17/01/2019 - Campus Can Ruti

The first half of the Can Ruti Biomedical Research Seminar Series completed in style

This year the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), the IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute and the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC) have got together to organize the first Can Ruti Research Seminar Series.  The scientific committee invited eleven speakers and arranged sponsorship from AstraZeneca and Celgene.  After completion of the first half of the series the organizers are very pleased with the results.

20/12/2018 - Campus Can Ruti, Research

Phakomatosis experts get together at the IGTP

The professionals that make up the Reference Centre (CSUR) on Neurocutaneous Syndromes- Phakomatoses, have met up together at the IGTP. The aim of these regular meetings and mini-symposiums is to revise the work done in healthcare and research, including innovations, new approaches and the lines of research underway. The prescence of different professionals in the meeting provides a more global view of the work carried out by the whole group and a better reciprocal understanding of the healthcare and research aspects.

12/12/2018 - Campus Can Ruti

VII Edition of the Talents Grants promotes research and the recognition of young medics

Tuesday 11 December saw the celebration of the 7^th edition of the Pedrera Talents at the Casa Milà.   The awards, sponsored by the Catalonia La Pedrera Foundation, in which the Germans Trias Hospital and the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona both participate, consist of public recognition and a grant after their medical residency for young specialist physicians and other health professionals so that they can dedicate themselves to research.

15/11/2018 - Campus Can Ruti, Research

The IGTP and the ICO join forces with the IRONMAN Project, the largest international registry for research into metastatic prostate cancer

The Urological Tumour Group of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO-B·ARGO) at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) led by Dr Albert Font Pous in collaboration with the Urology and Radiology Service at the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital have joined the IRONMAN Project this November.   The project was created and is being mainly financed by the Movember Foundation.

14/11/2018 - Campus Can Ruti, Institutional, Research

Can Ruti Campus Open House returns for National Science Week

Today over 200 students from 7 centres in Badalona studying the technical or scientific baccalaureate, or vocational training course in healthcare visited the Can Ruti Campus. This year young researchers from 6 research institutions and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona gave talks, workshops and guided tours explaining their passion for biomedical research.

08/11/2018 - Campus Can Ruti, Research

The Noa Warrior Princess initiative has collected 5,311 euros for research into rare paediatric diseases at the IGTP

This week Noa and her parents have visited the IGTP laboratories to present a symbolic cheque for the 5,311 euros raised to finance research into rare paediatric diseases by the IGTP Neuromuscular and Neuropaediatric Research Group.  The money was collected at a charity football match on 12 October in the Municipality of Llefià. 

31/10/2018 - Campus Can Ruti, Institutional, Projects

The "la Marató de TV3" funds 36 biomedical projects for research into infectious diseases

The funds collected in the 2017 edition of "La Marathon de TV3" and "Catalunya Ràdio" fundraiser will pay for 36 top-ranked biomedical research projects on infectious diseases with the aim of creating new tools for diagnostics and prevention and more efficient treatments to provide more years of quality life for patients.  The 55 researchers who will carry out the research received their certificates today in an event that took place on Tuesday in the Catalan and Balearic Island Academy of Medical Sciences and Health.  Two of these projects will be carried out at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) on the Can Ruti Campus.

22/10/2018 - Campus Can Ruti, Innovation, Institutional

Professionals from the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital and Research Institute take part in HEALTHIO

The second edition of HEALTHIO, a trade fair for health and innovation at the Fira de Barcelona, was held on 16-18 October.  It brought together members of the public, health professionals and innovative small companies in an open space designed to promote dialogue between all the players in the healthcare ecosystem and promote evolution of the sector.

17/09/2018 - Campus Can Ruti, Projects, Research

Germans Trias researchers lead an international clinical trial to halt the advance of multiple sclerosis using cell therapy

A team of researchers from the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital and Institute on the Can Ruti Campus, have started a phase I trial to slow the progress of multiple sclerosis (MS) with a cell product that uses the patient's own cells and reprograms their immune system.

06/08/2018 - Campus Can Ruti, Institutional

The IGTP provides a great opportunity to school students studying science

This summer 11 students, from Badalona, Barcelona and Mollet are carrying out the practical part of their research projects for Baccalaureate through the IGTP Summer Programme in conjunction with the Organizers of the Badalona Scientific Workshops for schools