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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…

The IMMUTOL consortium met for the 1st Annual Meeting in Barcelona on the 6th and 7th of June 2024, hosted by the team of Assist. Prof. Jordi Martorell López at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS), Barcelona Spain. The 2-day event was a great occasion to…

Montse de Castellarnau Serra, PhD recently joined Immutol team from ASPHALION! Welcome!

In 26th February 2024 UHREG’s Doctoral Candidate Giulia Preverin participated in a career information day at one of Regensburg’s high schools, the Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium. The aim of the event was to talk to 9th grade students about possible career choices. Speakers from various backgrounds and with a wide range of careers were invited. Each speaker was…

Prof. Eva Martínez-Cáceres, MD, from IGTP, gave an invited talk entitled ‘Immunotherapy with autologous tolerogenic dendritic cells for treatment of autoimmune diseases’ at Immunodays (Madrid) 2024.