Innovation Capabilities & Products

Authors: Antonio Figueras Huerta, María Gasset Vega, Beatriz Novoa García, Magalí Rey Campos, Ricardo Mallavía Marín, Regla María Medina Gali, Alicia Martínez López

The present invention relates to peptides derived from myticin C and to their therapeutic use, more specifically in cell and/or tissue regeneration. More detailed information can be obtained here.

Authors: Eva María Rivero Buceta; Cristian Smerdou Picazo; Pablo Botella Asunción; Antonio Pineda Lucena; Carla María Vidaurre Agut; Beatriz Novoa; Antonio Figueras Huertas;  Jose María Benlloch Baviera

Andrographolide derivatives for their use in the treatment of cytokine-related inflammatory diseases . Patent pending publication.

Authors: Antonio Pineda Lucena; Carla María Vidaurre Agut; Eva María Rivero Buceta; Jose María Benlloch Baviera; Cristian Smerdou Picazo; Beatriz Novoa; Antonio Figueras Huertas; Pablo Botella Asunción

Andrographolid derivatives for their use in the treatment of COVID-19 and associated pulmonary fibrosis. Patent pending publication.

Morbidostat is a computer-controlled continuous culture device that automatically adjusts drug concentration to maintain constant growth inhibition in microbial cultures. As bacteria acquire mutations that give them resistance against drugs, they are able to tolerate higher drug concentrations and grow faster, thus removing selective pressure, the driving force of evolution. To compensate for this, morbidostat increases drug concentration sufficiently to keep bacteria at their original growth rate, therefore maintaining selective pressure over time. This system allows for data acquisition to model microbial evolution under antimicrobial stress, optimize biocide dosage strategies and develop highly antimicrobial-resistant strains used to test the performance of new biocides, among other applications.

Developed within the Life iSEAS project, in iDVP, the biorefinery concept is applied to the integral revalorization of fishing discards. It consists of devices for crushing/grinding/homogenization, autoclave, meat-bone separator for fish mince production, 300-500 L reactors configured for controlled chemical/enzymatic hydrolysis, biocompound separation and purification systems including tricanter centrifuges and membrane equipment (micro and ultrafiltration), and devices used for concentration (vacuum evaporator) and drying (freeze-dryer and spray dryer). For further information, please contact us by e-mail.

Govocitos is a free image analysis software that allows for easy and accurate determination of reproductive parameters in fish based on histological images. Although designed to estimate fish fertility, its applications are expandable to other counting, measurement and classification problems (i.e. pollen count, oncology and cytology, etc.).

More information here.

Authors: Juan Carlos Morales Sánchez, Ricardo Lucas Rodriguez, Olivia Sánchez Maldonado, Francesc Comelles Folch, José Luis Parra Juez, Isabel Medina Méndez

The invention relates to a compound derived from an alkyl gallate and its production method and to its use as a surfactant and oxidizing agent, in particular as part of a composition in the form of an emulsion. More detailed information can be obtained here.

Authors: Lorena Barros Tajes; Isabel Medina; Igancio Ortea; José Manuel Gallardo

Procedure and kit for the identification of the main commercial prawn and shrimp species (Order Decapoda) belonging to families Penaeidae (Penaeus monodon, Farfantepenaeus notialis, Fenneropenaeus indicus, Fenneropenaeus merguiensis, Litopenaeus vannamei), Solenoceridae (Pleoticus muelleri) and Pandalidae (Pandalus borealis) in fresh, chilled, frozen and/or processed products and by-products. More detailed information can be found here.

Authors: Juan Carlos Espin de Gea; Juan Carlos Morales Sánchez; Isabel Medina

Compounds for the treatment of inflammatory processes involved in numerous diseases such as intestinal inflammatory diseases. The invention mainly refers to compounds included within a certain general formula and to the procedure to obtain them. More detailed information can be obtained here.

Authors: María del Mar Costa Portela, Beatriz Novoa García, Antonio Figueras Huerta, Sonia Dios Vidal, Camino Gestal Mateo

The invention provides a method for the identification of polynucleotides, coding precursors of polypeptides, with antibacterial and antiviral activity (myticines and mytilines). More detailed information can be obtained here.