By Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC)
Understand Strategies to understand chemical and biological processes Our objective is to deepen the understanding of chemical transformations and complex biological phenomena at the molecular level. This understanding enables the design of new reactions and processes that expand chemical space and provide access to previously inaccessible compounds. A better understanding of complex biological phenomena is achieved through the development of cutting-edge chemical tools, sometimes complemented with artificial intelligence strategies, that enable the visualization, modification, or functional control of (bio)molecules. Key topics include - Photochemistry - Mass spectrometry and imaging tools for super-resolution and electron microscopy - Molecular probes and chemical sensors - Chemical communication - Protein evolution and mechanisms of the origin of life - Functional lipidomics: lipid metabolism, modified proteins, lipid nanostructures - Nanomaterials with designed functionalities - Physical chemistry of soft materials and colloids - Modeling of molecular structure, dynamics, and mechanisms - Biophysics of complex systems
