The group currently carries out research in three major research areas funded by regional and national agencies:
- Study of the control of infections produced by phytopathogenic fungi, especially Botrytis cinerea and in recent years Eutipa lata.
- Diterpenes as models in the design of new drugs
- Metabolomic study of marine microorganisms in the search for new drugs
- BIOTRANSFORMATIONS:
A) USING WHOLE MICROORGANISMS AS A WAY OF KNOWING THE METABOLIC PATHWAYS AND
B) AS A SYNTHETIC STRATEGY FOR OBTAINING ENANTIOMERICALLY PURE COMPOUNDS.
- DITERPENES AS A MODEL FOR NEW DRUGS
- BIOSYNTHETIC STUDIES INCORPORATING LABELLED INTERMEDIATES WITH STABLE ISOTOPES
- NEW DRUGS FROM MARINE MICROORGANISMS
- SYNTHESIS OF BIOACTIVE MOLECULES
- PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGAL TOXINS, EVALUATION OF THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE INFECTION PROCESS PRODUCED BY THE FUNGUS.
- Isolation and synthesis of secondary metabolites
- Structural characterization of bioactive molecules
- Synthesis of organic molecules.
- Genetic and molecular bases of the biosynthesis of bioactive molecules
- Chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques and organic synthesis.
- Molecular coupling studies (Docking) for drug design.
- Antibiotic and fungicide activity tests