17/12/2014 - Institutional news
As of January 1st, Dr. Rosa Ventura will be the new director of the Anti-Doping Control Laboratory at IMIM, replacing Dr. Jordi Segura who, after 30 years, is leaving the post to retire. However, until July 2016, Dr. Segura will remain at the Laboratory part-time supporting research and any other need that may arise. Since 1985, when the Laboratory gained accreditation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and later on from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Dr. Segura has been at the helm of the Laboratory, with a clear priority right from the start, that is to high quality and reliable services. A Laboratory that has been in charge of controls for important sports events such as the Barcelona Olympics and Paralympics in 1992; the Pan American Games in Havana in 1991; in Mar de Plata in 1995 and Mexico 2011; The Asian Games in Bangkok in 1998, or the FINA World Swimming Championships held in Barcelona in 2003 and 2013, as some of the most relevant ones. The Lab also collaborated in anti-doping controls for the Olympics during the past 25 years.
Més informació "Rosa Ventura is the new director of the Anti-Doping Control Laboratory at IMIM"
10/10/2014 - Institutional news
The Science and Innovation Ministry through the Science and TechnologySpanish Foundation launched last October 9 at the headquarters of the Carlos III Institute thePrecipita platform, designed to promote special interesting projects to be funded through micro-patronage (crowdfunding), small contributions from individuals. One of the selected projects presented is Brainful Legends, a videogame for cognitive stimulation, science-based, modern, funny and, above all, accessible to all people with intellectual disabilities.
Més informació "Precipita platform presentation and the video game Brainful Legends"
07/05/2014 - Institutional news
The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) (link) has chosen 106 excelling researchers in the field of life sciences as new members of this prestigious organisation. Among these new members is Dr. Anna Bigas, the coordinator of the research group on stem cells and cancer at IMIM, and the only Spanish researcher chosen at this edition. This year’s edition has welcomed the largest number of researchers to celebrate the organization’s 50th anniversary. Out of the 106 scientists chosen, one hundred of them live in Europe and neighbour countries and six of them are associate members from China, Japan and the US. The EMBO currently has more than 1,600 scientists working in the field of life sciences, all of who have been chosen for their exceptional contributions to this field of science.
09/09/2013 - Institutional news
Researchers from the IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) have proven that protein PARP2 plays a key role in maintaining the integrity of the genome of blood stem cells, also known as haematopoietic cells. These results may prove useful to design new drugs and to improve therapeutic strategies based on radiotherapy and chemotherapy. In human cells, cell activities and environmental factors may damage DNA causing up to a million lesions in a cell each day. These lesions can cause mutations that are potentially harmful for the cell’s genome, affecting the survival of “daughter cells”. The haematopoietic system dealing with the formation, development and maturation processes of blood cells is maintained thanks to a small number of stem cells in the bone marrow that are renewed indefinitely during life and lead to the creation of parent cells and all mature blood cells. An appropriate response to the damaged DNA is essential for the normal functioning of these cells and to avoid programmed cell death or the development of diseases such as cancer.
20/12/2012 - Institutional news
On Friday the 14th of December, the Bioanalysis and Analytical Services Research Group from IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) was visited by a delegation from the China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA). This visit is framed within the longstanding collaboration between the Anti-Doping Control Laboratory and IMIM and the Beijing Anti-Doping Laboratory and the China Anti-Doping Agency for research projects on doping control in sports.
Més informació "A delegation from the China Anti-Doping Agency visits IMIM"
19/12/2011 - Institutional news
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded scientist Andrea Cerutti, an IMIM researcher and ICREA professor, an advanced grant, with funding of 2 million euros over a five-year period. The objective of the ERC Advanced Grant is to support excellent research projects in the field of science, which are highly innovative and led by prominent researchers with renowned international prestige, who may be from any EU member state or associated country.
Més informació "Andrea Cerutti obtains the ERC Advanced Grant."
01/02/2012 - Institutional news
The MARBiobanc or Biobank of the Parc de Salut Mar is an infrastructure supporting research whose main mission is to ensure quality, traceability and safety in the storage of biological samples from the Parc de Salut Mar used for research. This certification is an acknowledgement of the task performed over the two past years by the staff working at IMIM’s Biobank and at the Hospital del Mar to provide the Biobank with an organizational infrastructure and equipment.
The Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII in Spanish) will fund, in the framework of the “International Rare Disease Research Consortium (IRDiRC)", three collaboration research projects in the whole of Spain, one of which is “DRUGS4RARE: drug repositioning for rare diseases”. This project is lead by Barcelona Science Park (PCB in Spanish), with the participation of the IMIM, together with the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC).
15/11/2011 - Institutional news
The 2011 SCImago Institutions Ranking World Report placed IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute) in fifth place nationally with respect to excellence. This indicator shows institutes' ability to publish top articles in their scientific fields.The IMIM was also distinguished by having 73.7% of magazine articles in the top quartile and the fact that articles published by IMIM receive more than double the number of citations as the international average Més informació "L’IMIM és la cinquena institució de recerca espanyola en nivell d’excel·lència" -->
Més informació "IMIM rated fifth in level of excellence among Spanish research institutions"
14/10/2011 - Institutional news
During approximately one month, some twenty professionals of the Anti-Doping Control Laboratory of the IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute) will be moving to Mexico to carry out the tests for anti-doping control at the games.
Més informació "The Pan American Games begin: The Anti- Doping Lab of IMIM moves to Mexico."
Servei de Comunicació:
Marta Calsina Freixas(ELIMINAR)
Tel:
(+34) 93 316 06 80
Doctor Aiguader, 88
08226 Barcelona
© Institut Hospital del Mar
d'Investigacions MèdiquesLegal Notice and Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy | Site Index | Accessibility | Find Us | Contact
