Projects

IrsiCaixa is involved in a hundred national and international research projects active each year, funded by both public and private entities.

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Preclinical evaluation of immunoregulatory molecules in combination with latency reactivators for the development of new HIV-1 erradication strategies

Project status

Ongoing

Start/End

2015

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2018

Principal investigator

Julia García Prado

Financing entity

Ministry of the Economy and Competitiveness - Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII) - FEDER. PI14/01058
Characterisation of single molecule dynamics within HIV-1 reservoirs as a target for interference with virus persistence and immune evasion

Project status

Ongoing

Start/End

2019

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2020

Principal investigator

Javier Martínez-Picado

Jakub Chojnacki

Financing entity

European Comission (H2020)
Identificación de los biomarcadores predictivos del reservorio del VIH y del deterioro neurocognitivo mediate el uso de ómicas

Project status

Ongoing

Start/End

2018

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2020

Principal investigator

Christian Brander

Financing entity

Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness
GUMICHIP - Gut-Microbiota-on Chip for precision medicine

Project status

Ongoing

Start/End

2019

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2021

External researchers

Rosa Villa (IMB-CNM-CSIC)

Strategic lines

Microbiome

Financing entity

MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE

Project reference: RTI2018-096786-B-I00
Role of host immune factors as potential biomarkers for predicting response and resistance acquisition to palbociclib-based treatment in metastatic hormono sensitive breast cancer

Project status

Ongoing

Start/End

2021

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2021

Principal investigator

Ester Ballana Guix

External researchers

Mireia Margelí

Participating entities

ICO, IGTP, B-ARGO

Strategic lines

Cancer

Emerging infectious diseases

Financing entity

Pfizer
SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in institutionalized elders: the challenge for a long-term immunity
Project status

Ongoing

Start/End

2020

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2023

Principal investigator

Marta Massanella Luna

Participating entities

Direcció d’Atenció Primària – Metropolitana Nord (DAP-MN)
Fight AIDS and Infectious Diseases Foundation (FLS)
Germans Trias i Pujol Institute (IGTP)
Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol
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Identifying ‘communicome’ profiles associated with HIV control

Project status

Ongoing

Start/End

2013

Principal investigator

Marta Ruiz Riol

Christian Brander

Strategic lines

Microbiome

Global infectious diseases

Financing entity

Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation

This project investigates cytokine plasma level patterns and their association with relative HIV control and host innate and cellular immunity.
LKR155762 Combine use of vaccines an immune check blockers to boost CTL activity against the reservoir

Project status

Ongoing

Start/End

2017

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2019

Principal investigator

Julia García Prado

Financing entity

MSD
Engineered enveloped VLPs with high-density antigen coating. A proof of concept for their application to animal health

Project status

Ongoing

Start/End

2018

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2019

Principal investigator

Julià Blanco Arbués

Financing entity

Laboratorios Hipra, SA
RETIRE HIV, P01 Role of reservoir composition and T cell immunity in HIV rebound kinetics

Project status

Ongoing

Start/End

2017

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2022

Principal investigator

Christian Brander

External researchers

Dennis Hartigan-O'Connor

Participating entities

University of California, Davis, Irsicaixa

Financing entity

NIH-NIAID