Els ICREA

Els professors d'investigació ICREA formen una comunitat dinàmica de científics i investigadors de totes les àrees del coneixement, que contribueixen al progrés de la humanitat amb els seus estudis, interpretacions i preguntes. Entreu i descobriu-ne els increïbles descobriments i troballes:

Martin Romo, Ruben

Institut Català d'Investigació Química (ICIQ)

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Martin Romo, Ruben
Research Professor at
Institut Català d'Investigació Química (ICIQ)
Experimental Sciences & Mathematics
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Research interests

Our research is focused on the development of new catalytic protocols for producing synthetically relevant molecules from ubiquitous and simple precursors by activating inert, abundant and ubiquitous C-H, C-C and C-O bonds, probably the most fundamental linkages in nature. Additionally, my research has also been focused on the design of new catalytic protocols that utilize biomass-derived feedstocks such as carbon dioxide (CO2) for preparing valuable carboxylic acid derivatives under mild reaction conditions. During the last years, my research at ICIQ has provided solutions to relevant and challenging synthetic problems from both scientific and industrial standpoint, thus providing a new opportunities to build up molecular complexity from simple and abundant precursors

Key words
Chemistry, Catalysis, Carbon Dioxide, Inert Bonds, Sustainability

ORCID
: orcid.org/0000-0002-2543-0221

RESEARCHER ID
: www.researcherid.com/rid/M-2905-2014
Martín-Subero, Iñaki

Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona-Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (FRCB-IDIBAPS)

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Martín-Subero, Iñaki
Research Professor at
Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona-Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (FRCB-IDIBAPS)
Life & Medical Sciences
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Research interests

Understanding the molecular mechamisms underlying cancer initiation and evolution is an academically extiting question and has important translational implications for affected patients. In this global context, our group uses epigenomics to study the causes and consequences of corrupted transcriptional programs in a variety of lymphoid tumors. In the last years, we have performed detailed multi-omics characterization of normal and neoplastic B cells. In the next phase of our research program, we are mostly focusing on i) the role of enhancers and transcription factors as major modulators of the transcriptional landscape, ii) describing the cellular architecture of normal B cell differentiation and in the evolution of B cell tumors using single cell technologies, and iii) translating epigenomic information to better diagnose B cell tumors according to their biological basis and clinical risk as well as to generate novel therapeutic targets.

Key words
epigenomics, B cells, leukemia, lymphoma

ORCID
: 0000-0001-8809-5195
Martínez Serra, Pedro

Universitat de Barcelona (UB)

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Martínez Serra, Pedro
Research Professor at
Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
Life & Medical Sciences
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Research interests

In our group we are interested in understanding how animals have evolved over time. We assume that the morphological changes have occurred as a consequence of modifications in the use of different genes during development. In this context, the main aim of our research is to study the origin of the bilateral animals, from radial ancestors. We compare the expression of genes in bilateral and radial animals, hoping to find what changes may have occurred when that transition happened (more than 500 million years ago). Recently we have extended the analysis using genome comparisons. We have sequenced the genomes of several basal bilaterian animals (members of the phylum Xenacoelomorpha) and are in the process of analyzing, and comparing, all types of genomic features. They should give us key insights into the mechanisms that underlie the origin and diversification of animals. The origin of the centralized nervous system is, at present, the major focus of our research efforts.

Key words
Evolution, Patterning, Genomics, Bilateria

ORCID
: 0000-0003-3956-7541
Martinez Arias, Alfonso

Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)

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Martinez Arias, Alfonso
Research Professor at
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)
Life & Medical Sciences
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Research interests

Alfonso was born in Madrid (Spain) and obtained his undergraduate degree at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid (Spain) in 1977 and, in 1983, a PhD from the University of Chicago, Chicago (USA). After a postdoc with Peter Lawrence at the MRC LMB in Cambridge became a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow and since 2003 until 2021, has been Professor of Developmental Mechanics in the Department of Genetics of the University of Cambridge, Cambridge (UK) working on developmental biology with the fruit fly (Drosophila) and more recently Embryonic Stem Cells. His interests cover the interface of cell and developmental biology with Physics and Engineering. He is a member of EMBO, has been awarded two ERC Advanced Investigator grants and in 2012 received the Waddington medal of the BSDB for his contributions to british developmental biology.

Key words
Stem Cells, Development, Genetics, Bioengineering, Systems Biology

ORCID
: 0000-0002-1781-564X
Martínez Navarro, Bienvenido

Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES)

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Martínez Navarro, Bienvenido
Research Professor at
Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES)
Humanities
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Research interests

I am a paleontologist working on Quaternary mammals from Europe, Asia and Africa. My main interest is to describe the ecological scenario where our ancestors, the earlier members of the genus Homo, evolving and dispersing from Africa, were able to colonize the middle latitudes of Eurasia, and survive in seasonal climates during the Pleistocene times. I have developed an intense research travelling around the world to study the African origin mammals dispersing into Eurasia, and the Eurasian origin mammals dispersing into Africa, in order to describe their systematics, phylogeny, biochronology, paleobiogeography, autoecology, and their potential ecological relationships among them and with hominins. I work on fossil hyenas, sabertoothed tigers, hunting dogs, bears, elephants and mastodonts, hippos, pigs, buffaloes, antelopes, deers, giraffes, camels, monkeys and other groups.

Key words
Plio-Pleistocene, large mammals, Europe, Asia, Africa, Human Paleoecology

ORCID
: 0000-0002-8374-5109

RESEARCHER ID
: L-5950-2014
Martínez Pérez, Mario

Institut de Física d'Altes Energies (IFAE)

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Martínez Pérez, Mario
Research Professor at
Institut de Física d'Altes Energies (IFAE)
Experimental Sciences & Mathematics
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Research interests

I originally focused on searches for new physics at particle physics experiments in Europe and USA. Since 2009, I focused on the LHC physics program at CERN. In 2012 the LHC experiments discovered the Higgs boson. In the period 2009-2015, I led a group of scientists from IFAE-Barcelona that analyzes the data from the ATLAS experiment. In 2015 I took responsibilities as Head of IFAE Experimental Division (untill September 2020), Scientific Manager of the Spanish High Energy Physics Program (until June 2018), and Scientific Delegate to CERN Council (until June 2018). In November 2018, I initiated at IFAE a brand new involvement in Gravitational Wave Physics in the Virgo interferometer with emphasis on those aspects related to fundamental physics and cosmology. I am also involved in the preparation of the Einstein Telescope (ET) 3rd-generation inteferometer project. I supervised 17 PhD theses to date.

Key words
FNAL, CDF, Tevatron, Particle Physics, LHC, ATLAS, Higgs, SUSY, Large Extra Dimensions, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Virgo, ET