24/10/2023 - Events
As some of you already know, this year the IMIM (now the Hospital del Mar Research Institute) is 75 years old. To commemorate this anniversary, different activities have been programmed, such as the exhibition on the history of the institution that could be visited in the Paseo Marítimo this summer. Continuing with the celebrations, the Scientific Retreat 2023 will take place on 8 November in the PRBB Auditorium. In this edition, in addition to the usual scientific presentations, the event will include the participation of the former directors of the institution, in a round table moderated by Jessica Mouzo, journalist specialised in health and science of the newspaper "El País".
17/10/2023 - Institutional news
The 2023 call of the new CaixaImpulse Innovation program will award 3.3 million euros to 29 biomedical research projects, 15 of which come from Catalan research centers. The aim is to contribute to bringing research results to society and the market, fostering the creation of new products, services and companies related to life sciences and health. The two selected projects focus on developing a new sampling system to facilitate early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and a new immunotherapy treatment for breast cancer. This initiative offers the selected entrepreneurial scientists financial support and accompaniment through individualized mentoring and training, in collaboration with Caixa Capital Risc and in partnership with the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), of the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, which is funding two projects in this call.
11/10/2023 - Institutional news
The prizes were awarded at the SEOM congress held in Barcelona at the end of September. The doctoral thesis of Dr. Pedro Rocha, assistant doctor at the Oncology Department of the Hospital del Mar and researcher at the Hospital del Mar Research Institute, has received one of the five grants awarded by the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM) to doctoral theses by young researchers. The award ceremony took place on 22 September during the congress of the organisation.
05/10/2023 - Press release
A study led by researchers at the Hospital del Mar Research Institute identifies that the deterioration of the blood-brain barrier, which regulates exchanges between the blood and the brain, can be used to identify which of these patients will have a more rapid progression. In the patients analysed, the risk of accelerated disease progression increases by 8% for every 10% increase in the level of albumin in cerebrospinal fluid and blood (a biomarker of damage to the blood-brain barrier). The results indicate that restoring the blood-brain barrier's ability to protect the brain could help slow the worsening of patients. This marker will allow a more accurate assessment of the prognosis of patients with cognitive impairment caused by Alzheimer's and other dementias. The work is published in the journal Alzheimer's&Dementia.
04/10/2023 - Institutional news
On October 7 from 10:00 to 14:30 h comes a new edition of the Open Day of the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB) in which researchers will explain firsthand what they do, how they do it and where they do it. The different research centers that are part of the PRBB will offer a wide range of free activities for the whole family. On Saturday morning, children over 12 years old will be able to learn about science from its protagonists with guided tours. From 10:00 to 13:30h we have prepared several routes that will simultaneously tour the building and visit different laboratories. In the case of the Hospital del Mar Research Institute you will be able to visit the Bioinformatics Unit, the laboratoris of stem cell and cancer, immune redirection, applied metabolomics and evolutionary genomics where each of them will explain what their work consists of and the research they are currently doing.
Més informació "OPEN PRBB 2023: On Saturday, October 7, we open the doors again to everyone"
29/09/2023 - Institutional news
We are pleased to announce the official launch of the MARMetabolomics service, a pioneering initiative in the field of metabolomics at the Hospital del Mar Research Institute. MARMetabolomics is an advanced platform developed by the Applied Metabolomics Research Group (LIMA), which has extensive experience in the development of analytical methods for the determination of metabolites (small molecules involved in metabolic reactions that take place in biological systems) in both non-invasive (urine, breast milk, hair or cultures) and invasive (CSF, blood or tissues) matrices and their application in the field of health. The platform is a member of the European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine (EATRIS), the Spanish Metabolomics Network and the multidisciplinary center TECNIO, BAPP.
Més informació "Inauguration of the MARMetabolomics Service at Hospital del Mar Research Institute"
27/09/2023 - Press release
Research conducted in a mouse model identifies the neurobiological mechanism responsible for alterations in the memory of young individuals exposed to alcohol during pregnancy and lactation. This study proposes a therapy that can reverse the deficit, paving the way for treating a disorder that is underdiagnosed in humans.
18/09/2023 - Press release
Researchers from the UAB, the Gregorio Marañón Health Research Institute, and the Hospital del Mar Research Institute have published the first article reviewing research conducted to date on the neurobiological adaptation of women to motherhood by analysing the relation of hormones, brain and behaviour during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
07/09/2023 - Covid-19
Overall, health has worsened across the population, especially regarding anxiety and depression, as well as pain and discomfort. But the effects of the pandemic have hit educated women especially hard, narrowing their health disparities with population groups with a lower education after initial home confinement. The researchers attribute this development to the negative effect of teleworking on the health of people who worked from home and had to care for family members. At the same time, there may have been a positive effect of government measures to mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic among more disadvantaged groups. The work is part of the MINDCOVID project, and was based on telephone interview surveys of 2,000 people. It is published in the International Journal for Equity in Health.
Més informació "COVID-19 has reduced health inequalities in Spain"
17/08/2023 - Press release
This is highlighted in a study published in Diabetes Metabolism Research and Reviews, sponsored by the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, the Hospital del Mar and the Hospital del Mar Research Institute. The paper highlights the role of glycans, the sugars that envelop one of the most common blood antiglycans, immunoglobulin G. Depending on their combination, patients' prognosis changes and they are more likely to present microvascular complications, such as nephropathy, or macrovascular, such as cardiac problems. This environment can be modified by changes in lifestyle and diet. This fact makes it a potential therapeutic target.
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