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Published by: IDIBAPS Rosselló, 149-153 08036 Barcelona Editorial board IDIBAPS Scientific Coordination Office Art direction & graphic design Marc Montalà www.marcmontala.com Cover photo © Mar Petit © IDIBAPS 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC REPORT 2017 INDEX 08 Foreword IDIBAPS About IDIBAPS Staff Research and innovation outputs Funding Scientific facilities Institutional projects Training Communications and public engagement News 50 Area 1 Biological aggression and response mechanisms 88 Area 2 Respiratory, cardiovascular and renal pathobiology and bioengineering 138 Area 3 Liver, digestive system and metabolism 202 Area 4 Clinical and experimental neuroscience 258 Area 5 Oncology and haematology 314 Transversal research groups 325 Team and group leaders index ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC REPORT 2017 FOREWORD IDIBAPS © Joan Mir About IDIBAPS The Institut d’Investigacions Additionally, 3 transversal groups perform Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer research in Primary Care, Nursing, (IDIBAPS) is a biomedical research Pharmacology and Clinical Trials. institute of excellence. It combines clinical and basic research in order to accelerate Scientific breakthroughs are never the result the translation of the knowledge to the of chance. They are the fruit of long-term benefit of the patients. IDIBAPS is a commitments that involve not only CERCA (Research Centers of Catalonia) researchers, but also society as a whole. center and was first accredited as Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (Instituto de IDIBAPS is a consortium that has made such Salud Carlos III) in 2009. a commitment, to encourage translational research, innovation and technological Founded in 1996, it is a public consortium progress in the field of biomedicine, through formed by the Generalitat de Catalunya, different programmes addressing diseases Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Faculty of with a high prevalence, morbidity and mortality Medicine and Health Sciences of the in our society. University of Barcelona and, as an associated partner, the CSIC’s Barcelona Biomedical The data presented in this Annual Scientific Research Institute. Report details the ever-growing scientific achievements made by IDIBAPS investigators The Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca and their capacity for attracting public and Biomèdica (FCRB) is a key institution to private funding. This enormous potential for understand the functioning of IDIBAPS as a capturing resources and their translation into whole. It is a non-profit foundation that applied results for clinical practice constitute provides researchers with administrative and the best guarantee for securing the future of management support. The IDIBAPS research the Institute and its impact on society and community is composed of more than 1,500 industry. people, grouped into 107 research groups organized across 5 different areas of knowledge. AREA 1 Biological aggression and response mechanisms AREA 2 Respiratory, cardiovascular and renal pathobiology and bioengineering AREA 3 Liver, digestive system and metabolism AREA 4 Clinical and experimental neuroscience AREA 5 Oncology and haematology 9 FOREWORD IDIBAPS Organisation chart IDIBAPS requires a solid administrative infrastructure to support the state-of-the-art research developed by its researchers. For this reason, IDIBAPS works together with the Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica (FCRB) to ensure efficiency and quality in the services offered to its research staff, in particular, in the areas of research project management and administration. Elías Campo, MD PhD Marga Nadal, PhD Rosa Vilavella Director of IDIBAPS and of FCRB Director of Strategy General Manager Gemma Pedrola Arantxa Fernández Laura Lopera Secretary Secretary Secretary [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] T. +34 93 312 94 11 T.+34 93 227 18 30 T. +34 93 227 18 42 CEK, mezzanine floor CEK, mezzanine floor CEK, mezzanine floor Gemma Llaverías Marta Fernández Head of the Scientific Head of the Human Resources Office Coordination Office Sònia Meléndez Elisenda Vendrell Head of the Accounting and Finance Office Head of the KTT Office Ernest Costa Daniel Arbós Head of the TIC Office Head of the Communication Office Juan Suero Gemma Pascual Head of the Purchasing Head of the Institutional Actions Office and General Services Office Sandra Piquer Guillem Masdeu Coordinator of IDIBAPS laboratories Head of the Legal Office Anna Bosch RESEARCH MANAGEMENT OFFICE Head of IDIBAPS core facilities Sandra Pérez and Biobank coordinator Head of the Pre-Award Office for National Grants Maria Carol Head of the Pre-Award Office for International Grants Judit Martínez Head of the Post-award Grants Office 10 Governance and structure Governance is exercised through the following boards and committees: THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD Miguel Ángel del Pozo Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Conformed by representatives of the External leading scientists chosen by the Cardiovasculares(CNIC), Madrid different institutions of the consortium, Board of Governors, compose this board supervises IDIBAPS actions, budget and to advise IDIBAPS on the different Ciril Rozman results. Its mission is to take scientific scientific issues affecting its activities. