The group is devoted to the application of nanotechnology and biomaterials for the development of new systems, protocols and biomedical devices with the aim of creating new diagnostic platforms, models and biological microenvironments, and regenerative therapies. The main research activities of the group include the biochemical engineering, soft lithography en microfabrication techniques, functionalization of biomaterials integrated with microfluidic systems and the three-dimensional scaffolding of biodegradable and bioactive biomaterials.
Bioengineering microdevices are used to study cellular responses to biomolecular compounds applied to Organ-on-Chip devices, or for the development of new laboratory-based biosensors on a chip. The objective is to manufacture microsystems that contain living cells that recapitulate the functions at the level of tissues and organs in vitro and new portable diagnostic devices that can be used as point of care systems.