Doping Control Research Group

Research group

Group Leader

Rosa Ventura Alemany

The Doping Control Research Group performs scientific research to contribute to the progress of doping control in sports, with the objective of ensuring doping-free sport and protecting the health of athletes. It is made up of personnel belonging to the Barcelona Antidoping Laboratory, and the research focuses on the development and improvement of analytical methods to detect the misuse of doping agents and on the study of new markers to improve the detection of substances and methods prohibited in sport. In addition, the group works on new mass spectrometry techniques for detecting and quantifying drugs and their metabolites, and endogenous metabolites in biological fluids to study pharmacokinetics, metabolism and pharmacodynamics. The team also collaborates with other research groups in determining environmental pollutants in biological samples.

Members

Élida Alechaga Silva (Researcher)

María del Rosario Álvarez García (Technician)

Georgina Balcells Aribau (PhD Student)

Mònica Baró Prat (Research Assistant)

Viviana Belalcázar Guerrero (Researcher)

Rosa Leonor Bergés Casas (Researcher)

Belén Cano Ávalos (Technician)

Argitxu Esquivel López (Technician)

Immaculada Figuera Figuera (Technician)

Lorena Garrostas Carreño (Technician)

Marta Gómez Gijón (Technician)

Noemí Haro Villaverde (Technician)

Patricia Maribel Herrera Guaman (Technician)

María Lázaro Miguélez (Technician)

Sonia Leal Xalma (Technician)

Xavier Matabosch Geronès (Technician)

Núria Monfort Mercader (Technician)

Montserrat Núñez Maroto (Technician)

Cristina Pavón Solís (Technician)

Sergio Peña Segura (Technician)

Sílvia Petit Guiral (Technician)

Rosalia Ramírez Llanelis (Technician)

Alicia Redón Peyró (Technician)

Lídia Requena Tutusaus (Technician)

Maria Pilar Sáez Hernández (Technician)

Marta Vicen Morales (Technician)

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Main Publications

• Balcells G, Pozo OJ, Garrostas L, Esquivel A, Matabosch X, Krotonoulas A, Joglar A, Ventura R. Detection and characterization of clostebol sulfate metabolites in Caucassian population. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2016; 1022: 54-63. IF 2.687. Q2.

• Casas M, Valvi D, Ballesteros-Gomez A, Gascon M, Fernández MF, García-Esteban R, Iñiguez C, Martinez D, Murcia M, Monfort N, Luque N, Rubio S, Ventura R, Sunyer J, Vrijheid M. Exposure to Bisphenol A and Phthalates during Pregnancy and Ultrasound Measures of Fetal Growth in the INMA-Sabadell Cohort. Environ Health Perspect 2016; 124(4): 521-528. IF 8.443. Q1.

• Fabregat A, Marcos J, Segura J, Ventura R, Pozo O. Factors affecting urinary excretion of testosterone metabolites conjugated with cysteine. Drug Test Anal 2016; 8(1): 111-120. IF 2.859. Q1.

• Ferro P, Ventura R, Pérez-Mañá C, Farré M, Segura J. Genetic and protein biomarkers in blood for the improved detection of GH abuse. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2016; 128: 111-118. IF 3.169. Q1.

• Marcos J, Renau N, Valverde O, Aznar G, Gracia-Rubio I, González-Sepúlveda M, Pérez-Jurado L, Ventura R, Segura J, Pozo O. Targeting tryptophan and tyrosine metabolism by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2016; 1434: 91-101. IF 3.926. Q1.

• Raro M, Portoles T, Pitarch E, Sancho JV, Hernández F, Garrostas L, Marcos J, Ventura R, Segura J, Pozo O. Potential of atmospheric pressure chemical ionization source in gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry for the screening of urinary exogenous androgenic anabolic steroids. Anal Chim Acta 2016; 906: 128-138. IF 4.712. Q1.

• Ventura R, Matabosch X, Segura J. Bioanalytical techniques in discrimation between therapeutic and abusive use of drugs in sport. Bioanalysis 2016; 8(9): 965-980. IF 2.813. Q2.

Ongoing Research Projects

• Aplicación de los avances recientes en espectrometría de masas al análisis de drogas y fármacos en fluidos biológicos

− Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (CTQ2015-63968-C2-2-P)

− From 2016 to 2018