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04/06/2026 - General information

The HUB Alzheimer Barcelona recognizes emerging talent from the Hospital del Mar Research Institute

At the first edition of the 'Rising Talent for a World without Alzheimer's' event, held at La Pedrera-Casa Milà on 21 May.

The first edition of the 'Rising Talent for a World without Alzheimer's' meeting awarded prizes to two researchers linked to the Hospital del Mar Research Institute (HMRIB). The event brought together more than 160 researchers from the seven institutions that make up the HUB Alzheimer Barcelona, in an initiative designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, knowledge exchange and the creation of new synergies.

Eugènia Domingo, a researcher carrying out her PhD in the Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group at HMRIB and the Barcelona βeta Brain Research Center of the Pasqual Maragall Foundation, won the 'Best Pitch Award' for the presentation of her doctoral thesis project. In just two minutes, she explained that overeating is not only associated with obesity or cardiovascular disease, but can also affect brain health. In this respect, her research has found that people with high blood levels of palmitoleic acid have greater brain ageing and reduced cortical thickness in the areas of the brain initially affected by Alzheimer's disease.

Meanwhile, Dr. Jaume Torres, affiliated with IDIBAPS and HMRIB, won one of the three collaborative predoctoral fellowships promoted by the HUB Alzheimer Barcelona. In his case, he will investigate less common forms of Alzheimer's disease, which usually affect younger people and present with different symptoms, to find ways to diagnose them better and predict their progression in order to adapt treatments.

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