Universitat de València has a strong tradition in research and academics in the areas of chemistry, biochemistry and medicine.

Role in HealthAgents

They concentrate on magnetic resonance and brain tumour characterisation.

Background

Many of its research projects are developed in collaboration with the hospitals in the surrounding area (Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Hospital Quirón Valencia, Hospital of La Ribera). In the latest years, a large interdisciplinary group has emerged from the collaboration between medical doctors and chemists with strong focus in the applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), both in imaging and spectroscopy, to improve diagnosis and prognosis of brain tumours. Professor Celda’s interdisciplinary experience as Director of the Universitat de València Central Services for Support of Experimental Research has been very valuable for connecting the knowledge from the different parts of the group.

People

Bernardo Celda Full professor at the Department of Physical Chemistry and Director of the Central Services for Support of Experimental Research, Universitat de València. Major research interests: NMR in biomedicine, biophysical chemistry, protein and nucleic acids structure and dynamics, structural genomics, metabolomics, molecular imaging, interdisciplinary applications of NMR. Other subjects related to research: Participation in numerous research projects at national and international level as principal investigator, publication of many papers in international journals of relevant impact (like Journal of Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Journal of Neurology, etc) in the fields of biophysical chemistry, biochemistry and biomedicine, writing of several book chapters about NMR.

Daniel Monleón PhD in Chemistry. Expertise in multidimensional NMR applied to biological systems. His experience in the field of data analysis includes the development of semiautomatic tools for the analysis of highly complex multidimensional NMR data. He also has strong experience in the study of human biopsies by high resolution magic angle spinning.

Carmen Martínez-Bisbal PhD in Chemistry. The main focus of her PhD work was CNS diseases studies by MRS and HR-MAS. High levels of expertise on NMR applications to brain tumour.

Vicent Esteve Moya, PhD in Biology. Expertise in multidimensional NMR applied to biological systems. He also has experience in NMR and proteomic analysis of different physiological fluids.