The ICTS map is composed by facilities of different scientific areas ranging from the life sciences to astrophysics distributed throughout the Spanish territory and devoted to cutting-edge and the highest quality research and technological development.

The update of the map includes 29 ICTS involving 59 infrastructures from eight areas of research, and has been prepared within the Spanish Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation 2013-2020.
Specifically, CNAG and the Centre for Omics Sciences (COS) have been included in the ICTS map in the area of life sciences and biotechnology as the Infrastructure for OMICS Technologies (IOT). The integration of both organizations allows, from a scientific and strategic point of view, enhancing synergies and creating a globally competitive singular facility with a spectrum of biomolecular analysis tools for holistic capture of biological processes.

The potential of this new Omics infrastructure is enormous as it will have the ability to measure all elements of a biological system, such as DNA, mRNA, epigenomic marks, proteins, metabolites, and structural elements such as membranes. The broad scope of IOT and the facilities it has available are not easily found within a single institution.

ICTS website of the Ministry