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    Dilated coronary artery in a new experimental model of Kawasaki disease.
    Research
    1 Jul 2026
    Circulation: Researchers Identify a Key Mechanism Driving Coronary Damage in Kawasaki Disease

    The findings provide new insights for developing strategies aimed at preventing the cardiovascular complications associated with this rare disease
    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
    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
    Left: Hesham Sadek MD, PhD. Right: Ivan Menendez-Montes, PhD
    Research
    10 Jun 2026
    Nature: Cells Have a Secret Power Line: Scientists Discover How the Nucleus Gets Its Own Private Energy Supply
    About the CNIC
    2 Jun 2026
    The SAFE HEARTS PLAN Meeting: Young Scientists Engaging with Europe’s Cardiovascular Health Plan brings European cardiovascular health policies closer to early-career researchers
    from left to right: Haruka Toda, Irene García Martín, María Maeve Soto Pérez, Alexia Ramos Gutiérrez, Mirian Nieto Delgado, Demetrio Julián Santiago Castillo, Paola Rocío Riveros Rodríguez, Lucía Pilar López Palomar, Andrés Redondo Rodríguez, Jorge García Quintanilla, Marinela Couselo Seijas, David Filgueiras Rama, and José Jalife.
    Research
    28 May 2026
    Cardiovascular Research: The left and right ventricles differ in their ability to withstand the effects of cardiac arrest

    The findings, published in Cardiovascular Research, show that the right ventricle has greater metabolic resilience than the left during cardiac arrest caused by ventricular fibrillation.
    Annalaura Mastrangelo
    About the CNIC
    25 May 2026
    Researcher Annalaura Mastrangelo receives the 2026 Young Investigator Award in the Basic Science category
    Faseeha Ayaz
    Research
    30 Apr 2026
    Faseeha Ayaz: "I would say the editors are very much on the researchers’ side"

    Faseeha Ayaz, senior Editor Nature Communications, Springer Nature
    Job Verdonschot, Maastricht University Medical Center, and the Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht
    Research
    23 Apr 2026
    Job Verdonschot: "The next challenge is the full integration of genetics into cardiology training programs"

    Job Verdonschot, Maastricht University Medical Center, and the Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht
    David Sancho, Ignacio Heras-Murillo y Stefanie Wculek.
    Research
    15 Apr 2026
    Mitochondria keep immune cells “ready to respond”

    Scientist at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) and the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) uncover a key metabolic mechanism governing immune cell readiness