11/04/25 - Institutional news
Dr. Jenniffer Linares, a researcher with the Colorectal Cancer Precision Medicine Research Group at the Hospital del Mar Research Institute, has received the CRIS Program for Translational Medical Talent, awarded by the CRIS Against Cancer Foundation. A total of 11 million euros in funding has been granted through the CRIS Research Programs 2024, with the aim of promoting cancer research that places the patient at the center of scientific advancement. The awarded project, "Uncovering the Clinical Impact of Stromal-Derived Mechanisms of Resistance to Anti-EGFR Therapy in Colorectal Cancer," seeks to understand the mechanisms of resistance to anti-EGFR therapies derived from the tumor microenvironment in patients with RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer. The goal is to identify predictive markers and develop new therapeutic strategies to overcome these mechanisms. The project will receive funding of 400,000 euros.
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23/12/2024 - Institutional news
The Digestive Tumor Treatment Group (TTD) has awarded one of its grants for research projects on digestive tumors to Dr. Jenniffer Linares, a researcher from the Colorectal Cancer Precision Medicine Research Group, led by Dr. Clara Montagut at the Hospital del Mar Research Institute. The award ceremony took place during the 32nd TTD International Symposium on Advances in Digestive Tumor Treatments. The grant is for the project titled "Clinical impact of CAF-secreted biomarkers in RAS wild-type metastatic CRC patients treated within the CR-SEQUENCE clinical trial." Its goal is to identify the predictive value of biomarkers derived from the tumor microenvironment to anticipate the response to chemotherapy and anti-EGFR treatments in patients with RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer.
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16/11/2023 - Institutional news
The Universidad Francisco de Victoria (UFV), in association with the science and technology company MERCK, presents awards to researchers who have made significant clinical and scientific contributions in the field of cancer immunology research.
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.
17/10/2022 - Institutional news
It will analyse the role the circadian rhythm alteration of intestinal microbiota plays in the development of Alzheimer's disease. The project is one of the sixty selected in the ninth call for applications for these grants, which reward highly innovative projects in nine areas of scientific knowledge and culture. The project by IMIM-Hospital del Mar researcher Patrick-Simon Welz, 'Losing the rhythm: host-microbiota circadian communication in Alzheimer's disease', is one of the 60 projects selected in the ninth edition of the Leonardo grants, awarded by the BBVA Foundation. These grants support highly innovative proposals in various scientific and cultural fields. This year, 884 applications were submitted and evaluated by 85 independent experts divided into nine panels.
17/10/2022 - Institutional news
The Section Chief of the Gastrointestinal Surgery Department at Hospital del Mar and researcher at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute became a corresponding member of the RAMC, in a ceremony held on 4 October at the institution's headquarters. Dr. Manuel Pera has been a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia since 4 October. The appointment was made in a ceremony held at the institution's headquarters, in which the Section Chief of the Surgery Department at Hospital del Mar and coordinator of the Gastroesophageal Carcinogenesis research group at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), gave the speech, 'Improving the quality of care in digestive cancer surgery: the experience of the Spanish EURECCA Oesophagogastric Cancer Registry'. The presentation of the new member was led by Dr. Lluís Grande i Posa, full member of the RAMC and Emeritus Chief of Surgery at Hospital del Mar.
17/06/2022 - Institutional news
The Friends of the Hospital del Mar Foundation and APRO, the Association for Oncological Research, have awarded Dr. Edurne Arriola more than 8,000 euros to boost immunotherapy and lung cancer research being carried out at Hospital del Mar and the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute. Lung cancer research at Hospital del Mar and the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute has received a new boost thanks to the Friends of the Hospital del Mar Foundation and APRO, the Association for Oncological Research. The two organisations have managed to raise 8,000 euros, which will be used to support the work of researchers in this field.
04/02/2022 - Institutional news
This morning, Minister Diana Morant visited the facilities of the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, accompanied by the manager of the Parc de Salut Mar, Dr. Olga Pané, the director of the IMIM, Dr. Joaquín Arribas, and the director of the IMIM's Cancer Research Programme, Dr. Juan Albanell. During the event, she visited the laboratory of the New Molecular Targets in Cancer Research Group and met with the heads of the IMIM's cancer research groups.
20/01/2022 - Institutional news
The head of the Gastrointestinal Surgery Section of the Surgery Service of the Hospital del Mar and coordinator of the Gastroesophageal Carcinogenesis Research Group of the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM-Hospital del Mar), thus becomes the only surgeon in the State to be an honorary member of this institution, in recognition of his career. Dr. Manuel Pera has become an honorary member of the European Board of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, within the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) at the proposal of the institution's examining committee. So far, among the more than forty professionals who have obtained the Board, only three other surgeons from the State have managed to become fellows of the entity. Dr. Pera is the first to do so as an honorary member.
15/09/2021 - Institutional news
Dr. Pedro Rocha is one of the nine people to receive an award from the European Society of Medical Oncology. In his case, this means joining the lung cancer team at Hospital del Mar led by Dr. Edurne Arriola. He will also take part in the research being carried out by this team at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute in the field of small cell lung cancer. These ESMO Research Fellowship grants allow young doctors and researchers the opportunity to develop a research project in a European reference centre. As explained by Dr. Arriola, "The awarding of this grant establishes Hospital del Mar as a world-class centre of interest in the field of oncology." Dr. Rocha is currently working at the MD Anderson Cancer Centre at the University of Texas, in the United States.
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