21/11/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Conferences

The Core Facilities of the Can Ruti Campus: cutting-edge technology driving excellence in research

At the Campus Can Ruti Core Facilities Infoday, the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute and the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute showcased their scientific services and the support they can offer to research conducted both on the campus and externally. The event also featured the presentation of the new IGTP-IJC Joint Flow Cytometry Unit, which has one of the most advanced infrastructures in the EU, as well as the new IJC's Translational-PATH2CURE hub, which aims to accelerate the translation of scientific discoveries into treatments for patients.

20/11/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Conferences, Projects, Success Stories

The Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera awards 33 Talents Grants to retain medical and research talent in Catalonia

The Talents Grants for the 2024 and 2025 editions have been granted by the Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera, supporting healthcare professionals in developing research projects that will lead to their doctoral theses. This initiative, originally created through a collaboration with the Research Institute and Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, now also includes Hospital Clínic Barcelona, the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology and Hospital de Bellvitge.

18/11/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Projects

The Germans Trias Hospital is set to launch a paediatric environmental health unit

The unit will address the prevention, detection, assessment and management of diseases and environmental risks that may affect children and adolescents. Through its Research Institute, the Hospital is also leading an international study in Spain to reduce children's exposure to endocrine disruptors and assess their impact on child health.

13/11/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Outreach

Students from Badalona discover research at the Can Ruti Campus during Science Week

Nearly two hundred baccalaureate and vocational training students have taken part in a new edition of the activity "Open House: get to know the Can Ruti Campus up close", once again consolidating the campus's commitment to scientific outreach and to fostering vocations among young people.

07/11/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Innovation, Projects, Success Stories

La Marató funds six IGTP research projects on respiratory diseases

IGTP has obtained funding for six projects, consolidating its trajectory in the field of biomedical and translational research on respiratory diseases. These projects, which address challenges such as tuberculosis, pulmonary fibrosis and legionellosis, represent the excellence and diversity of the research developed at the Can Ruti Campus.

06/11/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Conferences, Institutional

Awards for Research Career in Primary Care and for Best Article at the 16th Conference of Institut Català de la Salut, focused on cancer

The conference has been a meeting point and an opportunity to share strategies, knowledge and innovative projects that contribute to improving the health and quality of life of people affected by cancer. Pere Torán and Federico Fondelli, researchers affiliated with IGTP, have been recognised in the 2025 Research Awards.

05/11/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Conferences, Institutional, Success Stories

IGTP marks 30 years of research and scientific collaboration at its annual symposium

The event gathered more than 200 researchers, reviewing the Institute's scientific trajectory and looking ahead to the future of research and innovation at the Can Ruti Campus.

30/10/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Projects, Research

Precision increases in a project led by Germans Trias using AI to detect early facial changes in patients with acromegaly

A project led by the Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital and Research Institute has developed an AI-based facial recognition system, AcroFace, capable of detecting early signs of acromegaly with 93% accuracy. The researchers are now conducting a larger pilot study with 4,000 images from the general population to confirm these promising results and improve early diagnosis of this rare disease.

22/10/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Research

Tears could open a new avenue for diagnosing and monitoring eye and neurodegenerative diseases

Researchers from the IGTP and HUGTiP have reviewed the current knowledge on the use of tear-derived extracellular vesicles as a source of biomarkers for both ocular and neurodegenerative diseases. They highlight the advantages of this approach compared with more invasive methods and discuss the remaining challenges for its clinical application.

14/10/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Research

RUTI® vaccine improves treatment of non-invasive bladder cancer by boosting immune response and providing clinical benefits

A clinical trial involving 40 patients, led by IrsiCaixa and IGTP and conducted at HUGTiP, confirms that the RUTI® vaccine, owned by Archivel Farma, enhances the effectiveness of the current treatment for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.