Our group aims to investigate and understand the toxic effects of chemical substances on development using alternative methods, especially on the neural development of the foetus, to improve food safety and public health.
The toxicology research group is focused on advancing our understanding of the toxic effects of pollutants and chemicals on human health through various areas of interest. We specialise in assessing the toxicity and risk associated with exposure to xenobiotics during critical stages of development. In addition, we carry out studies to identify the molecular mechanisms underlying the toxic effects of chemical substances on neuronal development. We are also investigating the use of in vitro and in vivo models for the detection and assessment of developmental toxicity.
GRET is a consolidated AGAUR research group since 2005, renewed in each competitive call until now (2021 SGR 01579). GRET develops several research projects with public and private funds, as well as contractual services for companies in different fields related to toxicity assessment and risk assessme
Lecturer at the Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Chemistry of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences at the University of Barcelona since 2020. She has a degree in Pharmacy and a PhD in Biomedicine from the UB. After finishing her PhD, she joined the ecotoxicology group led by Dr. Stefan Scholz, at the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research where she had a 4-year postdoctoral contract. During the postdoctoral period, she participated in the project “Development of a strategy to reduce animal testing for teratogenicity testing by combining mammalian testing with the zebrafish embryo test” funded by the German Ministry of Education (BMBF). She is currently leading the Toxicology Research Group (GRET).
She has published more than 25 articles in indexed journals, with an h-index of 13 and a total number of citations of 482. Many of these articles have been in the top quartile of journals in recent years, indicating the growing quality of her research and her upward trajectory. She is first author on several of these articles and has contributed three book chapters. In recent years, she has obtained two projects funded by competitive calls as a member of the research team, being responsible for the toxicological part of these projects.
All these merits have earned her an award from the 2013-1018 research programme. Dr. Teixidó’s experience is mainly focused on the field of alternative methods for the assessment of developmental toxicity and the assessment of the genotoxicity of various chemical products.
She is a lecturer in Toxicology and Food Safety on the Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy, Food Science and Technology. She teaches on the Master’s Degree in Food Safety, the Master’s Degree in Integrated Water Science and Management and the Master’s Degree in Research, Development and Control of Medicines.
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Elisabet Teixidó Condomines
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Laia Guardia Escoté
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Marta Barenys Espalader
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Noelia Giselle Romero