New PhD Candidates Join Our Research Group
We are delighted to announce the arrival of several new members, Min Huang, Hairui Wang, Xinhui Niu, and Franco Appiani who have recently joined our team to pursue their PhD research. Their incorporation strengthens our group’s commitment to advancing scientific...
Our Team Contributes to the ISRRA Round Table on the Future of Stroke Rehabilitation
Members of our research team participated in the International Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Alliance (ISRRA) Round Table, an international meeting bringing together leading experts to advance the future of stroke rehabilitation. The event was attended by...
Contributions at the World Stroke Congress (WSC 2025) in Barcelona
From 22 to 24 October, several members of our team participated in the World Stroke Congress (WSC) held in Barcelona, showcasing a total of two oral presentations and four e-posters. These contributions reflect the group’s growing leadership in genetics,...
EMBO Scientific Exchange Grants
Our PhD students, Paula Villatoro and Laia Llucià Carol, have been awarded EMBO Scientific Exchange Grants to support their research stays in the UK.Paula is conducting a 3 months research stay at the Prof. Sarah Teichmann group at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute...
Dr. Cristina Gallego Secures ISCIII Funding to Investigate New Therapies for Intracerebral Hemorrhage
The TIME-ICH project will study, for the first time, the epigenetic mechanisms involved in brain edema after hemorrhagic stroke. Dr. Cristina Gallego, postdoctoral researcher in our group, has obtained funding from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III to develop...
Jara Cárcel, Awarded Prestigious Fellowship at the Paris Brain Institute
Dr. Jara Cárcel has been recognized with a prestigious international fellowship that will take her to the Paris Brain Institute, one of the leading neuroscience research centers in Europe. Jara is pioneering innovative research in the fight against stroke, one of...
The CADASIMUS Project Receives Seed Funding from the RICORS-ICTUS Network
Paula Villatoro, researcher at IR Sant Pau and member of the Strokemics group, is co-principal investigator of CADASIMUS, a collaborative project recently awarded seed funding by the RICORS-ICTUS network. The project aims to explore a repurposed drug as a potential...
PhD Students Paula Boldo and Laia Mariné present their research at the XV Chromatin and Epigenetics Symposium
PhD candidates Paula Boldo and Laia Mariné participated in the XV Chromatin and Epigenetics Symposium, organized by the Chromatin and Epigenetics Section of the Catalan Society of Biology (SCB). This event brought together leading experts in the fields of...
New Team Member Joins the Stroke Pharmacogenomics and Genetics Research Group
We are pleased to welcome Eric as the newest member of the Stroke Pharmacogenomics and Genetics Research Group. Eric holds a Bachelor's degree in Genetics from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, where he completed his final project on yeast genome modification...
Annual Neurology Retreat at Hospital de Sant Pau
Today, the Neurology Service of Hospital de Sant Pau has held its Annual Retreat, an event that has together professionals from across the department to reflect on achievements from 2024 and discuss perspectives for the coming year. The retreat has featured an...
