Díaz, J.; Baccarin, T.; Mitjans, M. - J. Nanoparticle Res. 17, 2, 80-86. 2015.
* Morán, M,C,; Rosell, N.; Ruano, G.; Busquets, M.A.; Vinardell, M.P. - Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 134 (2015) 156–168
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| Instruments and equipment available |
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* Cell culture facilities
* Nanovesicles facilities
* Fluorescent Microscopy
* Spectrophotometer
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| funding 2012-2015 (In
thousand Euro) |
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MECD/MINECO/MINETUR |
CC.AA. |
UE |
Private |
Total for years |
2012 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
13 |
2013 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
29 |
2014 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2015 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total for organism
type |
35 |
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7 |
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| Number of researchers (7) |
| Permanent positions (Prof, Dr) |
2 |
| PhD(contracted) |
1 |
| PhD Students |
1 |
| Technicians |
0 |
| Others |
3 |
| PhD 2012-2015 |
0 |
| PhD Ramon y Cajal (currently) |
0 |
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