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2.3. OTHERS
ARAGON INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
(IACS)
University Technology Center Other SME Big Industry
characterization nanocomposites nanosensores síntesis/func. nanofotónica
nanobiotechnology nanoadditives nanometrology nanosimulation nanoencapsulates
Address:
Avda. San Juan Bosco, 13 – 50009 Zaragoza
Tel.: + 34 976 71 68 18
Fax: + 34 976 71 44 70
Webpage: www.iacs.aragon.es
Contact:
Pedro C. Marijuán Fernández
Research Director
e-mail: dirinvestigacion.iacs@aragon.es
Organization profile
IACS is a public body attached to the Health Department of Aragon whose mission is to manage the
knowledge in the health system of Aragon.
In order to achieve its objectives, IACS promotes and manages all research developed in health public
centres, in addition to its own capacities and researchers. As a result, IACS strategy expands through a
network composed of health centres, units, groups and professionals, promoting the interaction among
them and fostering the production and translation of knowledge to the health system.
The members of this structure are joined by permanent agreements which encourage them to work
together as an opened decentralized organization.
On the other hand, and in a complementary way, it keeps specific research agreements with University of
Zaragoza. 120 research groups perform research through IACS, reaching 439 research projects in
progress for 2011, including clinical trials.
IACS is currently shaping the Biobanco of Aragón, a decentralized biobank with a networked structure
which allows every hospital to become a node of it, having their own biological samples collections stored
to do research. This infrastructure is integrated in the National Biobank Network. In this line of work is
also developed the clinical research, integrated in CAIBER.
Main capacities in nanotechnology / nanoscience
Clinical research in several medical specialities as Oncology, Cardiovascular System, Digestive
System, Ophthalmology, Rare Diseases, Neurology, Dermatology.
Search of biomarkers through Genomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics
Techniques.
Screening of chemical compounds used for the identification of Chaperones and protein
inhibitors or proliferation and cellular transformation regulator compounds.
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