NEWS

2025

• • Feb 22. We’re off to Oviedo, Spain! Our team begins a research stay through August, building collaborations and advancing science across borders with the Biotechnology of Nutraceuticals and Bioactive Compounds Research Group, at the Faculty of Medicine. Excited for what’s ahead! #ScienceCollab #Oviedo #UOviedo

  • Feb 19. After eight years of dedicated research led by Prof. Gerardo García-Rivas, we proudly announce the publication of "Cannabidiol Prevents Heart Failure Dysfunction and Remodeling Through Preservation of Mitochondrial Function and Calcium Handling" in JACC: Basic to Translational Science. A milestone in cardiovascular science! Read the full article here #CardiacHealth #Research #Cannabidiol 

  • Feb 12. In our latest study "Angiotensin II-Induced Hypertrophy in H9c2 Cells Reveals Severe Cytotoxicity of Graphene Oxide" , we demonstrate that graphene oxide induces severe cytotoxicity in Angiotensin II-induced hypertrophic cardiac cells. These findings highlight potential risks for individuals with pre-existing heart conditions. Read the full article here #Nanotoxicology #GrapheneOxide #CardiacHealth 

  • Feb 07. After 7 years as the Nano & Microstructures Research Group, we are embracing a new direction! We are now the Nano & Biostructures Research Group, with a renewed focus on molecular design, computational modeling, and biophysical interactions—paving the way for exciting discoveries ahead! #ResearchEvolution #NanoBio

  • Jan 27. We are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher with expertise in cheminformatics and programming! Check out the convocatoria in this link. #PostdocJob #Cheminformatics #ComputationalBiology 

  • Jan 02. The wait is over! Our most anticipated article, which sets a new direction for our research, has been accepted for publication! In "Identification and Structural Characterization of CB1 Receptor Antagonists: A Comprehensive Virtual Screening and Molecular Dynamics Study of Arachidin-2," we showcase our growing expertise in biophysics and machine learning to explore ligand-protein interactions, paving the way for future studies on other receptor systems and molecular targets. A huge congratulations to Ana for her outstanding work on this study! Read the full article here. #ResearchMilestone #DrugDiscovery #CB1

2024

• • May 11. Our latest review paper, "Nanoencapsulation of extracts and isolated compounds of plant origin and their cytotoxic effects on breast and cervical cancer treatments: Advantages and new challenges" has been published in collaboration with our collegues from UANL. Thank you, team! Discover the power of natural compounds in medicine, here! #NaturalCompounds #Nanobiomedicine

  • March 10. Ana C. Murrieta delivered an inspiring talk on overcoming challenges in scientific pursuits at the "Desafios para convertirse un científico(a) en Nuevo León" meeting. We are proud with our staff for delivering such impactul talks. #EachForEqual 

  • March 7. Excited to announce our membership with Sociedad Química de México. Thrilled to collaborate and contribute to the field of chemistry in Mexico.

  • February 29. Our laboratory presented two studies in the "Mitochondria, Health, and Diseases 2024 Symposium" as part of the Research Day for the TecSummit 2024. Congrats to José Luis and Ana, who showed two posters titled: "Ru360 Binds at Conserved Aspartic Site and Bloks the Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter", and "Computational Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA Fragments Enriched with CpG Motifs and Interaction with Human TLR-9".

  • January 22-23. Our research lab participated with a lecturer in the "Summer School in Obesity 2024" organized by the PhD program in Biomedical Sciences of the Faculty of Health Science at University of Talca, Chile. Many thanks to Dr. Rodrigo Moore for his incredible hospitality during our stay in Talca. 

2023

• • December 5. We are very happy to announce that Ramón Rodríguez-Villanueva has successfully passed his MSc dissertation defense, entitled: "Validation of Machine Learning Supervised Algorithms Applied for Drug-Target Identification in Cannabinoid Receptors". Congratulations! 

  • September 11. After almost one year, the M.Sc. dissertation defense of Ana C. Murrieta was published in the Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. Such a great job, showing cut-edge advances in the field of microstructure and characterization of spinels. Special thanks to Danyel and Miguel for joining efforts between Rice University, Instituto Politécnico Nacional and Tecnologico de Monterrey.

  • May 23. We express our gratitude to Dr. Adriana Pacheco for her fruitful collaboration, which has successfully brought together two distinct fields of research: microalgae and nanoparticles. The new article is published in ACS Omega,  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c01914. 

  • May 15. Toxicological evaluation on anatase and rutile TiO2 nanoparticles are published in the journal ACS Omega. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c01771. Congratulations to Pamela, the first author, who worked this investigation in the COVID period. Such a great effort!

  • May 8. The International Conference on Obesity Research was our first opportunity to show the evaluation of the GPUs unit in biophysics studies. Dr. José Luis Velasco attended the meeting and presented the study (poster session) titled "In-silico discovery of novel PPAR-g ligands from natural compounds". EM27. 

  • April 22. Here we go again. The sixth GPU unit was configurated and now it called as "Elektra". AMD Ryzen 9 7950X @4.50GHz 16 nuclei; (ASUS ATX TUF Gaming X670E Plus 128 Gb DDR5); EVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FTW3 for 10752 nuclei CUDA, 1860 MHz; EVGA SuperNOVA 80PLUS Platinum 1600W.

  • March 07. A great job in conjunction with UANL finally see the light with our paper titled "Crystal evolution of nano-sized CoCr2O4 synthesized by a modified sol-gel method". It is already published in the Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2023.111315

  • February 10. Same but not similar. The fifth GPU unit was configured to have the best performance: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X @4.50GHz 16 nuclei; ASUS ATX STRIX B550-F 128 Gb DDR5; EVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FTW3 for 10752 nuclei CUDA, 1860 MHz; EVGA SuperNOVA 80PLUS Platinum 1600W. It was called as "Hulk".

