NEWS

1st CADASIL Day

1st CADASIL Day

On December 11th, the Institut de Recerca de Sant Pau hosted the first CADASIL Day, an event that brought together over 30 individuals, including researchers and patients, with the aim of sharing knowledge and advancements in this neurodegenerative disease....

La Marató 2022

La Marató 2022

La Fundació La Marató de TV3, a recognized non-profit organization, plays a crucial role in managing funds raised during the annual La Marató de TV3, a charitable event in Catalonia. Dedicated to financing medical research projects, the foundation has had a...

ISGC 29th Boston Workshop

ISGC 29th Boston Workshop

The Center for Genomic Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital hosted the 29th International Stroke Genetics Consortium (ISGC) Workshop from October 12 to 14, 2023, where leading experts, scientists, and clinicians from across the globe convened to share...

ESOC 2023

ESOC 2023

The leading forum for developments in clinical treatment and research for patients with cerebrovascular disease in Europe and, in fact, the world is called ESOC. The European Stroke Organization (ESOC) Congress took place in München on May 24, 25, and 26th. In line...

La Marató
La Marató

La Marató

Last April 20th our research group participated in the visit of La Marató to IIB Sant Pau. The project on how genetics is involved in the persistence disease COVID-19 was presented with the aim of reaching a non-specialized audience. In addition, a small...

GeneStroke Consortium Meeting

GeneStroke Consortium Meeting

Last Monday 06/02 the meeting of the Spanish consortium of genetics in stroke was celebrated in Insititue of Research Sant Pau. Researchers from Neuro-Vascular Group from IMIM, Neurobiology group from IdISPa, Stroke Pharmacogenomics and Genetics from IR Sant Pau...

Jara Tesis
Defense of Jara’s doctoral thesis under the title “Study of genetic risk factors associated with Ischemic Stroke”.

Defense of Jara’s doctoral thesis under the title “Study of genetic risk factors associated with Ischemic Stroke”.

The main objective of Jara’s thesis was to dig into the genetic risk factors associated with ischemic stroke and use them to find novel associations. To achieve this, Jara performed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of ischemic stroke risk and subtypes in the...