24/10/2022 - General information
The principal investigator of the Research Group on Cell-type mechanisms in normal and pathological behavior at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute received this award at the IACM congress held in Switzerland. Every two years, the International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines (IACM) awards different categories of prizes to researchers working in the field of cannabinoids. This year, the selection committee of this international association has decided to award the Young Investigator Award for research in the field of cannabinoids to Dr. Arnau Busquets, principal investigator of the Research Group on Cell-type mechanisms in normal and pathological behavior at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM).
Més informació "IACM Young Investigator Award for Dr. Arnau Busquets"
24/10/2022 - General information
Two of the grants are awarded by SEOM itself and the third by the Spanish Lung Cancer Group. Two research projects from the Hospital del Mar and the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute have received three grants of support during the congress of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology, held in Madrid from October 18 to 21. The two projects will analyze different aspects related to immunological markers in different subtypes of lung cancer and in patients with different behaviors in response to immunotherapy.
20/10/2022 - General information
Ramon Diez-Feijóo Varela and Sílvia Ramos Campoy have received two personal grants to develop different research projects. Two researchers from the Hospital del Mar and the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute have received two grants from the Spanish Society of Hematology and Hemotherapy, within the framework of the LXIV congress of the organization, held in Barcelona from October 6 to 8. These are personal grants for one year, worth 36,000 euros, renewable for a second year.
23/08/2022 - General information
A team from Hospital del Mar and the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute has validated the technique involving breast biopsy guided by contrast mammography to visualise suspicious lesions that cannot be observed via ultrasound or mammography. After analysing data from tests performed on 64 women, they have been able to verify that this technique offers the same or better results than the other diagnostic tool used in these cases, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The results have been published in the journal European Radiology. In the cases studied, contrast mammography-guided breast biopsy was successful in 95.4% of cases. In only three tests was the visibility of the findings not as expected. In comparison, MRI has a success rate of between 87% and 98%.
Més informació "Usefulness of breast biopsy guided by contrast-enhanced mammography is validated"
17/08/2022 - General information
A joint research project from the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute and the CNIC has been selected to receive a grant from the Carlos III Health Institute to analyse whether a greater presence of omega-3 in the blood is associated with a brain that is more resistant to this neurodegenerative disease. The research project led by Dr. Aleix Sala-Vila, from the Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group at IMIM-Hospital del Mar has received one of the research, development and innovation project grants from the Carlos III Health Institute. The study will be carried out in conjunction with the National Centre for Cardiovascular Research Carlos III (CNIC) as part of the PESA study that this institute is developing with Banco Santander. The initiative will receive 114,000 euros in funding.
Més informació "Research into whether a diet rich in omega-3 helps prevent Alzheimer's disease"
01/08/2022 - General information
During the months of April, May and June, the cycle "Our brain, that great unknown" organized by the IMIM and the network of libraries of Barcelona, has been carried out with great success of attendees. More than 400 people have been able to participate in this cycle that is part of the "Visions of Science" project that the Barcelona Libraries have been carrying out for years. The cycle has lasted 8 weeks, was free and open to everyone. It dealt with topics related to the brain and allowed attendees to learn about the latest data provided by new scientific advances in this field thanks to the participation as speakers of the best experts from the Hospital del Mar and IMIM.
Més informació "Successful cycle "Our brain, that great unknown" with more than 400 attendees"
26/07/2022 - General information
This is the question that Dr. Daniel Guinart, Dr. Víctor Pérez and Dr. Benedikt Amann, researchers from the Neurosciences Research Programme at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, attempt to answer in a letter recently published in The Lancet. The role peer reviewers of scientific articles play and the debate on whether their work should be remunerated are the focus of a letter by Dr. Daniel Guinart, Dr. Víctor Pérez and Dr. Benedikt Amann, researchers from the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute's Neurosciences Research Programme (IMIM-Hospital del Mar) that has been published in The Lancet. It is a voluntary task, based on a "code of honour", as the authors put it, but which in recent times has become an exploitative system.
Més informació "Should reviewers of scientific journal articles be paid a wage?"
20/07/2022 - General information
The IMIM-Hospital del Mar has been awarded three grants in the latest call. They are aimed at promoting the hiring of researchers with a doctoral degree at Spanish research centres. Three researchers from IMIM-Hospital del Mar have been selected in the latest call for the Juan de la Cierva-incorporation grants from the State Research Agency. The successful candidates are Joan Jiménez Balado, from the Neurovascular Research Group, Ana Rocío Conde Moro, from the Cellular Mechanisms in Physiological and Pathological Behaviour Research Group, and Helena Garcia Mieres, from the Health Services Research Group.
14/07/2022 - General information
After the success of "La mare de la ciència", the PRBB's science outreach podcast in Catalan, June saw the launch of "Absolutos y Relativos", the second science outreach podcast from the PRBB, which this time will be in Spanish. On 14 July, Patricia Robledo, a researcher from the Integrated Pharmacology and Systems Neuroscience research group at the IMIM, explains the neuroscience and drug studies she is carrying out, and talks about her research career, which is closely linked to psychology.
12/07/2022 - General information
This is one of the fifteen biomedical projects selected in the CaixaResearch Validate call. In this case, the study led by the researcher from the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute seeks effective immunotherapy treatment for breast tumours. The "la Caixa" Foundation is supporting 15 leading biomedical research projects in Spain and Portugal in the CaixaResearch Validate 2022 call. These are early-stage projects that the organisation wants to support to accelerate their arrival on the market, thereby helping them reach patients who may need them. Among those selected is a project led by Dr. Toni Celià-Terrassa, who heads up the Cancer Stem Cells and Metastasis Dynamics laboratory at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM-Hospital del Mar).
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