Bioanalytical, Metabolomic and Pharmaceutical Analysis

This area brings together research groups specialising in the development of advanced analytical methodologies for the analysis of biomarkers, pharmaceuticals, food and environmental samples. Their approach combines techniques such as spectrometry, spectroscopy, chromatography and biophotonics to address challenges in pharmacology, biomedicine, toxicology and metabolomics.

Research Groups

Drug formulation and bioavailability: Design, development and quality control of pharmaceutical forms aimed at achieving safe, effective and high-bioavailability medicines.

Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology: Research in clinical pharmacokinetics, clinical trials, pharmacovigilance and drug-related epidemiological studies.

Bioanalytical, Metabolomic and Pharmaceutical Techniques: Specialists in bioanalysis, quality control and the development of innovative pharmaceutical systems, with applications in health, food and the environment.

Biospectrometry and Metabolomics: They apply Raman spectroscopy and mass spectrometry to cancer research, chemical evolution and astrobiology. Their approach is transdisciplinary, with a focus on biomarkers.

Bioanalysis and Biosensors Group: They design rapid and sensitive analytical methodologies for diagnostics, microbial detection and point-of-care clinical analysis.

(Micro)Separation Techniques: They develop sustainable analytical methods in metabolomics, food, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. They also work on waste valorisation to obtain bioactive compounds.

Research in Chemical and Forensic Sciences: They apply spectrometry, spectroscopy and multivariate analysis to toxicology, pharmaceuticals and forensic science.

Services Offered: 

• Consultancy in pharmaceutical development, clinical research and toxicology

• Design of drug formulations and tailored analytical methodologies

• Biopharmaceutical, pharmacokinetic and degradation analysis of medicines

• Biomarker detection and quality assessment in food and health

• Advanced analysis using Raman spectroscopy and separation techniques

• Rapid diagnostics and point-of-care testing

• Pharmacovigilance: use of adverse reaction data and signal detection

• Application of AI to analytical and experimental data

• Valorisation of agri-food waste for bioactive compounds

Intellectual Property

• (Micro)Separation Techniques:

  • WO/2023/002080: Extraction and purification of proteins using dendritic nanoparticles

  • ES2932900B2: Extraction and purification of proteins using dendritic nanoparticles

• Research in Chemical and Forensic Sciences:

  • U202430397: Versatile biophoton measurement device

  • ES2914839B2: Antimicrobial composite material for fresh food packaging

  • WO2021005255: Copper double salt nanocomposites as catalysts and microbicides