Research
projects
ITBA, through the Department of Research and Ph.D. programs, promotes the generation, communication and consolidation of scientific and technological knowledge with its transfer to the socio-productive sector.
Current projects of researchers and teachers are presented, with the aim of strengthening the planning, visibility and continuity of research, development and innovation activities.
These projects reflect ITBA’s commitment to academic excellence, interdisciplinarity, and collaboration with the national and international scientific and technological system.
Life sciences
Predictive algorithms
Integration of technologies for the assessment of heart failure with a focus on a remote monitoring system
Project DirectorMaría Paula Bonomini |
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Participating departments:Life Sciences, Research and Doctorate |
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Efficient remote detection of cardiovascular health using videos
Project DirectorMaría Paula Bonomini |
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Participating departments:Life Sciences, Research and Doctorate |
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Biotechnology/bioinformatics applied to health
Development of next-generation tools for musculoskeletal diseases based on the use of miRNA and acellular biomaterials
Project DirectorPh.D. Diego Croci |
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Participating departments:Life Sciences, Research and Doctorate |
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Engineering of extracellular vesicles for the development of new therapeutic strategies in aging and other pathologies associated with chronic inflammation
Project DirectorPh.D. Diego Croci |
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Participating departments:Life Sciences, Research and Doctorate |
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Human behavior and learning
Objective and subjective analysis of low-frequency sound in concert halls using computer simulations
Project DirectorFernando del Solar Dorrego |
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Participating department:Digital Systems and Data |
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Modeling human-AI interaction in complex decision environments
Project DirectorLeopoldo De Bernardez |
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Participating departments:Complex Systems and Energy, Digital Systems and Data, Life Sciences |
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Text comprehension in the digital age: construction of an instrument and analysis of performance predictors
Project Director
Valeria Abusamra |
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Participating departments:Life Sciences |
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Neuroscience
Determining the effectiveness of gamma entrainment using wearable devices in patients with Alzheimer's disease
Project Director
María Paula Bonomini |
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Participating departments:Life Sciences, Research and Doctorate |
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Remote monitoring system with video-electroencephalogram (EEG) for patients with epilepsy
Project DirectorAlberto Javier Ramos |
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Participating departments:Digital Systems and Data, Life Sciences |
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Platform for testing anti-epileptogenic drugs: towards the prevention of epilepsy
Project Director
Alberto Javier Ramos |
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Participating departments:Life Sciences |
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Epigenetic mechanisms of cellular adaptation to the pathological microenvironment in the central nervous system
Project Director
Alejandro Villarreal |
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Participating departments:Life Sciences |
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Neurophysiological study of conscious states during sleep and wakefulness
Project DirectorCecilia Forcato |
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Participating departments:Digital Systems and Data, Life Sciences, Research and PhD |
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Memory processing, dream content, and mood during sleep: neurophysiological characterization and development of predictive models
Project Director
Cecilia Forcato |
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Participating departments:Digital Systems and Data, Life Sciences, Research and PhD |
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Neuroscience of sleep and memory: from basic science to forensic and educational applications
Project Director
Cecilia Forcato |
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Participating departments:Exact and Natural Sciences, Digital Systems and Data, Life Sciences, Research and Doctorate |
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Neurophysiology of geomagnetic processing in humans
Project Director
Cecilia Forcato |
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Participating departments:Life Sciences |
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Molecular mechanisms involved in memory formation in the retrosplenial cortex
Project Director
Cynthia Katche |
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Participating departments:Research and Doctorate |
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Memory cataphyles: organization of memory after successive updates by reconsolidation, and associated technological developments
Project DirectorDiego Moncada |
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Participating departments:Environment and Mobility, Life Sciences, Research and Doctorate |
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Impact of glia on the formation and persistence of memory
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Haydee Viola |
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Participating departments:Life Sciences, Research and Doctorate |
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From memory to behavior: neural circuits and serotonergic signaling in episodic and social cognition
Project Director
Noelia Weisstaub |
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Participating departments:Research and Doctorate |
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Aversive habituation
Project DirectorPedro Bekinschtein |
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Participating departments:Digital Systems and Data, Life Sciences, Research and PhD |
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Influence of vocalizations on cognitive flexibility during spatial navigation and affective state
Project DirectorVerónica del Carmen Piatti |
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Participating departments:Exact and Natural Sciences, Life Sciences, Research and Doctorate |
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Computational chemistry
Optimization of docetaxel pharmacokinetics through the use of nanocarriers
Project DirectorMaría Florencia Martini |
