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Here at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) we promote biomedical research, innovation and teaching. Over 1,800 people are seeking to understand diseases today so the treatment can be improved tomorrow.
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At Diagnostic Nanotools, we work to ameliorate the diagnosis of diseases. On the one hand, we produce rapid assays and electrochemical biosensors, with a special emphasis on point-of-care diagnosis of infectious diseases.
In this context, we develop single-step immunoassays, classical biosensors (in which a sensor is modified with bioreceptors for the specific detection of the analyte of interest) and magneto-biosensors (in which the assay is performed on magnetic particles). We explore the implementation of nanomaterials to obtain improved transducers and as signal amplifiers to generate faster and more sensitive biosensors. We also seek to automate the tests using extremely simple and economical paper microfluidics. On the other hand, we are developing "synthrocytes," a synthetic reagent that could replace animal erythrocytes in the hemagglutination assays used currently for the global surveillance of influenza viruses and in the control of vaccine production.
IP: Eva Baldrich Rubio Collaborators: Judit Prat Trunas, Miriam Izquierdo Sans Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 14835 Reference: MV23/00042 Duration: 08/03/2024 - 14/07/2024
IP: Eva Baldrich Rubio Collaborators: Francesc Zarzuela Serrat, Israel Molina Romero, Maria Urpí Castany, Adrián Sánchez Montalvá, Elena Sulleiro Igual, Judit Prat Trunas, Ines Mercedes Oliveira Souto, Briza Pérez López Funding agency: Fundació "La Caixa" Funding: 392205 Reference: HR23-00679 Duration: 01/12/2023 - 30/11/2026
IP: Eva Baldrich Rubio Collaborators: Judit Prat Trunas, Cristina Andrés Vergés, Briza Pérez López Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca Funding: 0.01 Reference: 2021 SGR 00617 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2025
IP: Eva Baldrich Rubio Collaborators: Judit Prat Trunas, Miriam Izquierdo Sans Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 89900 Reference: IFI22/00017 Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2026
PMID: 37027026 Journal: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY Year: 2023 Reference: Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2023 Apr 7. doi: 10.1007/s00787-023-02196-7. Impact factor: Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Amoretti, Silvia; Ayora, Miriam; Baeza, Inmaculada; Balanza-Martinez, Vicent; Bernardo, Miquel; Bioque, Miquel; Butjosa, Anna; Casanovas, Francesc; Castro-Fornieles, Josefina; Contreras, Fernando et al. DOI: 10.1007/s00787-023-02196-7
PMID: 38039728 Journal: BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS Year: 2023 Reference: Biosens Bioelectron. 2023 Nov 26;246:115875. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2023.115875. Impact factor: Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Alvarez-Carulla, A; Arias-Alpizar, K; Baldrich, E; Colomer-Farrarons, J; Del Campo, F J; Miribel-Catala, P Ll; Molina, I; Orio-Tejada, J; Prat-Trunas, J; Sanchez-Montalva, A et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2023.115875
The meeting was an opportunity to get to know projects from both institutions and to promote interaction between professionals.
The head of the Diagnostic Nanotools (DINA) group was part of a Spanish delegation that also participated in activities to establish contracts between national and international centers.
A project to develop a compact, inexpensive and easy to use device for mass screening for malaria.
