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Cristina Rosell, PhD recently joined the Immutol team from ASPHALION! Welcome!

PhD student Alex Agúndez Moreno, from IGTP team, presented his work at the XVIII Congress of the Catalan Society of Immunology, held between  21st  and 22nd November 2024 in Barcelona. The poster presentation was entitled: ‘VitD3tolDC reduce the transmigration of allogeneic CD4 T cells in an in vitro transwell assay’.

IGTP team have an interview to the Badalona Comunicació newspaper. The article is entitled: ‘Fàrmacs combinats amb cèl·lules ‘reeducades’ in vitro, via de recerca per frenar l’avenç de l’esclerosi múltiple’ Link to the article: https://www.bdncom.cat/notice/farmacs-combinats-amb-cellules-reeducades-in-vitro-via-de-recerca-per-frenar-lavenc-de-lesclerosi-multiple?v=2024-11-08T14:17

Dr. Silvia Gregori, gave a talk at the Immunology of Diabetes Congress, which is a reference conference on pathogenesis, prediction, prevention and cure of Type 1 Diabetes. The conference was  organized by the Immunology of Diabetes Society (IDS) in Bruges between 4th-8th November. Her talk was entitled ‘Antigen-specific engineered dendritic cells for cell-based approaches to restore…

Several researchers participated in the 17th International Symposium on Dendritic Cells 2024 (DC2024), organized in Sitges, Barcelona, Spain between 20-23 October 2024. Dr. Sara Fuentelsaz Romero, from IQS team, presented her work on development of a 3D model of the Blood Brain Barrier, which is a fundamental tool for investigating the extravasation of immune cells…

Interview of Prof. Eva Martínez-Cáceres, MD and Dr. Cristina Ramo-Tello, MD Interview in the Spanish COPE Radio Programme ‘Poniendo las calles’ addressed to general public (Spain). Interview title: Cellular therapies as novel approaches to treat autoimmune diseases.

On 26th June, Cristina Codina Blas has presented and defended her Final Degree Project of the academic program Degree in Biotechnology at IQS School of Engineering (Barcelona, Spain). For three months, she has worked in Vascular Engineering and Applied Biomedicine (GEVAB) research group of Assist. Prof. Jordi Martorell. Co-supervised by postdoctoral researcher Sara Fuentelsaz, Cristina’s work has…

IMMUTOL coordinator, Dr. Silvia Gregori gave a talk with the title ‘IL-10 Producing Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells Modulate B Cell Responses in vitro and in vivo’ at the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS) 2024 Annual Meeting held between June 18th -21th of June, San Francisco, CA, USA. Using the link to the event ( https://www.focisnet.org/meetings/focis-2024/ ) you can find further information about…

Jana Willemyns, PhD student at IGTP, gave a talk entitled: ‘Epigenetic regulation of microglia and macrophages in the central nervous system in the EAE model in mice’  at the Autonomous University Barcelona (UAB) Open doors day (“Jornada de portes obertes”). The event was addressed to pre- and post-graduate students in different degrees of Biosciences.

Sara Fuentelsaz Romero, member of the IMMUTOL project from the IQS team, attended the Barcelona Blood-Brain Barrier (B4) Symposium. The event was organised by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and took place on 21 and 22 May.   Read more: IBEC hosts first Barcelona Blood-Brain Barrier Symposium – Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia…