Missions
Research on fecal excreted viruses:
Food safety and wastewater based epidemiology
Food safety improvement
Improve food safety by developing molecular methods and assessing food processing technologies and sanitation procedures to prevent and control foodborne viruses contamination.
Development of new diagnostic tools
Develop diagnostic strategies based on molecular techniques to improve the performance of viral monitoring in environmental samples, with a significant impact on food safety and health outcome.
WBE for disease surveillance
Monitor viral contamination in wastewater as a complementary epidemiological tool to the different prevention strategies carried out by Public Health.
Effectiveness of conservation technologies
Evaluate different hurdle technologies and its synergistic application to guarantee the safety and also quality of food products.
Transfer to companies and society
Promote science and transfer our scientific knowledge and technical skills to companies and society by sharing information, contributing to dissemination activities and providing personalized trainings.
