New projects & Milestones

In 2020 the group has continued working on two large ongoing European projects. The first one, MICROB-PREDICT (Microbiome-based biomarkers to predict decompensation of liver cirrhosis and treatment response) aims to develop personalised strategies to prevent and treat decompensated cirrhosis and acute-on-chronic liver failure by investigating the human gut microbiome. The second one, CORE 2, is part of the Graphene Flagship project and focuses on the development of graphene-based sensors. After CORE 2 ended in March 2020, we started our participation in the Graphene Flagship’s CORE 3 project in April 2020. The group has also been awarded by CSIC to carry out a project related to the detection of the COVID-19 disease: “Rapid diagnosis of COVID-19 and other viral upper respiratory tract infections through a rapid paper-based device”.

During 2020, two students defended their PhD thesis, developed within the group: José Francisco Bergua and Amadeo Sena.