Analysis of the neutralising and protective activity of polyclonal serum and monoclonal antibodies against viruses
Characterisation of viral antigenic epitopes
Development and assessment of rapid diagnostic methods for gastrointestinal bacterial and viral infections
Development of probiotic microorganisms with protective capacity against viral infections
Development of viral vaccines
Epidemiologic analysis of infectious diseases through molecular biology methods and study on disease outbreaks
Evaluation of diagnostic methods
Identification of molecular determinants that condition susceptibility to gastrointestinal viral diseases
Molecular epidemiology studies of viral infections: detection of new genotypes and variants
Seroepidemiology studies of viral infections
Study of the interactions between enteric virus-host, enteric virus-intestinal microbiota and intestinal microbiota-host
Study of the pathogenic mechanisms and the immune response to infections by the two main enteric viruses (rotavirus and norovirus)
Study on evolutionary patterns of viruses and other pathogenic organisms via mutation and selection mechanisms
Study on the dynamic of pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms with their hosts, especially human ones
Technical advice and consultancy in molecular studies related to genetic variability
Technical advice and consultancy on the microbiota impact on human health
Technical advice and scientific consultancy in genetics
Technical advice and scientific consultancy in quantitative genetics and analysis for the impact of multiple genes on the phenotype
