Els ICREA

Els professors d'investigació ICREA formen una comunitat dinàmica de científics i investigadors de totes les àrees del coneixement, que contribueixen al progrés de la humanitat amb els seus estudis, interpretacions i preguntes. Entreu i descobriu-ne els increïbles descobriments i troballes:

Reynal-Querol, Marta

Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)

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Reynal-Querol, Marta
Research Professor at
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Research interests

My main research interest is the study of the causes and consequences of conflict. I analyzed the relationship between religious and ethnic fractionalization, polarization, and conflict and development. I have also worked on the effectiveness of foreign aid and on the relationship between poverty and civil war and on the study of the institutional designs that may prevent or mitigate, such social conflicts. In particular I construct a database on the characteristics of leaders over the 20th century and I investigated whether there are systematic differences in the type of leaders that can explain the economic development of countries. More recently I am using administrative data on the first colonizers of Latin America to reexamine the issue of institutions versus human capital in the explanation of economic development and conflict. Moreover I am starting a line of research on the analysis of Development and Conflict using Big Data. In particular I am working on the construction of new measures of inequality.

Key words
Conflict, Development, Institutions, ethnic diversity, leadership
Reynolds, Paul

Universitat de Barcelona (UB)

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Reynolds, Paul
Research Professor at
Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
Humanities
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Research interests

The principal aim of my research is the study of trade networks and economies of the Classical-Late Antique Mediterranean, Black Sea & Atlantic through the definition of regional ceramic typologies and analysis of the regional-long distance distribution of ceramics in major ports (table-wares, amphorae & cooking wares). I am interested in all factors that contributed to the supply of goods: private, state, city, ecclesiastical & administrative structures. Other interests include Hellenistic-Roman cuisine-cultural interaction in the Roman East; typologies and archaeometry of local ceramics in W Greece-Peloponnese; analysis of organic residues in amphorae (Spanish Ministry RACA-Med I and II projects); typologies, archaeometry, dating, function of Islamic pottery in Utica and N Africa (ongoing Barakat Trust project).

Key words
Pottery, amphorae, fine wares, cooking wares, trade, economic history, shipping routes, networks, annona, Hellenistic, Late Republican, Roman, Late Roman, Late Antiquity, Early Byzantine, Early Islamic, Vandals, Mediterranean, Black Sea

ORCID
: 0000-0001-7507-0167

RESEARCHER ID
: K-7799-2017
Ribas de Pouplana, Lluís

Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Barcelona)

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Ribas de Pouplana, Lluís
Research Professor at
Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Barcelona)
Life & Medical Sciences
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Research interests

Our laboratory investigates the process of protein synthesis, its evolution, and its connections to human health. We are preoccupied by two fundamental questions: what are the functional limits of the protein synthesis apparatus, and how is protein synthesis regulated and integrated within the context of the cell. We want to understand what defines the boundaries of the proteomes of species, and what specific adaptations allow certain organisms to fabricate proteins that are inaccessible to other species. In addition, we are studying protein synthesis in the mitochondria, with a particular emphasis on the mechanisms that coordinate mitochondrial protein synthesis to mitochondrial dynamics and cell cycle. How these biosynthetic routes are coordinated, and how are they synchronized with the cell cycle is unknown. We want to contribute to the resolution of this problem through the study of an essential mitochondrial protein that we discovered in the lab. Finally, we want to investigate the role of tRNA dynamics in the control of the cellular response to external insults in the form of inflammation. To that end we are developing a new model for the study of human inflammation based on the analysis of resected pediatric vermicular appendices.

Key words
protein synthesis origin of life metabolic diseases biotechnology
Riechmann Fernández, Jose Luis

Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG)

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Riechmann Fernández, Jose Luis
Research Professor at
Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG)
Life & Medical Sciences
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Research interests

We study transcriptional regulation and development, using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system. In particular, studies on the floral transition and flower development, genomic analyses of transcription factors, and global gene expression analyses. The current focus of the laboratory is the study at a global level of some of gene regulatory networks that control flower development in Arabidopsis. An additional current area of activity in the group is to combine genomic, proteomic, and peptidomic technologies to study these processes. During the past year, we have concentrated our efforts on the chronology of protein expression throughout early Arabidopsis flower development and its correlation to unbiased transcript expression data, and the definition and characterization of the Arabidopsis peptidome, sORFs and hidden coding sequences in the Arabidopsis genome, and of the possible roles of these small proteins in flower development and other processes.

Key words
Plant Biology, Arabidopsis thaliana, Flower Development, Functional Genomics, Transcription Factors, ChIP-Seq, RNA-Seq, Peptidogenomics

ORCID
: 0000-0003-1108-1945

RESEARCHER ID
: 6701855722
Rivals, Florent

Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES)

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Rivals, Florent
Research Professor at
Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES)
Humanities
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Research interests

My primary area of research centers on evolutionary paleoecology. I primarily utilize the analysis of mammalian fauna found in Plio-Pleistocene sites as a foundational framework for investigating the evolution of hominins. My research places a strong emphasis on understanding how climate-induced environmental changes influenced hominins, with a specific focus on Neanderthals. By examining mammal teeth, including species like bison, deer, horse, and mammoth and using a multiproxy approach, I gain valuable insights into their diet and the landscapes these animals inhabited shortly before their death. These insights are instrumental in reconstructing ancient environments, tracing alterations linked to shifts in climate, and comprehending the behavioral strategies adopted by hominins in diverse ecological settings. In addition to Europe, my research also extends to regions such as the Near East (Israel), Africa (Tanzania, Morocco), and South America (Chile, Argentina, Brazil).

Key words
Prehistory, Paleoecology, Paleodiet, Dental wear, Large mammals, Climate, Evolution

ORCID
: 0000-0001-8074-9254

RESEARCHER ID
: B-7962-2014
Roche, Stephan

Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2)

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Roche, Stephan
Research Professor at
Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2)
Engineering Sciences
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Research interests

S. Roche explores quantum transport in Topological Quantum Matter including graphene & topological insulators, and 2D materials-based van der Waals heterostructures and amorphous structures (amorphous boron-nitride & graphene). Topics (i) topological physics & entanglement (ii) Artificial Intelligence applied to Condensed Matter (ii) spin transport phenomena (iii) quantum decoherence mechanisms (iv) thermal transport at nanoscale (v) quantum devices simulation.

Key words
quantum science, topological quantum matter, quantum simulations

ORCID
: 0000-0003-0323-4665

RESEARCHER ID
: B-1116-2012