In this field, the sector studies methods to quantify molecular and cellular biomarkers: mainly tumour markers, markers of viral infections (SARS-CoV-2) and cell differentiation, using digital and real-time PCR techniques, markers of cell functions, such as viability and proliferation, through microscopy and spectrophotometry.

Applications include diagnostics, personalised medicine and regenerative medicine through the development of reference materials and methods and interactions with medical laboratories and other metrological bodies.

The main aim is to help make biomedical measurements more reliable and results with known uncertainty.