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TV3’s Telethon 2012 dedicated to cancer will fund seven IDIBAPS projects

The TV3 Telethon Foundation held this evening a ceremony at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, where they presented the projects selected to be funded by the TV3 Telethon 2012 (Marató de TV3), dedicated to cancer. This initiative, which combines scientific divulgation and fundraising, is an effort of the Catalan TV station which annually, since 1992, discovers the best of society and research institutions. In its last edition it collected over 12 milion euros, now distributed in 42 research projects which underwent a rigorous evaluation process. Here we present the seven IDIBAPS projects chosen to be funded.

The event was presented by journalists Ariadna Oltra and Oscar Dalmau, the conductors of the latest edition of the telethon which lasted over 15 hours. The presentation was attended by Brauli Duart, director of the Catalan Broadcasting Corporation and the Board of the TV3 Marathon Foundation, Jaume Casals, director of UPF, and Boi Ruiz, Minister of Health of the Generalitat of Catalonia. All of them underlined the importance of the TV3 Marathon.

The IDIBAPS projects that receive funding from the TV3 Telethon 2012 are:

  • Dra. Patricia Perez Galan IDIBAPS Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer Dr. Peter McCormick Facultat de Biologia UB Dr. Joan Bosch Cartes Facultat de Farmàcia UB Bifunctional compounds against cannabinoid receptors and chemokines to inhibit cell proliferation and interactions in the tumor microenvironment 399.631,25 €

  • Dra. Carmen Balañá Quintero Institut Català d'Oncologia Badalona Dra. Núria de la Iglesia Zaragoza IDIBAPS Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer Dr. Francesc Alameda Quitllet Hospital del Mar Gene expression profile (GEP) of glioblastoma, including lincrna (large intergenic non-coding RNA) in a homogeneous population: correlation with immunophenotype, radiology, results. 393.380 €

  • Dr. Francisco Lozano Soto IDIBAPS Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer Dra. Gloria González Aseguinolaza Centro para la Investigación Médica Aplicada Pamplona Dra. Yvonne Saenger Mount Sinai School of Medicine NY Lymphocyte soluble scavenger receptor as new immunomodulatory agents in cancer 350.000 €

  • Dra. Susana Puig Sardà IDIBAPS Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer Dra. Rosa Maria Martí Laborda Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova Lleida Dra. Àngels Fabra Fres IDIBELL Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge Dr. Santiago Nonell Marrugat Institut Químic de Sarrià URL Dr. Joaquín Dopazo Blázquez Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe València Implementation of personalized medicine based on genetic susceptibility and molecular signatures in tumor in cutaneous melanoma: identification of new targets for the treatment of melanoma. 324.750 €

  • Dr. Antonio Postigo IDIBAPS Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer ZEB proteins in tumor progression. ZEB1 and ZEB2 role in oncogenic transformation, benign-malignant transition and proliferation and survival of cancer cells 200.000 €

    • Dra. Sílvia M. Beà Bobet IDIBAPS Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer Analysis of whole genomes and exomes of primary mantle cell lymphoma 199.995 €

  • Dra. Virginia Amador Espinosa IDIBAPS Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer Characterization of the molecular mechanisms of the oncogenic transcription factor SOX11 in aggressive mantle cells lymphoma 195.026,25 €

We want to congratulate our winners, all researchers from other institutions who had their work recognized with one of these projects, and the TV3 Telethon, an important boost for Research in Catalonia.