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in the IMI2 RADAR-CNS: Remote Assessment of Disease and Relapse – Central Nervous System, project which continued to be developed for a further year.
In 2018, the Bioengineering Programme welcomed two new group leaders: Elena
Biomaterials
and Advanced Therapies
Coordinator:
Julio San Román del Barrio
32 proposals for intramural cooperation were submitted by the Biomaterials and Advanced Therapies Programme, 9 of which are with groups from other thematic areas of the CIBER, and 6 with external groups. Regenerative Medicine
was the subject most frequently tackled (12 proposals) followed by Cancer (9 proposals) and Cardiovascular Diseases (5 proposals). In fact, the areas with greatest presence in intramural cooperation work are CIBERONC, CIBERCV and CIBERER.
9 projects coordinated by staff in groups from
the Biomaterials and Advanced Therapies Programme were presented in the call for Early Stage projects. Their titles and coordinators are as follows:
• COAT-EBM: Bioactive coatings to promote osseointegration of personalized 3D porous titanium prostheses, Leonor Santos
• OCUSySTEM: Mesenchymal stem cells as
a next generation drug delivery system for ocular surface diseases, Teresa Nieto Miguel
• SMEW: Therapeutic microparticles functionalized with stem cell secretome for chronic skin wound healing, Soledad Pérez- Amodio
• 3DHEPPEG: 3D bioprinting of novel heparin- PEG hydrogel for regenerative therapies, Miguel Ángel Mateos Timoneda
• HYDROREG: Engineering hydrogels to promote muscle regeneration, Patricia Rico
Hernando, who replaced Francisco del Pozo
at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; and Xavier Setoain, who took over from Javier Pavía at the Universidad de Barcelona.
• tMELANO: Clinical validation of a novel temperature sensor based in bilayer organic material to help in melanoma diagnostic, Sara Oliván
• BONESCAFF: Improved ELRs scaffolds for bone regeneration, Alessandra Girotti
• MagTHor: Magnetic isolation of extracellular vesicles from genetically modified therapeutic human adipose mesenchymal stem cells for glioblastoma treatment, Oscar Meca Cortés
• CADHForce: Cell mechanosensing through cadherin complexes, Raimon Sunyer
At the session held for young researchers during the Annual Symposia of CIBER-BBN, researcher Alberto Cañibano from José Luis Pedraz’s
group was awarded the prize for the best article in the domain of Biomaterials for his work entitled “Alginate Microcapsules Incorporating Hyaluronic Acid Recreate Closer in Vivo Environment for Mesenchymal Stem Cells”.
2018 was a prolific year for the Biomaterials
and Advanced Therapies Programme as
regards awards. María Vallet Regí, the head of the group at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, was awarded the Premio Rei Jaume I de Investigación Básica. Julio San Román, head of the group at the Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros of the CSIC and coordinator of the programme, received the George Winter 2018 award for research, at the 29th Conference of
the European Society for Biomaterials held in Maastricht (Holland).
In the field of biomaterials, the project entitled POSITION II-ECSEL “A pilot line for the next generation of smart catheters and implants” led by researcher Jesús Ciriza from José Luis Pedraz’s group has been active.
CIBER-BBN | ANNUAL REPORT 2018