CIBERDEM Programmes and Groups

Programme 1. Molecular and physiologic determinants of lifestyle in diabetes/obesity. Population studies for genetic-epigenetic association analysis in type 2 diabetes mellitus and related traits (Coordinator Rafael Carmena)
Endocrinology and metabolism (PI Carmen Álvarez)
Brain glucose sensor, satiety control, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes (PI Enrique Blázquez)
Dyslipidaemia, inflammation and endothelial dysfunction (PI Rafael Carmena)
Metabolomics Platform (PI Xavier Correig)
Lipids and Arteriosclerosis Research Unit (PI Lluís Masana)
Metabolic and molecular disturbances in diabetes (PI Anna Novials)
Diabetobe (PI Manuel Serrano Ríos)
Endocrinology and Nutrition Service (PI Federico Soriguer)

Programme 2. Mechanisms promoting the development of diabetes and its vascular complications. Associated disorders and co-morbidities. Strategies for prevention and treatment (Coordinator Manuel Benito)
Diabetes and cardiovascular (PI Manuel Benito)
Metabolic disease and cardiovascular risk (PI Francisco Blanco Vaca)
Proinsulin and tyrosine hydroxilase in development and differentiation (PI Flora de Pablo)
Diabetes and obesity: biopathology and cellular plasticity (PI Ramon Gomis)
Metabolic engineering and diabetes therapy (PI Joan J Guinovart)
Lipids and Arteriosclerosis Research Unit (PI Lluís Masana)
Diabetes and Metabolism Research Group (PI Rafael Simó)
Molecular mechanisms of insulin resistance and sensitivity in peripheral tissues (PI Ángela Martínez Valverde)
Diabetes and Metabolic Associated Diseases Research Group (PI Joan J Vendrell)
Molecular characteristics, and action of incretins, in the physiopathology of glucose, lipids and bone metabolism (PI María Luisa Villanueva Peñacarrillo)

Programme 3. Impact of beta cell dysfunction and plasticity on the natural history of diabetes. Development of novel treatment strategies (Coordinator Anna Novials)
Transgenic animal models and gene therapy approaches for diabetes (PI Fàtima Bosch)
Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology (PI Deborah Burks)
Hospital de Cruces Diabetes Research Group (PI Luis Castaño)
Genomic programming of beta cells (PI Jorge Ferrer)
Diabetes and obesity: biopathology and cellular plasticity (PI Ramon Gomis)
Islet cell and stem cell physiology (PI Franz Martín)
Group of Research into Diabetes and Metabolism (PI Eduard Montanya)
Unit of Cell Physiology and Nutrition IB-UMH (PI Angel Nadal)
Metabolic and molecular disturbances in diabetes (PI Anna Novials)
Transcriptional mechanisms of pancreatic function (PI Mario Vallejo)

Programme 4. Use of biomedical approach systems to develop personalized therapies for diabetes (Coordinator Antonio Zorzano)
The Eicosanoid Research Division (PI Jesús Balsinde)
Diabetes, Obesity and Reproductive Endocrinology (PI Héctor F Escobar Morreale)
Genomic programming of beta cells (PI Jorge Ferrer)
Mechanisms of control of glucose and fatty acid metabolism in skeletal muscle cells and metabolic impairment in atrophy (PI Anna Maria Gómez Foix)
Prenatal growth restriction and subsequent risks for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (PI Lourdes Ibánez)
Group of Research into Diabetes and Metabolism (PI Eduard Montanya)
Diabetes and Metabolism Research Group (PI Rafael Simó)
Pharmacological targets in inflammation and metabolic diseases (PI Manuel Vázquez Carrera)
Diabetes and Metabolic Associated Diseases Research Group (PI Joan J Vendrell)
Heterogenic and polygenic diseases. Genexartis (PI Antonio Zorzano)