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Participating departments:Life Sciences, Research and Doctorate |
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Molecular study of the action of phyto- and endocannabinoids on model neuronal lipid membranes and voltage-gated ion channels
Project DirectorMaría Florencia Martini |
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Participating departments:Life Sciences, Research and Doctorate |
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Robotics
Emergent behaviors in populations of interacting robots
Project DirectorPablo Martin Gleiser |
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Participating departments:Research and Doctorate |
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Data manifold
Predictive algorithms
Determining the masses of sub-Neptune exoplanets in the James Webb Space Telescope era
Project DirectorRodrigo Díaz |
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Participating departments:Digital Systems and Data |
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Neuroscience
Neuroscience of healthy aging: characterization of electrophysiological biomarkers and neuromodulation strategies during sleep
Project DirectorCecilia Forcato |
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Participating departments:Digital Systems and Data, Life Sciences, Research and PhD |
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Economy, Finance and Society
Socioeconomic development
Community communication networks to close the digital divide (communets)
Project Director
Alexis Dowhuszko |
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Participating departments:
Digital Systems and Data, Research and Doctorate |
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Fintech inform
Project DirectorLucio José Pantazis |
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Participating departments:Economy, Business and Society |
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Energy
Predictive algorithms
Development of a cubesat platform
Project DirectorMaria Lujan Ibarra |
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Participating departments:Environment and Mobility |
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Materials and processes
Compounds
Smart polymers for regenerative medicine (self-healing hydrogels for self-healing and drug delivery)
Project DirectorGastón Corti |
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Participating departments:Life Sciences |
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Additive manufacturing
Research and development of new applications in additive manufacturing for strategic sectors
Project DirectorCristian Sandre |
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Participating departments:Complex Systems and Energy |
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Manufacturing of cellular scaffolds for regenerative medicine using 3D bioprinting andalternative techniques
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Gastón Corti |
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Participating departments:Life Sciences |
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3D printed biomimetic medical simulators for surgical training and clinical procedures
Project Director
Sandra Wray |
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Participating departments:Life Sciences |
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Molecular chemistry
Molecular dynamics applied to phase inversion analysis in styrene-polystyrene-polybutadiene systems
Project DirectorMaría Florencia Martini |
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Participating departments:Environment and Mobility, Research and Doctorate |
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Mobility
Urban mobility
Web pedestrian simulator
Project DirectorDaniel Ricardo Parisi |
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Participating departments:Digital Systems and Data, Research and Doctorate |
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Complex systems
Active ingredient
Project DirectorDaniel Ricardo Parisi |
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Participating departments:Digital Systems and Data, Research and Doctorate |
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Chemistry, Industry and Environment
Industrial processes
Development and optimization of a Bacillus subtilis strain with a YQAJK recombineering system using CRISPR/Cas selection and ICRISPR interference for metabolic pathway engineering in industrial processes
Project DirectorLuis di Ciano |
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Participating departments:Life Sciences |
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Valorization of guacamole production waste: production of bio-based and biodegradable bioplastics from apple pits
Project DirectorMaría Inés Errea |
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Participating departments:Environment and Mobility, Research and Doctorate |
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Molecular chemistry
Chemical modification of polysaccharides: sustainable solutions for water, health and agribusiness
Project Director
María Inés Errea |
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Participating departments:Environment and Mobility, Research and Doctorate |
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Robotics, Control and Systems
Complex networks
Simulations in complex networks: the case of the spread of diseases and information
Project Director
Pablo Ignacio Fierens |
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Participating departments:Research and Doctorate |
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Robotics
Application of advanced data-driven control techniques to mobile robotics problems
Project Director
Alejandro Ghersin |
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Participating departments:Digital Systems and Data, Research and Doctorate |
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Microgravity: space experiments with impact on bioengineering
Project Director
Gastón Corti |
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Participating departments:Life Sciences |
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Study of mechanical pressure in systems out of thermodynamic equilibrium
Project DirectorGerman Patterson |
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Participating departments:Digital Systems and Data, Research and Doctorate |
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Complex systems
Application of nonlinear optics to ultra-high capacity transmission systems and quantum communication
Project DirectorPablo Ignacio Fierens |
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Participating departments:Research and Doctorate |
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Autonomous vehicles
Alpibot: a service robot for transporting oxygen tanks during pulmonary rehabilitation procedures
Project Director
Rodrigo Ramele |
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Participating departments:Environment and Mobility, Digital Systems and Data, Life Sciences, Research and Doctoral Studies |
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