SEI New Issue. 2025
The Spanish Society for Immunology (SEI) has just released a new edition of its journal, featuring interviews, outreach, research, and much more. I’m sharing with you the interview I did with Dr. Carlos Vilches from the National Transplant Organization (ONT)
June, 2025 (in Spanish)
WORKSHOP
Very interesting workshop with brilliant speakers, including one from Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón @Rafael Correa-Rocha
May, 2025
CONGRESS. Come see us at the SEI Congress in Santander this May, where Sara, Sandra, Sergio, and Jesús will be presenting their latest work!
Latest news: Sandra won the prize for the best oral presentation! We're so proud!
May, 2025
Bringing Science Closer to the Youngest Girls
Our Health Research Institute has invited four young patients from the hospital to interview four of its female researchers on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. One of them is Sandra from our group—very proud of the dedication of young researchers in transmitting their passion!
March, 2025
GIRA joins GESEI to celebrate the importance of having Verónica, Rocío, Esther, Marta, Rebeca, Sara, Sandra, Beatriz, Diana, and Paulina with us.
Have you ever stopped to think about why the presence of women in science is important? Today, on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we highlight the importance of women's presence in this field.
March, 2025
GIRA takes a new step in 2025 by in by joining TERAV+
In 2025, GIRA will already be a member of the TERAV+ network, through the collaborative group led by Maria Eugenia Fernandez Santos. We will be able to learn more from professionals in the field, share our work, and thus contribute our grain of sand to the topic.
January, 2025
Feliz Año 2025!
The GIRA enthusiastically welcomes 2025, looking forward to a time of exciting discoveries, fruitful collaborations, and meaningful progress.
We aspire to a year marked by groundbreaking scientific achievements and bring tangible benefits to communities across the globe.
¡Salud! ¡Alegría y cariño para todos!
December, 2024
New Prize for Esther Bernaldo de Quirós.
Dr. Esther Bernaldo de Quirós, from the LIR group, received the New Talent Award granted by the Chair of Immunology at the Francisco de Vitoria University and Merck Group in the category of Clinical Immunology for the work published in the JEM: 'First-in-human therapy with Treg produced from thymic tissue (thyTreg) in a heart transplant infant'
November, 2024
GEIVEX 2024 Symposium.
Very proud to present two talks on our work, derived from the studies conducted by Dr. Marta Fernandez-Castillo and Leyre Navajo-Gomez, on extracellular vesicles at the 7th GEIVEX Symposium in Palma. As always, the symposium was impeccably organized.
October 22-25th, 2024
New Publication.
High specificity of engineered T cells with third generation CAR (CD28-4-1BB-
CD3-ζ) based on biotin-bound monomeric streptavidin for potential tumor immunotherapy
September 19th, 2024
New Publication.
Design and validation of novel flow cytometry panels to analyze a comprehensive range of peripheral immune cells in mice.
August 13th, 2024
GIRA Outreach Work.
You can follow immunology news in the new journal of the Spanish Society of Immunology (SEI), where we have shared our insights on how extracellular vesicles from cow's milk could potentially be developed into a therapeutic approach in the future.
July 24th, 2024
Oral presentation at AETEL (Spanish Association of Laboratory Technicians)
We are very proud of Verónica Astrid Pérez Fernández, who presented her work at the 35th AETEL Congress in the city of Valladolid.
Presenting your work is important: to learn, share, and enjoy it.
May 17th, 2024
Today we celebrate Immunology Day!
To celebrate the advances made over decades in immunology, such as its impact on organ transplants, innovation in cancer treatments, the characterization of primary immunodeficiencies, the management of autoimmune diseases, the development of vaccines, and allergy treatments.
These are significant advances, but there is still much to uncover about these multifactorial and highly complex diseases.
We remain hopeful, we keep moving forward. Happy Immunology Day!
April 29th, 2024
We welcome Paulina, who completed her undergraduate thesis in our laboratory and is now joining us as a research assistant thanks to a CAM contract under the Youth Employment program.
Welcome, we are sure we will achieve great science together!
February 1st, 2024
We welcome Jesús, who, after completing his undergraduate and master's internships, begins his doctoral thesis with us this month thanks to a PFIS contract from the Carlos III Health Research Institute.
We are excited about his arrival and eager to collaborate in his academic and professional development.
January 3rd, 2024
Feliz Año 2024!
The GIRA warmly welcomes the year 2024, anticipating a period full of discoveries, fruitful collaborations, and significant advances in our mission to contribute to scientific knowledge and innovation
We wish for a year full of scientific advances that enhance our ability to fight diseases, and for these breakthroughs to benefit communities worldwide.
¡Salud! ¡Alegría y cariño para todos!
This international conference is an ideal networking forum for the early drug discovery community, both from Academia and Industry. This year, Marjorie Pion will be the chairwoman of the Cell and Gene Therapies session and Rafael Correa Rocha one of the spearkers. Join us!
Nov 20-21st, 2023
We are very proud to present the new results from the LIR After considerable effort, our team, led by Rafael Correa-Rocha, has developed the world's first cellular therapy using thyTreg for infants undergoing heart transplantation. Deep thanks to the personnel, surgeons, nurses and families who supported this work.
Oct 31st, 2023
Esther Bernaldo-de-Quiros has received a Margarita Salas Research Prize for her thesis in Medicine
Esther, you are leading the first step in the development of cell therapy that will change lives for the better. Very proud!
Oct 10th, 2023
On 29th of September
Join us for the European Researchers' Night
speakers: Isabel Cortegano, Raquel Bernardo, Concepción Marañón y Marjorie Pion
Sep 29th, 2023
#callforpapers
New Alternative Gene and Cell Therapies in Hyperinflammatory Diseases
Research Topic now open for submissions!
Editores: Bieke Broux, Fabien Touzot y Marjorie Pion
August 2023
hasta Mayo 2024
We are very proud to be the supervisors of the new Dr. Sergio Gil Manso.
A well-deserved cum laude, as well as the award for best thesis!
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
23rd of June 2023
8th ACT4COVID
CellNex consortium meeting
Barcelona
19th of June 2023
New Publication
Multidimensional analysis of immune cells from COVID-19 patients identified cell subsets associated with the severity at hospital admission
13th June, 2023
Come meet us at the upcoming
Congress of the International
Society of Cell and Gene Therapies!
Paris
May 31–June 3, 2023
