Universidad de Burgos (UBU) was founded in 1994. According to SCImago Institutions Ranking (SIR 2012), UBU holds the ES.R 105 with a Q1 of 55,8 and Excelence Rate of 13.7, being leader in region. UBU takes part in different National Technology Platforms (Food for Life, SusChem, Wine, Environment, Solar, Biomass) enabling efforts to be made towards a more committed, structured mapped out innovation scenario. The research centers at UBU involved in this project are International Research Center in CRMs for Advanced Industrial Technologies (ICCRAM) and Informatics engineering Department, within a privileged research and innovation core, integrating a research center in Food Biotechnology (CIBA), a center for Innovation and Research in Industrial Technology (CITI), as well as a new experimental facility in Applied Nanotechnology, and Nano/Toxicity (within the Science and Technology Park). ICCRAM is a core partner of the European Innovation Partnership in Raw Materials (EIP-Raw), and the proposed Knowledge and Innovation Community in Raw Materials from the EIT (KIC-Raw). In this regard, ICCRAM takes part in two different Action Groups (1.8 SUBST-EXTREME, 1.7 RESET) within the EIP-Raw, with leading and coordination responsibilities. ICCRAM is a core member of the Regional and National industrial strategy, being as Univ. of Burgos, founder member of industrial clusters like CYLSOLAR (Castilla y Leon Renewable Energy and Energy solutions industrial cluster) and CBECyL (cluster of capital goods and industrial automation of Castilla y León), with an existing strong alliance with large scale industrial associations like SERCOBE (National Association of Manufacturers of Capital Goods) or international/national organizations like EU-NANOFUTURES, INNANO, CEIDEN.
(PI) Dr. Santiago Cuesta Lopez, (EU-PhD Molecular BioPhysics, MSc Materials Science, MSc Nuclear Physics). Director of ICCRAM. Director of the Advanced Materials, and applied BioNanotechnology Department. In the last ten years Dr. S.Cuesta has been awarded with the National Prize of SNE for young researchers (2003), two editions of the “CAI-EUROPA”- regional research award (Molecular BioPhysics / editions 2003 & 2005), the postdoctoral prize in Genetics/Genomics“Marcel-Merieux/ENS-Lyon” region Rhône-Alpes (2006), and the prize for ICFRM (Sapporo-2009). Executive member and chairman of the Working Group on CRMs inside EU-NANOFUTURES, and participant in the WG in NANOSAFETY.
Up to now, partner, co-responsible or director for more than 30 funded projects at EU-wide (FP5/6/7), National level (MINECO/MICINN – Spain, ANR – France) or under request of private industry; Fields of Materials Science, BioPhysics and Multidisciplinary Physics. He has authored/coauthored more than 100 publications and technical communications to industry.
Dra. Lorena Romero: Director of the NanoSafety lab. Expert in research on genetics, model organisms genomics, and cell culture. Responsible of different projects within Pharma Industry (Algenex S.L.).
National I + D + I Plan. FIS2012-38827. PHYSICS OF A-DNA NANOFIBERS. Entity: University of Burgos. IP: Santiago Cuesta López (Univ. Burgos). 2013-2015.
MULTINANOMAT: MAT2011-15800-E. PI: S. Cuesta, and general coordinator. Spanish Ministry of Economy.
- Development of the Smart specialization EU-RIS3 strategy of Castilla y Leon (Spain); Technical assessment in NanoSecurity for the Regional authorities position (Castilla y León, Spain).
- S. Cuesta-López. “NANOSAFEPRO: An EU Project for the implantation of Nanosafety in nanotechnological SMEs” INTERNAL REPORT:.Art. 83. SINERCO-UBU/01/15-10-12/: Informe Técnico. Transferencia a Industria bajo contrato Art. 83, 15/10/12. SINERCO-SGS.
- MAT-TOX®. Process for quick toxicity assessment of materials: Transport, storage, pre-processing, leaching and assays of the samples under the specific procedure for samples for ecotoxicity test. Santiago Cuesta López; Lorena Romero Santacreu, Universidad de Burgos. REF: BU-147-14. 18/11/2014.
- NANOSAFETOX®. Protocol Development of Toxicity Study by a battery of in vitro assays not included in REACH to asses both acute and long-term exposure to nanomaterials. Santiago Cuesta López; Lorena Romero Santacreu, Universidad de Burgos REF: BU-148-14.