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El pasado 11 de diciembre se celebró la Jornada de Investigación e Innovación del Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), en la que cada año se entregan las ayudas intramurales del Instituto. Estas ayudas son bolsas de viaje para movilidad internacional a residentes investigadores, para la contratación de personal facultativo para formarse en investigación y los premios Rector Manuel López para los más destacados grupos consolidados, emergentes y asociados.

Este año nuestro grupo Metabolism and Cancer Stem Cells ha recibido la ayuda Rector Manuel López al mejor grupo emergente del Instituto, dotada con 15000 euros a destinar en la contratación de personal en el año 2021. Nos sentimos orgullosas de nuestros logros este año 2020, un año tan raro para todos, que nos han permitido competir por esta ayuda. De hecho, después de lo que hemos luchado por conseguir el objetivo óptimo de nuestra campaña Precipita para alargar el contrato a nuestra predoc Bea, esta ayuda la recibimos como caida del cielo… ¡Las nuevas incorporaciones son un lujo raro para grupos jóvenes como el nuestro, y esperamos con ilusión al nuevo miembro de nuestro equipo!

¡Gracias IIS Aragón por apoyar a vuestros investigadores, es un orgullo pertenecer a este Instituto!

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On December 11^th it was celebrated the Research and Innovation Session of the Health Research Institute Aragon (IIS Aragon), when the intramural prizes from the Institute are awarded. These awards consist on international travel grants for research interns, grants for recruitment of physicians wishing to undergo research training and the Rector Manuel López awards for the best consolidated, junior and associated groups.

This year our group Metabolism and Cancer Stem Cells received the Rector Manuel López Award to best junior group in the Institute, awarded with 15000 to hire support research personnel during 2021. We feel really proud of our accomplishments in 2020, a really strange year for everyone, allowing us to compete for and win this award. In fact, after all our effots to get to the optimal objective from the Precipita campaing to extend our predoc Bea´s contract, this award is heaven-sent. New additions to a research group are a luxury for young groups like ours, and we are eager to meet the new member of the team!

Thank you IIS Aragon for supporting your researchers, we are very proud of being part of this Institute!

We were invited to the AECC 2019 Award Ceremony to officially receive the Worldwide Award. This ceremony takes place every year on September 24th, the World Cancer Research Day, to acknowledge the role of scientific research in the improvement on cancer patients outcomes. The public ceremony, chaired by the Spanish Queen Letizia and the president of AECC, reviewed the position of Spanish research in the cancer field in Europe.

Later on, there was a private ceremony in which all the awardees were offered a personalised commemorative painting by the main representatives of the AECC.

In this article, we review the role of mitochondria in chemoresistant cells in terms of metabolic rewiring and function of key mitochondria-related proteins.

You can download it here!!

Since our WCR grant is finally official, our communication department made a great job diffusing the news everywhere!! We have been featured in newspapers, radio and even TV! It was a great experience and an amazing opportunity to make the project known for general public.

Find some links below:

TV: Aragón TV noticias (min 21:03), Buenos días Aragón (live interview, min 17:52)

Newspapers: el Heraldo de Aragón, el Diario, la Vanguardia…

To promote the AECC walk (Spanish charity against cancer) and raise funds, we interviewed for local press… a great experience! Feedback received has been amazing. Read the article here! (In Spanish)