Hiring of a PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHER

JOB Offer: PhD Opportunity

Job Offer: Postdoctoral Researcher

CEN 2020 Spanish Conference on Nanophotonics

JICI V Reunión de Jovénes Investigadores en Coloides e Interfases

Sarah De Marchi Lourenço will defend her Ph.D. Thesis

Isabel Pastoriza Santos: «Somos uno más, no se tiene en cuenta que hagamos investigación de buena calidad»

"Los políticos se han olvidado de la ciencia desde la crisis, necesitamos un pacto nacional"

Veintidós expertos de la Universidad de Vigo, entre los mejores científicos españoles de su área

Isabel Pastoriza, experta en nanopartículas metálicas, es la investigadora con más impacto de la institución olívica y la quinta de toda Galicia.

NanoBioAp School

NanoBioAp School on Nanoparticles for BioApplications is designed for senior undergraduate, graduate students and post-docs who are willing to learn more about this passionate world.

Annual scientific report from 2018

You can download here our annual scientific report from 2018.

Isabel Pastoriza: “Dependemos do financiamento español e é ridículo”

Isabel Pastoriza (1974, Bueu), doutora en Químicas e investigadora, é actualmente a coordinadora do grupo de Química Coloidal do Centro de Investigacións Biomédicas (CINBIO) da Universidade de Vigo. Será outra das poñentes da mesa redonda que este luns 11 de febreiro, ás 20.30 horas, ten lugar na Casa das Campás de Pontevedra, xunto a Alicia Estévez, Vanessa Valdiglesias, e Elena Vázquez Cendón, no acto organizado polo Concello de Pontevedra en colaboración con GCiencia

Extraordinary Ph.D. award for Dr. Verónica Montes García

Recently our past member Verónica Montes García has received the Extraordinary Ph.D. award for her extraordinary work during the last years. Congratulations!

Job offer: CINBIO 27. Predoctoral. Colloidal Chemistry

The Biomedical Research Center (CINBIO) offers one full-time interim predoctoral position to a highly motivated and qualified candidate on “Colloidal Chemistry”, related to the area of Innovation: new methods in prevention, diagnostics and therapy, in the Colloid Chemistry Group, based in Vigo.

Degree finished?

Are you planning to do a research career after finishing your degree? Explore here the different paths you can follow as well as all the funding opportunities available!

Annual scientific report

You can download here our annual scientific report from 2017.

Excellent Shotgun Communication Award

Our Ph. D. student Alba Vázquez Arias  has received the Excellent Shotgun Communication Award at the 3er International Symposium on Nanoparticles/Nanomaterials and Applications held in Capuchos, Caparica-Portugal, the 22nd to the 25th of January 2018. The oral communication was entitled "Closed hollow SERRS tags for bioimaging".

Merry Christmas

Colloid Chemistry Group wishes you a Merry Christmas!! Follow us on twitter!!

Verónica Montes García defended her Ph.D.

Verónica Montes García defended her Ph.D. thesis, entitled "Synthesis and characterization of new hybrid materials based on metal nanoparticles for SERS detection" on December 12, 2017 under supervision of Prof. Isabel Pastoriza Santos and Prof. Jorge Pérez Juste . CONGRATULATIONS!

Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Grants

Colloid Chemistry group is looking for highly motivated Postdoctoral Candidates to apply the two modalities of Juan de la Cierva Grants.

New cover in Nanoscale

Our new cover in Nanoscale journal from the paper entitled "Shape control in ZIF-8 nanocrystals and metal nanoparticles@ZIF-8 heterostructures". "The cover depicts Mr Sun Wu'kong, also known as the Monkey King, a mythological figure who each of his hairs possesses magical properties, capable of being transformed into different objects".

PhD Opportunity

Colloid Chemistry Group offers one position to develop a PhD thesis at CINBIO (University of Vigo) within the Pre-doctoral fellowships program of the Spanish MINECO (Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad).

2nd Best Poster Award

Our Ph. D. student Verónica Montes García has received the 2nd best poster award at the International Conference on Enhanced Spectroscopies. The poster communication was entitled "Au@Ag SERRS tags coupled to a lateral flow immunoassay for the sensitive detection of Pneumolysin".

Expertos del campus crean nanomateriales para detectar contaminantes en alimentos

El grupo de Química Coloidal, con sede en el Cinbio, trabaja en sensores portátiles que determinen de manera rápida y sencilla la presencia de bacterias o sustancias químicas nocivas.
More information: Faro de Vigo, Faro de Vigo 2.

SoftComp Newsletter July 2017

Our publication entitled "Detection and imaging of quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm communities by surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering" published in Nature Materials has been cited by the Newsletter of Soft Matter Composites this July 2017

Best presentation award

Our Ph. D. student Verónica Montes García has received the award for the best oral communication presented at the 2nd Young Researchers Workshop on Biomaterials and Bioapplications. The oral communication was entitled "A SERRS-based lateral flow inmunoassay for ultrasensitive detection of biomolecules".

A UVigo recibe 120.000 euros para detectar contaminantes químicos nos alimentos

O proxecto do grupo de Química Coloidal foi seleccionado pola Fundación Ramón Areces entre 631 investigacións a nivel estatal.
More information: GCIENCIA, Atlantico, Atlantico2, DUVI.

A UVigo leva novos sensores para detectar infeccións ata Nature Material

Un estudo do grupo de Química Coloidal abre a posibilidade para o desenvolvemento de novas estratexias de diagnóstico microbiolóxico.
More information: GCIENCIA, DUVI.

Annual scientific report

You can download here our annual scientific report from 2016.

New cover in Small

The cover image from the most recent issue of Small illustrates part of our communication "Encapsulation of Single Plasmonic Nanoparticles within ZIF-8 and SERS Analysis of the MOF Flexibility". View the article

Synthesis paper included in ACS

Our recently published paper on A “Tips and Tricks” Practical Guide to the Synthesis of Gold Nanorods has been selected for inclusion in the virtual issue Best Practices for Reporting the Properties of Materials and Devices.
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Ana Cláudia Lobão defended Ph.D.

Ana Cláudia Lobão defended her Ph.D. thesis, entitled "Noble metal-TiO2 Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic Activity" on January 22, 2016 under supervision of Prof. Isabel Pastoriza Santos . CONGRATULATIONS!