  • February 07. The ICDD announced that the Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship Committee has selected six recipients. For second occasion, our PhD student, Ana Murrieta, is one of them. Our sincere congratulations!

  • February 06. A scientific paper has been published in Frontiers in Physics. In this study, MD simulations predicted the structural stability of DNA molecules. Congratulations to doctor Paola Mendoza for her research! 

  • January 02. Happy New Year! And also happy with our fourth GPU unit (AMD Ryzen 9 5950X @3.40GHz 16 nuclei; ASUS ATX STRIX B550-F 128 Gb DDR4; ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti TUF for 10240 nuclei CUDA, 1785 MHz); EVGA SuperNOVA PLUS Platinum 1300W. It was called as "Colosus (Vision)". (February 10, 2023: Upgrade by adding a second video with 3070 Ti).   

2022

• • November 09. There we go again! The third GPU is in house (AMD Ryzen 9 5900X @3.70GHz 12 nuclei; ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F 128 Gb DDR4; ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti TUF for 10240 nuclei CUDA); EVGA PLUS Platinum 1200W. It was called as "Viper". (February 10, 2023: Upgrade 3080 Ti for 3090 Ti).   

  • November 01. Dr. José Luis Velasco is now part of our research gruop occupying a postdoctoral job position. Welcome, José Luis! 

  • October 17. A scientific paper has been published in Frontiers in Pharmacology. Here, MD simulations predicted the druggability of aurovectin. Congratulations to doctor Paola Mendoza for such a good research! 

  • September 01. And there is it... Our second GPU unit (AMD Ryzen 9 5900X @3.70GHz 12 nuclei; ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F 128 Gb; MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti for 6144 nuclei CUDA); ASUS PLUS Platinum 852W,  is already with us. Dr. Paola is again in charge for giving it the best configuration for chemoinformatics analysis. It was called as "Blackwing". 

  • August 31. A contribution to the field of microscopy is already published in Nanomaterials. This paper reviewed the pros and cons of Scanning Tunneling microscopy (STM) for imaging biomolecules. Check it out, here! 

  • August 21-25. We participated in the ACS Fall 2022 Sustainability in a Changing World, an international congress from the American Chemical Science. There, a contribution from Ana and Priscilla was presented for the Division of Inorganic Chemistry. 

  • July 21. The 71th Denver X-Ray Conference (1-5 Aug, Maryland, USA) is announcing the 2022 Robert L. Snyder Student Travel Grant Recipients. Our student, Ana C. Murrieta was awarded with this highest distinction. She will be presenting a study titled "Inversion degree and microstructure evaluation of ZnFe2O4 ferrispinels". 

  • July 20. We acknowledge the fruitful collaboration with the Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada (CIQA). The last paper was published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 

  • July 10. Our first GPU unit (AMD Ryzen 9 5900X @3.70GHz 12 nuclei; ASUS ATX TUF GAMING X570 128 Gb; MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti for 6144 nuclei CUDA); Corsair PLUS Gold 850W,  is already forming part of the NMRG facilities. Dr. Paola Mendoza is in charge of giving the software configuration to carry out Molecular Dynamics runs. We called it as "Hydra". (February 10, 2023: Upgrade 3070 Ti for 3080 Ti).  

  • June 27. Upon several moths of hard work, there is now out latest study on carbon nanotubes titled "Carbon Nanoubes in Tumor-Targeted Chemotherapeutic Formulations: A Review of Opportunities and Challenges" and published in ACS Applied Nano Materials. We celebrate a fruitful collaboration with researches from UANL. Check here to view the details online. 

  • June 14. The dissertation defense "Synthesis, characterization, and structural determination of ferrispinels" of Ana C. Murrieta was approved by unanimity. This fill us with pride and it encourages us to continue with those fascinating topics of research in nanomaterials. Congratulations! 

  • April 1. Dr. Paola Mendoza has been selected to occupy the postdoc position #2.

  • February 15. Inaugural lecture for F3025 course.

  • February 14. HTC resources at Miztli-UNAM were approved for this year. Project in collaboration with Dr. Roxana Del Castillo.  

  • February 11. Watch on our YouTube channel to Moises talking about the basis for X-ray line profile analysis. 

  • February 08. Official opening for the Institute for Obesity Research. The inaugural session was accompanied by the first Congreso Internacional de Investigación en Obesidad. 

  • February 07. Two open positions for postdoctoral researchers are available for joining The Institute for Obesity Research.

  • February 01. Our review "Latest Advances and Developments to Detection of Micro and Nanoplastics using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy" has now been published online. Check here to view the whole article online. 

  • January 26. Our student Ana Murrieta was awarded with The Ludo Frevel Scholarship from International Center for Diffraction Data. Congratulations! 

  • January 21. Watch on our YouTube channel the first seminar for 2022. In this occasion, Ana Murrieta talks about spinel ferrites synthesis. 

  • January 13. Yes! We already have installed TOPAS software in our lab.

  • January 01. A position for hiring a laboratory technician is currently available. To apply, please contact to us sending your CV.  (job vacancy covered)

2021

• • December 31. Lydia, our dear lab technician, decided go to forward. We'll miss you and we wish you the best in your new job. 

  • December 17. It was accepted our first 2022 article in the Particle and Particle Systems Characterization. Congratulations to Lydia!

  • December 15. Our student Fausto Abril finished his Master Degree program. Very proud of you!

  • December 11. Our collaboration paper with UCSD is now published in Physica Status Solidi B. Thank you, Erick!