Agustín Conesa Celdran, Sara Mederos and Sílvia Susín Calle have been selected in the 2025 edition of these grants. The award ceremony took place on March 17 at the CosmoCaixa Science Museum. The "la Caixa" Foundation has awarded one hundred new doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships to outstanding researchers who will carry out their projects at research centres in Spain and Portugal, three of them to researchers at Hospital del Mar Research Institute. These are Agustín Conesa Celdran and Sílvia Susín Calle, who received the INPhINIT doctoral fellowship, and Sara Mederos, who received the Junior Leader postdoctoral fellowship. The aim of these grants is to retain and attract talent in order to promote excellence in research in these countries.
10/03/2026 - Press release
The absence of a protein, the kinase IKKα, enables tumor cells to cluster and survive during dissemination. The findings, published in Nature Communications, open the door to new prognostic markers and potential therapeutic strategies. Targeting tumor cell adhesion impairs their ability to migrate and form metastases. The study was conducted using a preclinical mouse model
Més informació "Researchers identify a key mechanism that promotes colorectal cancer metastasis"
Blocking specific cellular signaling pathways may be an effective approach to treating this type of cutaneous lymphoma. One of its characteristics is its high genetic and molecular heterogeneity, which makes it difficult to find therapeutic targets. Now, a study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology may help to address this. The Sézary syndrome is a rare and aggressive type of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma that affects the skin. One of its characteristics is its high genetic and molecular heterogeneity. This makes it difficult to identify therapeutic genetic targets to treat it
Més informació "They analyze a new pathway for the treatment of Sézary syndrome"
10/03/2026 - Events
She did so at the Joint Commission for the Study of Addiction Problems, shared by the Senate and the Congress of Deputies. The appearance served to explain the activity of the Red de Investigación en Atención Primaria de Adicciones (RIAPAd), of which she is the coordinator. Dr. Torrens outlined the origin of the network in 2002, as well as its evolution to the current model, which she has coordinated since 2021. In this regard, she also sought to brief members of Congress and the Senate on the reality of addictions and of currently used substances, analyzing the objectives and the work of the clinical groups that make up RIAPAd.
Més informació "Dr. Marta Torrens appears before the Senate"
05/03/2026 - Press release
According to a study by the Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Pompeu Fabra University, Sant Joan de Deu Research Institute and Sant Joan de Déu Health Park, working fewer hours while maintaining the same salary has a positive effect on physical and mental health and work-life balance. However, it also finds that, in the experiences evaluated, the measure may increase the unequal distribution of roles between women and men. It notes that women devote more time to caregiving and domestic work, while men spend more on leisure
Més informació "Reduced working hours benefit health, but may increase gender differences"
From the Hospital del Mar Research Institute, we join 8M, International Women's Day, with a clear message: health is also equality.
Més informació "Health is also equality. March 8. International Women’s Day."
04/03/2026 - Events
On February 26 and 27, the III Meeting of the Scientific Committee of the CORDELIA project was held at the headquarters of the Fundació IMIM - Hospital del Mar Research Institute, at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB). This collaborative initiative integrates 35 Spanish cohorts and brings together data from 197,000 participants, with an average follow-up of more than 15 years, and has already completed three years of development.
Més informació "CORDELIA Project: advancing genetic prediction of cardiovascular disease"
03/03/2026 - Press release
They are part of the sixty research grants awarded by the organization, with total funding of more than thirteen million euros. The Spanish Association Against Cancer has awarded three of its research grants to projects led by researchers from the Hospital del Mar Research Institute (HMRIB). In total, sixty grants have been awarded: 54 to research projects and six accreditations to research centers. Altogether, this represents an investment in research of more than thirteen million euros.
27/02/2026 - Press release
High levels of this protein, which is part of blood cholesterol, are associated with a 40% higher probability of multivessel coronary atherosclerosis, directly linked to the risk of heart attack or other cardiac events. The findings come from a study led by researchers at the Hospital del Mar Research Institute and published in the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology. The authors advocate measuring lipoprotein(a) levels in all patients, not only those at high cardiovascular risk. This can be done through a simple blood test.
26/02/2026 - Press release
The Faculty Board elected him on February 10, and he officially took office on February 25. Dr. Joan Ramon Masclans, Head of the Intensive Care Medicine Department at Hospital del Mar, Coordinator of the Critical Care Pathology Research Group at the Hospital del Mar Research Institute, and Director of Teaching at the hospital, has once again been elected Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. He will serve in the position for the next six years
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