Research lines

  • - Design and development of microparticulate systems for controlled release of vaccines.
  • - Design and evaluation polymeric systems as controlled and specialised release systems of drugs
  • - Determination and metabolism of phycotoxins from marine and fresh water origin.
  • - Development of drug delivery systems in veterinary and aquaculture.
  • - Genetic characterization of enteric protozoans of water and food borne transmission.
  • - In vivo and in vitro evaluation of molecules with potential antiprotozoan activity: cyclodextrins, their inclusion complexes and biocompatible polymers.
  • - Microbial Source Tracking in domestic/wild reservoirs, in the environment and food.
  • - Pharmaceutical applications of cyclodextrins and their inclusion complexes.
  • - Reproduction and pathology of bivalve molluscs.
  • - Shellfish safety control and production processes evaluation.
  • - Study of environmental and geographical factors related with the anthroponotic and zoonotic parasite transmission.
  • - Study of the presence of human pathogenic bacteria in the environment, food and samples of human and animal origin. Genotypic and phenotypic characterization.