Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Group Members

The Cheminformatics and Nutrition group is formed by several lecturers and PhD students from the Biochemstry and Biotechnology Department of the Rovira i Virgili University (URV).

Lecturers:

Gerard Pujadas Anguiano

Gerard Pujadas Anguiano

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2598-8089
Phone: 977559565
E-mail: gerard.pujadas at urv.cat

 

Santi Garcia-Vallvé

Santi Garcia-Vallve

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0348-7497
Phone: 977558778
E-mail: santi.garcia-vallve at urv.cat

web page: /qui-som/santi/

PhD-students:

 

Ariadna Llop Peiró

15/02/2023 -

Ariadna Llop Peiró

ORCID ID: 0009-0006-9785-3852
Telèfon: 977558486

Collaborators

 

Maite Bernaus Gimeno   

Graduada en Enginyeria Informàtica i en Biotecnologia (URV)

 

Pere Puigbò Avalos   

Senior Researcher at Nutrition and Health Unit, Eurecat Technology Center of Catalonia, Reus.
Adjunct Professor at the Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, URV, Tarragona

ORCID ID:0000-0002-0072-8726

Past members:

Esther Sala Argüello


2006-2011 PhD Student
PhD Thesis: In silico methodologies for the design of functional foods that can prevent cardiovascular diseases

 

Laura Guasch Pamies

2007-2011 PhD Student
PhD Thesis: Identification of natural products as antidiabetic agents using computer-aided drug design methods

Cristina Rojas Domínguez

2009-2013 PhD Student
PhD Thesis: Efecto de los polifenoles sobre la respuesta a estrés de retículo endoplasmático en células hepáticas. Estudios in vitro e in vivo
 

 

Adrià Ceretó Massagué

2012-2017 PhD Student
PhD Thesis: Development of tools for in silico drug discovery

Current position:
Chemoinformatics Data Scientist at COS
REUS
 

Maria José Ojeda Montes

2012-2017 PhD Student
PhD Thesis: Computational approaches for the characterization of the dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibition: applications to drug discovery, drug design and binding site similarity.

 

Sara Tomás Hermández

2012-2017 PhD Student
PhD Thesis: Characterization of the Biological Effects of Natural Compounds against inflammation, metabolic syndrome and Cancer.

Aleix Gimeno Vives

2015-2019 PhD Student
PhD Thesis: Identification by virtual screening of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B and matrix metalloproteinase 13 inhibitors for the treatment of obesity and obesity-associated disorders

 

Guillem Macip Sancho

02/12/2019-15/05/2023 PhD Student
PhD Thesis: Studying the limits of protein-ligand docking to predict new non-covalent inhibitors for the SARS- CoV-2 main protease.

Bryan Saldivar Espinoza

05/03/2019 - 20/05/2024 PhD Student

Títol tesis: Application of machine learning methods on SARS-Cov-2: Mortality prediction by using health and nutritional factors and prediction of recurrent mutations

     

Dmytro Kukhtar

Pre-graduate Student Collaborator, 2014-15 and 2015-16

 

Joel Roca Martínez

Pre-graduate Student Collaborator, 2015-16 and 2016-17

Miquel Mulero Abellán

2011-2018 Lecturer

Current position:
Nutrigenomics Research Group. Biochemistry and Biotechnology Department. URV

 

Cristina Valls Bautista

2011-2018 Lecturer

Current position:
ARGET: Applied Research Group in Education and Technology. URV

Raúl Beltran Debón

2015-2018 Lecturer

Current position:
MOBIOFOOD Research Group. Biochemistry and Biotechnology Department. URV

 

Júlia Mestres Truyol  

Pre-graduate Student Collaborator, 2020-21 i 2021-22

Pol Garcia Segura

Pre-graduate Student Collaborator, 2020-21 i 2021-22

 

Maite Bernaus Gimeno

Pre-graduate Student Collaborator, 2020-21, 2021-22 i 2022-23

Intership Students:

Academic year 2023-24

  • Laura Dorca Ricart. Double Degree in Biotechnology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (URV)
  • Samuel Chantada Loreno. Master's Degree in Nutrition and Metabolism (URV)

Academic year 2022-23

  • Guillem Arasa Estivill. Degree in Biotechnology (URV)
  • Edgar Chacón Sánchez. Degree in Biotechnology (URV)
  • Alberto Constantino Puscasu. Degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (URV)
  • Camilla Pasquali. University of Milan, Italy

Academic year 2021-22

  • Nil Novau Ferré. Degree in Biotechnology
  • Sara Peregrina Cabredo. Degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Estel Ferré Aguirre. Degree in Biotechnology

Academic year 2020-21

  • Bernat Boscà Candel.  Double Degree in Computer Engineering and Biotechnology
  • Alberto Blanco Álvarez.  Double Degree in Computer Engineering and Biotechnology
  • Daniel Sànchez Garcia. Degree in Biotechnology
  • Júlia Mestres Truyol. Double Degree in Biotechnology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Pol Garcia Segura. Double Degree in Biotechnology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Júlia Vilalta Mor. Degree in Biotechnology
  • Oriol Villaro. Double Degree in Computer Engineering and Biotechnology
  • Maite Bernaus Gimeno. Double Degree in Computer Engineering and Biotechnology