Researchers reveal how beta cells in the pancreas respond to an inflammatory environment and how this response is implicated in the risk of developing Type 1 diabetes
The Endocrine Regulatory Genomics group at the IGTP and the IJC, led by Lorenzo Pasquali, have published a study on the mechanism behind how the immune system selectively attacks beta cells in the pancreas in Diabetes type 1 in Nature Genetics. These results point to a much more active role for pancreatic beta cells in type 1 diabetes than previously appreciated and suggests a mechanism that may play a key role in other auto-immune diseases.
A new step towards reaching the WHO targets to eliminate HCV infection
Researchers from the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital and Institute have developed and successfully validated a new one-step screening method to diagnose active hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in people who inject drugs, a main high risk group. The new method validated will permit better planning of future more effective actions to improve diagnostics and treatments for this vulnerable group. The study also estimated the prevalence of HCV infection in this community and showed that many people tested do not know that they are infected.
Science for high-school students as we celebrate the
24th Science Week at Can Ruti
This week the IGTP and other centres hosted the "Can Ruti Open Door Session" within Science Week in Badalona; the Science Week is a national event organized by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT). This year nearly 200 high school students from various educational centres have visited the research facilities at nine different organizations on the Can Ruti Campus and learned about studies taking place there.
Monday 18 November 12.00 THESIS DEFENCE
Factores que modifican el desarrollo y la progresión de la tuberculosis: obesidad, multiinfección y cording Lilibeth Arias
Sala Polivalent, IGTP Mar
Monday 18 November IJC SEMINAR
Please note that the seminar by Dr Brigitte Schlegelberger on Famlial Leukemia has been postponed and will be re-programmed in 2020.
Wednesday 20 November 15.00 COFFEE TALK Lise Clément-Demange, Leukemia Stem Cell Group, IJC Natalia Estrada, Genetics and epigenetics in myeloid neoplasms Group, IJC
Sala Polivalent, IGTP Mar
Monday 25 November 12.00 THESIS DEFENCE
A role for heterochromatin and transposable elements in epigenetic inheritance Eduard Casas
Sala Polivalent, IGTP Mar
Wednesday 27 November 12.00 BIOINFO SESSION Francisco Fuster, MDS Group, IJC
Seminar Room, IGTP Muntanya
Wednesday 27 November 15.00 COFFEE TALK Cristina Moreta, Genetics and Epigenetics of Cancer, IGTP Beatriz Pérez, Endocrine Tumours, IGTP
Sala Polivalent, IGTP Mar
Wednesday 27 November 16.00 B·ARGO SESSIONS TRANSLACIONALS
El "yin-yang" de la mutació en BRAF: melanoma vs càncer colorecta Jose Luis Manzano; ICO-B∙ARGO/SOM Anna Martinez-Cardús; IGTP-B∙ARGO/SOM.
Sala Polivalent, IGTP Mar
Friday 29 November 12.00 THESIS DEFENCE In vitro effects of pollutants and novel therapeutic approaches for tuberculosis Pablo Rodríguez
Sala Polivalent, IGTP Mar
SAVE THE DATE
Wednesday 11 December 15.00-18.00 CAN RUTI INNOVATION TRAINING
Sessió 2: Generació d’entorns de creativitat Més informació i inscripcions
Sala Polivalent, IGTP Mar
Friday November 15.00 CAMPUS CAN RUTI BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SEMINAR
Functional specialization of human antigen-presenting cells Elodie Segura, Principal Investigator, INSERM Research Associate, Institut Pasteur, France, President of the French Dendritic Cell Society
Host: Nuria Izquierdo, IrsiCaixa
Auditorium, IJC Building, Campus Can Ruti
FUNDRAISING
Researchers from the IGTP take part in a series of popular science talks on rare diseases
On Friday 8 November the first of the series of popular science talks organized by the Friends of Can Ruti (Amics de Can Ruti) took place in the Joan Coromines Library in Masnou and the Sant Andreu Library in Llavaneres. This is the second series of informative talks and once again they are inspired by the topic of this year's TV3 Marathon, which is rare diseases. Professionals from the IGTP and the Germans Trias Hospital are taking part. Read more
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