The ALIPAT research group is particularly multidisciplinary in character. It conducts its research in three areas. On the one hand, we attempt to characterize milk fractions and bioactive proteins along with the effect of technological treatments on their activity. On the other hand, we study the effects of those milk fractions and other natural or food components on intestinal health, using cell models and murine models; this allows us to study interactions between microbiota and the gut, as well as the molecular mechanisms involved in situations of intestinal inflammation and dysbiosis. Finally, from a clinical perspective, we also study the range of allergies caused by food proteins and other allergens – also with the purpose of developing methods to detect them and of studying the impact technological treatments can have on their allergenicity.