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    About the CNIC
    15 Jul 2026
    Artūras Makselis, winner of the CNIC Prize at EUCYS, undertakes a research placement at the CNIC

    The young Lithuanian researcher was recognised for a project on new molecular targets for the antiviral treatment of intestinal infections 
    About the CNIC
    13 Jul 2026
    CNIC awarded Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence accreditation for the fourth time
    ACERCATE 2026
    About the CNIC
    10 Jul 2026
    Eight of Spain’s top sixth-form students begin their research training at the CNIC thanks to the ACÉRCATE programme

    The aim of the Acércate Programme is to train the brightest young people from a very early age in order to build a pool of outstanding researchers in the field of cardiovascular research 
    Maria Ruiz Castell
    Research
    29 Jun 2026
    Marina Ruiz Castell: "There is often a tendency to design top-down solutions without fully considering people’s real needs"
    Rocío Sierra, Miguel Torres, Cristina Villa del Campo, Enrique Calvo, Jesús Vázquez y Consuelo Marín-Vicente.
    Research
    24 Jun 2026
    Genome Biology: A new technology helps reveal how the heart generates cells with regenerative potential

    Two CNIC teams have developed a pioneering technique to analyze proteins in individual cardiomyocytes and uncover new clues about cardiac regeneration
    Florian Weinberg
    About the CNIC
    23 Jun 2026
    CNIC Researcher Florian Weinberger Awarded ERC Advanced Grant for the project CARDIOSWITCH

    CARDIOSWITCH aims to uncover how the mechanical activity of heart muscle cells shapes cardiac biology and to develop new regenerative strategies for congenital heart disease
    Robert E. Gerszten
    About the CNIC
    19 Jun 2026
    Robert E. Gerszten: "Blood is like a highway of information"
    About the CNIC
    11 Jun 2026
    CNIC and Fundación AstraZeneca bring together young scientists and European leaders in Madrid to advance the “SAFE HEARTS PLAN”

    The meeting forms part of European awareness-raising activities around the European Commission’s new strategy to strengthen prevention, early detection, and management of cardiovascular disease
    Annalaura Mastrangelo
    About the CNIC
    25 May 2026
    Researcher Annalaura Mastrangelo receives the 2026 Young Investigator Award in the Basic Science category
    Optimal dendritic-cell-based antitumor immunotherapy with cDC1 cells requires active mitochondria. Whereas vaccination with normal cDC1 cells efficiently reduces metastasis in B16-OVA tumors, the antitumor efficacy of these cells is diminished when their mitochondria are damaged.
    Research
    22 May 2026
    Science Immunology: Mitochondria control immune cell activation and the effectiveness of immunotherapy

    A CNIC-led study identifies a mitochondrial “checkpoint” that enables dendritic cells to efficiently activate T lymphocytes against viruses and tumors