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, decisions in consultation with the These leading scientists have in-depth Universitat de Barcelona Scientific Advisory Board, and to evaluate knowledge of the Spanish, European the implementation of the strategic plan. and/or American R+D+I systems as they Jesús San Miguel hold positions in prestigious research Hospital Clínico de Salamanca CHAIRMAN institutions. Francesc Subirada Francisco Sánchez-Madrid General Director, Direcció General de CHAIRMAN Hospital La Princesa, Madrid Recerca, Departament d’ Empresa i Jesús Ávila Coneixement. Generalitat de Catalunya Centro de Biología Molecular Eugenio Santos Severo Ochoa (CBM), Madrid Centro de Investigación del Cáncer (CIC), VICE-CHAIRMAN Salamanca José Carlos Fernández Checa BOARD MEMBERS Director, Instituto de Investigaciones Fernando Arenzana-Seisdedos Antonio Vidal-Puig Biomédicas de Barcelona (IIBB-CSIC) Institut Pasteur, Shangai, China School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK BOARD MEMBERS Bartolomé Celli Albert Barberà Harvard University, Cambridge, UK General Director, Direcció General de Recerca I Innovació en Salut, Departament Francisco Fernández Avilés de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid Domènec Espriu Guadalupe García-Tsao Research Vice-Dean, Universitat de Barcelona Yale Liver Center, New Haven, US Lluís Calvo Ramon Gomis Institutional Coordinator, Consejo Superior de IDIBAPS, Barcelona Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Catalonia Roberto Groszmann Francesc Cardellach Yale University School of Medicine, Dean of the School of Medicine, Universitat de West Haven, US Barcelona José López Barneo Elías Campo Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS) Director, IDIBAPS Carlos López Otín Josep Maria Campistol Universidad de Oviedo General Manager, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona Carlos Macaya Antoni Castells Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid Medical Director, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona Óscar Marín SECRETARY King's College London, UK Lluís Rovira Director, CERCA José M. Mato Centro de Investigación Cooperativa en Biociencias (CIC bioGUNE), Bizcaya Federico Mayor Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Madrid Angel Pellicer NYU School of Medicine, New York, US 11 FOREWORD IDIBAPS THE STEERING COMMITTEE THE INTERNAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE GUEST MEMBERS Montserrat Batlle Which is responsible for the supervision IDIBAPS researchers representing all Works Committee President of the progress achieved by the five research areas advise the IDIBAPS director IDIBAPS research areas, the recruitment to implement the strategic decisions taken Jaume Bosch of new scientists within the framework of by the Board of Governors. Researcher different research programmes, and the Hepatic hemodynamics and portal hypertension evaluation of IDIBAPS training CHAIRMAN programmes. Elías Campo Francesc Cardellach Director Dean of the School of Medicine CHAIRMAN Universitat de Barcelona Elías Campo STEERING COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES Director Josep Maria Llovet Fàtima Crispi Group Leader Researcher MEMBERS Translational research in hepatic oncology Fetal and perinatal medicine Neus Agell Vice-Dean of School of Medicine Joan Carles García-Pagán José Carlos Fernández-Checa and Health Sciences Group Leader Director Universitat de Barcelona Hepatic hemodynamics and portal hypertension Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de Research Deputy Director Barcelona (IIBB-CSIC) Cristina Fillat Hospital Clínic de Barcelona Group Leader Josep M. Gatell Gene therapy and cancer INSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIVES National Coordinator of the RETIC on AIDS Joan Cid Joan Carles García-Pagán Physicians’ Representatives Francesc Graus Group Leader Hospital Clínic de Barcelona Cellex building representative Hepatic hemodynamics and portal hypertension Research Deputy Director Guadalupe Mengod Anna Novials Hospital Clínic de Barcelona Deputy Director Group Leader Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Pathogenesis and prevention of diabetes Josep Maria Llovet de Barcelona (IIBB-CSIC) Group Leader Carmen Peralta Translational research in hepatic oncology AREA REPRESENTATIVES Group Leader AREA 1 Liver transplantation and graft viability Anna Planas Josep Maria Miró, Coordinator Coordinator of the IDIBAPS Research Area 4 Maria Cinta Cid, Representative