Diéguez Group

Diéguez Group

The Diéguez Research Group works at the interface of research, technology development, and the clinic with the overarching goal of translating science to improve of people’s health. The group capitalises on the unparalleled control over fluid dynamics, high-throughput, and reproducibility offered by microfluidics, and on the high sensitivity and specificity of nanobiosensors to develop innovative solutions aiming to further our current understanding of human diseases leading to better treatment and earlier diagnostics.

Research lines:

  • Biomarker enrichment and isolation from liquid biopsies toward minimally invasive disease monitoring and diagnosis
  • Ultrasensitive detection using nanobiosensors toward earlier and accurate disease diagnosis
  • Advanced 3D models based on multicellular spheroids, organoids, and organ-on-chip toward disease modelling and precision medicine
  • Development of advanced Medical Instrumentation based on optical technologies

 

Team

Alumni

Projects

ImAge-D

Imaging Ageing Endothelium at the nanoscale - Doctorates

3DSecret

3D spheroids derived from single cells for discovering stochastic patterns behind metastasis

WINGS

Wireless Neural Guidance Device for Spinal Cord Injury Repair

IBEROSmais

INSTITUTO DE BIOFABRICATION EN RED PARA EL ENVEJECIMIENTO SALUDABLE

LEARN

DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL ASSESSMENTS FOR INDOOR AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND IMPACT ON CHILDREN'S HEALTH

HfPT

Health from Portugal

PROMISE

BioPrinted hydROgel MicrofluIdicS to mimic patient-specific tumor mEtastatic microenvironment

BIOCELLPHE

Ultrasensitive BIOsensing platform for multiplex CELLular protein PHEnotyping at single-cell level

EVOLVE

Isolation and Analysis of Extracellular Vesicles using OptofLuidics for the eValuation of Microsatellite Instability in Endometrial Cancer

SAFE-N-MEDTECH

SAFETY TESTING IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY-ENABLED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEALTH

SENTINEL

New injectable biosensor for continuous remote monitoring of cancer patients at high risk of recurrence | Novo biosensor injectável para monitorização continua remota de pacientes oncológicos com elevado risco de recidiva

IMPAct-L

Innovative Microfluidic Platform for Analysis of myeloid Leukemia blasts mielóide

HighSenseCoV2

Highly sensitive immunoassay for SARS-CoV2 detection using new amplification technology

COUNTED

COUNTED, Coronavirus Transmission: Count and Detect

NanoTRAINforGrowthII

INL Fellowship programme in nanotechnologies for nanomedicine, energy, ICT, food and environment applications

FROnTHERA

Frontiers of technology for theranostics of cancer, metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases

CANCER

ADVANCING CANCER RESEARCH: FROM BASIC KNOWLEDGE TO APPLICATION

NBFS

Nanotechnology based functional solutions

NET-MARKET-FLUIDS

Networking and market approach to tackle the bottleneck of deploying micro and nanofluidics in Europe

Publications