The Nanobiotechnology and Bioanalysis Group (NBG) is a technology transfer and research group that belongs to the University Rovira i Virgili. The group is focused on research and innovation in industrial and biomedical biotechnology. It works as an independent unit within the University structure and its personnel belong both to the University and the University's foundation. The group has facilities for microfabrication, cell and molecular biology, microbiology, materials research and electrochemistry. It shares facilities with the University in the areas of microscopy and chemical analysis. The group's recent applied research resulted among other achievements in the development of equipment for fast detection of pathogens, the development of new analytical methods for gluten detection, microsystem concepts for lab-on-a-chip applications. About 40 scientists are affiliated with to the group including administration, graduate students, technicians, post doctoral fellows and researchers. The main affiliation of NBG is with the Department of Chemical Engineering.
As previous experience related to these tasks, the Group has coordinated 3 EU projects based on the development of biochips for the detection of stroke markers (SMILE; QLK6-CT-2002-02583), the detection of gluten in food (CD-CHEF; QLK1-CT-2002-02077) and for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis (SAFER, NEST-2004-4977). The group also participated in a NoE focused on pre-natal diagnostics (SAFE, LSHB-CT-2004-503243) and is currently leading a project for the diagnosis of celiac disease (CD-MEDICS, ICT-2007-216031).