Research groups and platforms

Lab teams & Core units

Genesis of cancer

This program covers the molecular aspects of cancers occurring beyond the bone marrow, blood or lymphoid tissues. This will include most relevant solid cancers such as breast, lung and liver cancer and study aspects that are relevant for all cancers but more accessible in solid cancers, such as inflammatory processes. The program also covers the study of cancer stroma and non-cancerous diseases sharing molecular causes and physiologic aspects with cancer.

Cancer Genetics
Montse Sánchez-Céspedes

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Cancer Heterogeneity and Hierarchies
Verónica Rodilla

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Chromatin Biology Laboratory
Àlex Vaquero

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Endothelial Pathobiology And Microenvironment
Mariona Graupera

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Epigenetics and Immune Disease
Esteban Ballestar

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Immunohematology and Glycobiology
Fumiichiro Yamamoto

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Lymphoid malignancies

This program covers all malignancies emerging from the lymphoid lineage and its tissues including acute lymphoblastic leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. For solid tissues, we will leverage the power of spatial transcriptomics to dissect the interactions of malignant cells with their microenvironment.

3D Chromatin Organization
Biola M. Javierre
Fellow awarded, no longer eligible/p>

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Cellular Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy
Javier Briones

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Cellular Systems Genomics
Elisabetta Mereu
Fellow awarded, no longer eligible

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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Carolina Moreno

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Lymphocyte Development And Disease
Maribel Parra

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Nuclear Architecture in Leukemia
Gregoire Stik

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Stem Cell Biology, Developmental Leukemia and Immunotherapy
Pablo Menéndez

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Myeloid neoplasms

This program covers acute myeloid leukemias as well as other myeloid malignancies originating in the bone marrow such as myelodysplastic syndromes and myeloproliferative neoplasms. We will study these diseases in the context of bone marrow as a complex tissue and consider clonal evolution as an early step.

Chromatin, Metabolism and Cell Fate
Marcus Buschbeck

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Descriptive and Analytical Epidemiology of Cancer
Rafael Marcos-Gragera

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Epigenetic Control of Hematopoiesis
José Luís Sardina

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Myeloid Neoplasms
Blanca Xicoy & Lurdes Zamora

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Hematological Diseases, Transplant and Cell Therapy
Jordi Sierra

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Leukemia and Immuno-Oncology
Laura Belver
Fellow awarded, no longer eligible

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Transcriptional Dynamics in Leukemia
Sergi Cuartero
Fellow awarded, no longer eligible

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Transplantation and immunotherapy

This program covers all aspects of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation including the immunological complications of allogenic transplants such as graft versus host disease. The program further addresses all aspects of immunotherapy including cell-based therapies (NK, MSC, CAR-T) and immune check point inhibitors.

Barcelona Endothelium Team
Enric Carreras

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Senior group leader
Álvaro Urbano - Ispizua

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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology (LMCB)
Vincenzo Calvanese

Core Units

Sample Handling Circuit Unit
Francesc Sole

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Cell Immortalization
Carolina De La Torre

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Proteomics Unit
Carolina De La Torre
Fellow awarded, no longer eligible

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