2024/05/29

CIC bioGUNE receives medical students from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos

The Cooperative Research Center in Biosciences, CIC bioGUNE – member of BRTA – has welcomed a group of medical students from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, Brazil. As part of the mandatory Experiences program in their final year, the university establishes agreements to visit leading universities, research centers, and health centers around the world. In this context, UNISINOS chose the University of Deusto and the CIC bioGUNE center to learn about the training and research activities carried out there.

Following the introduction of the center by Jesús Jiménez-Barbero, the scientific director of the center, Edurne Berra, Principal Investigator in the Cancer Cell Signaling and Metabolism Laboratory, provided a detailed explanation of the collaboration program between the center and the University of Deusto. This collaboration aims to contribute to the training of future doctors and highlight the importance of cooperation between both parties for the development of more precise medicine in the future.

After the presentation, the students toured the center's five different technological platforms, starting with the Genome Analysis platform, familiarizing themselves with the tools and techniques used to unravel the mysteries of the human genome and its role in health and disease. The tour included proteomics, metabolomics, electron microscopy, crystallography, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) platforms.

Additionally, the students had the opportunity to visit the Bioinformatics unit led by Urko Martinez Marigorta, Ikerbasque Group Leader in Integrative Genomics. Dr. Martinez Marigorta underscored the potential of bioinformatics in CIC bioGUNE's research, emphasizing the importance of an integrative -omics perspective to contribute to the successful implementation of precision medicine solutions in the Basque Country.

This immersive experience provided the students with invaluable insights into the exciting realm of biomedical research and underscored the significance of international collaboration in the pursuit of meaningful scientific advancements. 

About CIC bioGUNE
The Centre for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), member of the Basque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA), located in the Bizkaia Technology Park, is a biomedical research organisation conducting cutting-edge research at the interface between structural, molecular and cell biology, with a particular focus on generating knowledge on the molecular bases of disease, for use in the development of new diagnostic methods and advanced therapies.

About Ikerbasque
Ikerbasque - Basque Foundation for Science - is the result of an initiative of the Department of Education of the Basque Government that aims to reinforce the commitment to scientific research by attracting, recovering and consolidating excellent researchers from all over the world. Currently, it is a consolidated organization that has 290 researchers/s, who develop their work in all fields of knowledge.

About BRTA
BRTA is an alliance of 4 collaborative research centres (CIC bioGUNE, CIC nanoGUNE, CIC biomaGUNE y CIC energiGUNE) and 13 technology centres (Azterlan, Azti, Ceit, Cidetec, Gaiker, Ideko, Ikerlan, Leartiker, Lortek, Neiker, Tecnalia, Tekniker y Vicomtech) with the main objective of developing advanced technological solutions for the Basque corporate fabric.

With the support of the Basque Government, the SPRI Group and the Provincial Councils of the three territories, the alliance seeks to promote collaboration between the research centres, strengthen the conditions to generate and transfer knowledge to companies, contributing to their competitiveness and outspreading the Basque scientific-technological capacity abroad.

BRTA has a workforce of 3,500 professionals, executes 22% of the Basque Country's R&D investment, registers an annual turnover of more than 300 million euros and generates 100 European and international patents per year.

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