Research Areas
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Area 1
Biological aggression and response mechanisms
Area 1 is formed by 8 teams that conduct research into the response mechanisms to biological aggressions from different standpoints. This area carries out a wide range of activities, which are divided up into two parts. Firstly, the study of infectious and toxic agents, and secondly, immunological and inflammatory reactions of the body. Read more
Coordinator
Dr. Jordi Vila
(Hospital Clínic)
- Inflammatory joint diseases (IJDs)
- Systemic autoimmune diseases
- Infectious diseases and AIDS
- Immune receptors of the innate and adaptive system
- Musculoskeletal repair and plasticity
- Immunogenetics of the autoinflammatory response.
- Emergencies: Processes and pathologies
- Molecular and cellular bases of inflammation. Structural and biological mass spectrometry.
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Area 2
Respiratory, cardiovascular and renal pathobiology and bioengineering
The area has 8 teams, and is focused on the study of three vital parts of the body: the respiratory, cardiovascular and renal systems. It deals with the various pathologies and risks affecting these systems, from different standpoints. Read more
Coordinator
Dr. Ramon Farré
(Universitat de Barcelona)
- Atherosclerosis and coronary disease
- Arrhythmias, resynchronization and cardiac imaging
- Nephro-urological diseases and kidney transplantation
- Hypertension, lipids and cardiovascular risk
- Respiratory biophysics and bioengineering
- Applied research in infectious respiratory diseases, critically ill patients and lung cancer.
- Physiopathological mechanisms of respiratory illnesses.
- Clinical and Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy (IRCE)
- Inflammation and repair in respiratory illnesses.
- Urological genetics and tumors
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Area 3
Liver, digestive system and metabolism
Area 3 has 14 teams and is formed by researchers who combine their skills in clinical, experimental and basic research. Its translational research approach has succeeded in contributing important breakthroughs in terms of knowledge, diagnostic techniques and the treatment of pathologies of interest to the groups. Read more
Coordinator
Dr. Julián Panés
(Hospital Clínic)
- Gynecological endocrinology and human reproduction
- Fetal and perinatal medicine
- Metabolic regulation and molecular pathology
- Viral hepatitis in the immune competent host and in liver transplant patients.
- Physiopathology and treatment of ascites and altered renal function in liver cirrhosis.
- Hepatic oncology
- Liver hemodynamics and portal hypertension. Digestive bleeding secondary to ruptured esophageal varicose veins.
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- Cholestasis and bone pathology.
- Mitochondrial regulation of cell death and steatohepatitis.
- Liver transplantation and graft viability
- Gastrointestinal and pancreatic oncology
- Hereditary metabolic diseases
- Genomic Programming of Beta Cells and Diabetes
- Diabetes: metabolic and molecular networks.
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Area 4
Clinical and experimental neuroscience
This area of IDIBAPS specialises in the study of neurological and psychiatric diseases. Based on the excellent cooperation between the experimental and clinical units, its 11 teams conduct research into topics ranging from the study of the structure/function relationship in the nervous system and its basic molecular mechanisms for neurotransmission and cell death to the development and evaluation of new experimental therapies. It also includes innovative trends such as systems neuroscience. Read more
Coordinator
Dra. Anna Planas
(IIBB - CSIC)
- Neuropharmacology and experimental neuropathology.
- Brain ischemia: Clinical and experimental studies.
- Neurodegenerative diseases: Clinical and experimental research
- Neurophysiology and functional studies of the nervous system.
- Secondary lesions due to chronic alcohol ingestion, muscle pathology.
- Cellular biology of pathological processes.
- Biological bases of psychiatric disorders and nuclear psychiatry.
- Neuropsychology.
- Systems neuroscience
- Clinical and experimental neuroimmunology
- Neurobiology Unit
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Area 5
Oncology and haematology
The 12 teams composing this area perform basic, experimental and clinical research tasks in the fields of oncology and haematology. Their aim is to improve prevention, prognosis and treatment in a group of diseases that is becoming more and more common in modern-day society: cancer processes. Read more
Coordinator
Dra. Dolors Colomer
(Hospital Clínic)
- Biological markers in oncology.
- Human and experimental functional oncomorphology.
- Diagnosis and therapy in oncology.
- Molecular genetics
- Genetics.
- Melanoma: imaging, genetics and immunology.
- Hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation.
- Hematological oncology.
- Physiopathology and molecular bases in hematology.
- Hemotherapy - hemostasis
- Molecular and translational oncology
- Cell proliferation and signaling.
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Transversal research groups
Some teams linked to IDIBAPS undergo a transversal research that feeds from various disciplines or provide services to other teams. Here are included researchers in international health, pharmacology, primary care and nursing. Read more