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    Dr. Cristóbal Belda se convirtió en el nuevo Director del Instituto de Salud Carlos III.
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    11 May 2022
    Cristóbal Belda, Director del ISCIII: “PERTE represents an opportunity to help our country”
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    27 Jan 2022
    Dr. Valentin Fuster Honored by Thailand Royalty for Outstanding Medical Contributions

    Five of the past award winners of this award subsequently received the Nobel Prize
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    26 Jan 2022
    Dr. Valentín Fuster, awarded for his social commitment as a disseminator and promoter of healty habits among the population
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    9 Jun 2021
    Article by Dr Sabio's group receives the Antoni Esteve Foundation Research Award

    The study, published in Nature in 2019, revealed relevant data about the involvement of the protein p38gamma in the development of the main type of primary liver cancer, which affects over a million people a year worldwide
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    8 Jun 2021
    José Antonio Enríquez and Miguel Ángel del Pozo, new members of EMBO

    Dr Enríquez and Dr del Pozo Muñoz join their colleagues Dr Miguel Torres, Dr Pura Muñoz and Dr Francisco Sánchez Madrid,  bringing to five the number of CNIC members in EMBO

    Scheme of a cMyBP-C region in which mutations cause amino-acid changes that alter the mechanical properties of the protein. The positions of the affected amino acids are shown in red.
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    7 Jun 2021
    ACS Nano: CNIC scientists describe a possible disease-causing mechanism in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    A team led by Dr. Jorge Alegre-Cebollada has shown, for the first time, an association between hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and mechanical alterations to a component of the contractile machinery of the heart
    Sanchez Madrid receives the Santiago Ramón Cajal National Prize in the area of Biology
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    18 May 2021
    Francisco Sánchez Madrid receives the Santiago Ramón Cajal National Prize in the area of Biology

    The Spanish National Prizes for Research, created in 1982, are the most important awards in Spain in the area of scientific research.
    Dr. Miguel Torres
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    10 May 2021
    Dr. Miguel Torres appointed Associate Editor of Science Advances

    Dr. Torres is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). Dr. Miguel Torres’s scientific research focuses on the regulation of embryonic development and the formation and regeneration of organs.

    Jacky Goetz
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    28 Apr 2021
    "To do science it is essential to be proactive and not wait for your project to progress on its own"

    Dr. Jacky Goetz works on intravital imaging and biomechanical forces during the progression of tumors.
    3D reconstructions of superior (left) and inferior (right) brain regions, showing regions with lower metabolism associated with the presence of atherosclerotic plaques in the carotid arteries. The color code indicates the magnitude of the observation (yellow, strong association; red, lower association). Gray indicates areas showing no association with carotid plaque presence
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    15 Feb 2021
    JACC: Spanish scientists uncover early links between cardiovascular risk and brain metabolism

    Among the modifiable cardiovascular risk factors showing a close association with reduced brain metabolism, the research team found that the most important is hypertension