CNIC awards and scholarships
VISIT FROM THE MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION, DIANA MORANT
The Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant, visited CNIC, where she met with Dr. Valentín Fuster, General Director of CNIC; Cristóbal Belda, Director of the Instituto de Salud Carlos III; Alberto Sanz, Managing Director of CNIC; Luis de Carlos, Director of the Fundación Pro CNIC; Dr. Borja Ibáñez, Scientific Director of CNIC; Dr. Vicente Andrés, Director of basic research of CNIC and Icíar Areilza, Director of the Fundación Pro CNIC.
On a tour of the facilities, she visited the laboratories and met with researchers Dr. Almudena Ramiro and Dr. Inés García Lunar. The Minister praised CNIC as an internationally prestigious centre and highlighted how its work allows advances in the early diagnosis, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases that continue to be the main cause of death in our country.
CNIC AT THE 22nd EDITION OF MADRID’S WEEK OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION
CNIC again participated in Madrid’s Science and Innovation Week, in this its 22nd edition, with three activities open to the public: the conference “Avoiding toxicity in cancer treatments,” a visit to a CNIC laboratory, and the workshop “Deconstructing the muscle.”
CNIC, AT THE 13th EUROPEAN RESEARCHERS’ NIGHT
CNIC participated in the 13th edition of European Researchers’ Night, with two activities open to the public that were visited by over 100 people.
15th COURSE IN CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOPHYSIOLOGY “FROM SYMPTOMS TO GENES”
Organised by CNIC and the Spanish Society of Cardiology (SEC), the 15th Course of Cardiovascular Physiological Disorders “From symptoms to genes” was led by R3, R4 and R5 residents of cardiology and other fields related with cardiovascular disease, in addition to translational researchers in the area of cardiology.
CNIC PhDay
PhDay is an open forum for undergraduate and postgraduate students, lab technicians and post-doctoral researchers that aims to help them develop their careers as scientists, exchange new ideas and make contacts.
Awards
Dr. VALENTÍN FUSTER RECEIVES A PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FROM THE CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION (USA)
The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) honoured Dr. Valentín Fuster with the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2022 Career Achievement Award.
The award recognises the extraordinary contributions that Dr. Fuster has made to the field of interventional cardiology in the transformation of patient care through his career endeavours, research pursuits, and mentorship of many healthcare professionals and researchers.
“MARGARITA SALAS” RESEARCH AWARDS 2022 AND FUNDACIÓN FRANCISCO COBOS FOR JOSÉ ANTONIO ENRÍQUEZ
The Autonomous Community of Madrid awarded the Margarita Salas Research Prize 2022 to the career of Dr. José Antonio Enríquez for his significant contributions to the understanding of mitochondrial biogenesis and bioenergetics. This award for a scientific career has a prize of €42,000 and is given in recognition of the national and international repercussions of his career. The Fundación Francisco Cobos also awarded its 16th Award for Scientific Career to Dr. Enríquez Domínguez. This €50,000 prize recognises his contributions to the study of mitochondrial biogenesis in the functioning of the mitochondrial respiratory chain and understanding of mitochondrial pathophysiology and ageing.
THE POLYPILL RECEIVES ABC SALUD 2022 PRIZE FOR THE BEST MEDICATION
The polypill received the ABC Salud prize for best medication of the year.
ANDRÉS HIDALGO AWARDED THE 18th CAJA RURAL DE GRANADA’S HEALTH SCIENCES PRIZE
The paper “Mapping the immune behaviour of inflammation” by the CNIC research group led by Andrés Hidalgo was awarded the Caja Rural de Granada’s Health Sciences Prize in its 18th edition. The research, published in the prestigious review Nature, described “a new way of discovering immune cells during the inflammatory process in live organisms.” In addition, Andrés Hidalgo was named member of EMBO, the European Organisation of Molecular Biology. Dr. Hidalgo is the sixth member of CNIC to enter EMBO, and he joins Dr. José Antonio Enríquez, Dr. Miguel Ángel del Pozo, Dr. Miguel Torres, Dr. Pura Muñoz and Dr. Francisco Sánchez Madrid.
Dr. PABLO GARCÍA PAVÍA RECEIVES THE COMCÓRDOBA-CAIXABANK RESEARCH PRIZE
The Official College of Physicians of Cordoba, thanks to the collaboration of CaixaBank, awarded the 20th edition of the COMCórdoba-CaixaBank Research Prize to Dr. Pablo García Pavía for the study “Association of gene variants with prognosis in dilated non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy patients.”
DAVID FILGUEIRAS RECEIVES THE YOUNG RESEARCHERS AWARD OF THE ASTRAZENECA FOUNDATION
The project “Use of remote-monitoring technology and heart electrical signals in stratification of patient-specific risk in the deterioration of heart failure and potentially lethal ventricular arrhythmias,” coordinated by Dr. David Filgueiras, group leader of CNIC’s Advanced Development in Arrhythmia Mechanisms and Therapy, and area specialist at San Carlos University Hospital, was awarded AstraZeneca Foundation’s Young Researcher Award in the Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism category.
GUADALUPE SABIO BUZO, INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF 500 MOST INFLUENTIAL SPANISH WOMEN
Guadalupe Sabio Buzohas been included in Yo Dona magazine’s list of 500 Most Influential Spanish Women.■
