Grupo de Espectroscopía y Espectrometría de Masas

We currently have several research lines:

  • Conformational study of anesthetics and characterization of its interactions with other biological molecules.
  • Rotational spectroscopy of biological molecules: linking structure to function.
  • Imaging mass spectrometry of lipids in tissues.
  • Development of new protocols for drug screening using mass spectrometry and microarrays.

Ph. D. and Post Doc opportunities    

Our research lines are currently full. Contact us for future openings.



Group Activities                                                                                                            

2014

The year was almost over, but still we had a final surprise, Dr. Julia Contreras visited the group and gave us a talk entitled "Revealing non covalent interations: are critical points really critical for bonding?".



An ex-component of the group (Dr. Eduardo Alonso) was back from Munich in November to assemble a new nozzle with a laser ablation system that we designed in collaboration with his new group. He also gave a seminar about his new research activities "Medidas de consumo de aceites in situ en motores de combustión"



We received the visit of Prof. Sanjay Wategaonkar in july (21-26/7), who also gave an inspiring talk entitled "CH···x Contacts: are These Really Hydrogen Bonds?". We hope this is the starting point of a fruitful collaboration between our two groups. We use his visit as an excuse to celebrate our annual BBQ. We all had a great time!

 


On July 6, Prof. Lai-Sheng Wang and Dr. Li-Quion Wang were visiting our lab. Lai-Sheng gave an interesting talk entitled "Electrospray Photoelectron Spectroscopy: From Multiply-Charged Anions to Ultra-Cold Anions". The good weather allowed us to show them the surroundings of Bilbao.




On June 30th we had Dr. Javier Rodríguez (Hospital Nacional de paraplégicos) visiting our group. His visit was related with a joined project on the search for biomarkers that may allow tracking spinal cord injuries.




2013

The students in the group are organizing the VI meeting of young researchs in Atomic and molecular physics. The conference will be held in Bilbao on january 22-24.
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 You can find more information at the conference's web site:


We have the great pleasure of having Prof. Wenceslao Moreda giving a talk about detecting fraud in olive oil in November 14th. 



Reforming the lab. We have had to stop the work for a week on July 15-19, while the AC system is rebuilt to increase its power.


On July 18th, Prof. Jesús Jiménez Barbero visited us and gave an excellent talk entitled "RMN y reconocimiento molecular".



Finally, the good weather arrived to Bilbao, so we were able to celebrate our traditional summer BBQ on july the 19th, together with the members of the "Grupo de Espectroscopía"



This year the traditional group summer BBQ will be probably cancel due to the rain that has been pouring over the Basque Country for the last six months. Therefore the group had lunch in a nearby "baserri".



In april Dr. Sergio Lage arrived at the lab. He is a researcher from Hospital de Cruces and he will be spending six months with us in a join project on the lipidome of different cancers.


January 24. Mr. Antonio Veloso (no it is Dr. Antonio Veloso) had his viva voce. His thesis was entitled "Imagen por espectrometría de masas (MALDI-IMS) para la detección de biomoléculas y fármacos." After he passed the evaluation, we had a nice lunch together.



2012

September 3-6. We had a great time at OURCON conference in imaging mass spectrometry. Roberto's poster was awarded with SunCron Gold Award.


July 25th. We held our traditional summer BBQ, together with people from Grupo de Espectroscopia in the forest near the University.
May 4th, Prof. J. L. Capelo visited our group and gave a talk entitled "Nuevas Herramientas para tratamiento de muestras en proteómica". Prof. Carlos Lodeiro and Dr. Hugo M. Santos were also here visiting the labs. Do not miss the conference they are organizing! (www.ourcon.com)



2011

Iker Leon presented his thesis on october 7th 2011. That gave us the chance to enjoy the visit of Drs. Michel Mons, Bruno Martinez, Luis Bañares and Judith Millán. Dr. Leon is now in Dr. Wang's group (Providence) as a post-doc.



Prof. Amina Woods visited our group during septembre 25-30 and gave two excellent talks:
- Using Mass Spectrometry for Molecular Imaging in Health and Disease
- Electrostatic Interactions: the Force that Drives Receptor Heteromer Formation


On August 22-23rd we had Prof. E. Arunan visiting the lab. He gave a stimulating talk entitled: "Structure of Molecules/Complexes in the gas phase: are they relevant for condensed phase?"


Late June part of the group spent a weekend climbing Picu Urriellu (2519 m), by the "Pidal" climbing route (rocky tower at the back of the picture).