Animal Experimentation and Breeding
- Support given to education and research in the use of animals.
- Technical advisors of research carried out at the UN, CIMA and CUN.
- Promote bioethical principles for animal reduction and refinement of techniques.
Quality Assurance Unit
- Quality Systems in research and the field of biomedicine.
- Audits.
- Technical advisors for the implantation of GLPs.
- Technical advisors for continuous updating and improvement of Quality Systems.
- Training in Quality Assurance aspects within research and the field of biomedicine.
R&D of Novel Drugs Unit
Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of new compounds for the treatment of neglected diseases, obesity and cancer.
Food Microbiology and Food Safety Unit
Microbiology Studies carried out on products originating from different sectors of Industry (food, drugs, chemicals materials and products)
Instrumental Techniques Unit
Certified drug stability assays and pharmacokinetic studies as well as the determination of drugs in biological samples.
Toxicology Unit
The toxicology laboratory has GLPs certification for carrying out toxicity and toxicokinetic Studies.
- Biochemical and hematological analyses
- Toxicity assays
- Mutagenicity Studies
- Others
Brain Tumor Biology Unit
- Laboratory dedicated to molecular, cell and cytogenetic analyses of malignant brain tumors, especially glioblastoma and medulloblastoma.