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3/ ¿Qué reciben los fellows?

💼 18 meses de contrato laboral a tiempo completo en spin-offs de #CaixaImpulse.
🎓 Curso intensivo y título oficial en Innovación en Salud con la BSM-UPF.
🧭 Executive Coaching con LeMoon Partners para facilitar el salto al entorno empresarial.
November 4, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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1/ At the #laCaixaFoundation, we have been promoting knowledge and technology transfer for years through our #CaixaImpulse programme, which helps promising biomedical projects to make a real impact on society.

Today we are taking this a step further with the Technology Transfer Offices Call. 🧵👇
October 30, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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🎉 La Fundació ”la Caixa” finança quatre projectes de salut amb participació de l’IBEC, dos d’ells liderats per l’institut. Seleccionats a les convocatòries 2026 #CaixaResearch i #CaixaImpulse 🧵👇
October 20, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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1/ ⏱️ Centralized blood tests for PKU are slow and risk severe neurological damage. 

Tiago Cordeiro develops BIOHUBs, a portable biosensor using engineered enzyme droplets to monitor phenylalanine levels >1,000x faster, supported by the #CaixaImpulse Innovation call.

https://tinyurl.com/466x2tke
October 19, 2026 at 1:25 PM
gabolab.bsky.social
Very excited about this CaixaImpulse Award by @caixaresearch.bsky.social to develop new diagnostic tools for strongyloidiasis, a neglected tropical disease affecting hundreds of millions over the world.

Congratulations Claudio Parolo (Universitat Rovira i Virgili) and Jose Muñoz @isglobal.org!!
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#bioGUNE_News | 🌍 DNA nanotechnology & AI against strongyloidiasis

#SEROStrongy gets €51k from @caixaresearch.bsky.social for a rapid, low-cost diagnostic test. Led by URV Solidària #CICbioGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance - BRTA & ISGlobal

🎉 Congrats!
🔗 https://ow.ly/VmYH50ZXXuE
October 19, 2026 at 9:35 AM
urv.cat
🔝Un projecte impulsat per l’investigador de la #URV Claudio Parolo rep una de les beques  #CaixaImpulse d’Innovació 2026. La iniciativa se centra en una malaltia tropical provocada per un paràsit que afecta uns 600 milions de persones al món.

@caixaresearch.bsky.social 

👉https://lix.li/IetvDH
L’investigador Claudio Parolo, al laboratori del grup de recerca Interfibio de la URV.
October 20, 2026 at 6:24 AM
ciberisciii.bsky.social
¡Enhorabuena a Óscar Yanes, investigador #CIBERDEM como parte del proyecto seleccionado en la Convocatoria CaixaImpulse de Innovación en Salud!👏
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blog.caixaresearch.org/80-proyectos...
October 20, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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Complex flow cytometry analysis is time-consuming and causes result variability. 

Supported by the #CaixaImpulse Innovation call, @angelgm.eurosky.social (@cnb-csic.bsky.social) develops a digital twin platform to streamline workflows and cut redundant lab experiments.

https://tinyurl.com/466x2tke
October 19, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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1/ Traditional chemotherapy often presents drug resistance limitations.

🎯 With #CaixaImpulse Innovation's support, Jesús Bañales (@biogipuzkoa.bsky.social) is developing next-gen agents that break cancer cells' DNA at multiple sites to overcome this limitation.

https://tinyurl.com/466x2tke
October 19, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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🔬 How to block aggressive liver cancer? 

Supported by #CaixaImpulse Innovation, @mmalumbres.bsky.social (@vhio.bsky.social) develops neoCDK, a therapeutic strategy that triggers DNA damage in cancer cells & halts tumor growth by inhibiting CDK proteins, crucial for tumor survival.
October 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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🧬 Current therapies manage blood glucose but don't fix failure in insulin-releasing cells.
@mirimiam.bsky.social (@upf.edu) targets microexon splicing to restore cell function in severe diabetes and other endocrine complications, with a #CaixaImpulse Innovation grant. 👇

https://tinyurl.com/466x2tke
October 19, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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1/ Ultra-fast FLASH radiotherapy can control tumors while sparing healthy tissue but requires strict delivery verification. 

​Backed by the #CaixaImpulse Innovation call, Faustino Gómez develops a quality assurance system to make FLASH cancer treatment safe & reliable.

https://tinyurl.com/466x2tke
October 19, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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🦵 Knee cartilage damage limits mobility for millions. 

With the support of the #CaixaImpulse Innovation call, @noliva77.bsky.social develops Chondrogel to speed up recovery ➡️​ a minimally invasive solution designed to stabilize the joint and support cartilage repair.

https://tinyurl.com/466x2tke
October 19, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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1/ 🩸 Pancreatic, lung & stomach cancers are often caught too late.

With a #CaixaImpulse Innovation grant, Oscar Pozo develops a simple blood-based test detecting specific early disease signatures to boost survival rates and enable mass screening programs.

https://tinyurl.com/466x2tke
October 19, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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🩸 To overcome CAR-T costs, antigen escape & safety risks, Rafael Moreno (@idibell.bsky.social), with the support of the #CaixaImpulse Innovation call, develops THOR: a UniCAR-T scalable technology combining a reusable cell product with adaptable switch molecules.

https://tinyurl.com/466x2tke
October 19, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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1/ 🌏​🪱 Strongyloidiasis affects 600M people, but tests lack accuracy. 

Claudio Parolo develops SERO-Strongy, a rapid test using DNA scaffolds & AI-designed antigens to provide clear diagnostics in low-resource settings, backed by the #CaixaImpulse Innovation call. 👇

https://tinyurl.com/466x2tke
October 19, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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👉 Alfonso Calvo fights therapy resistance in hard-to-treat solid tumors.

✅ Supported by the #CaixaImpulse Innovation call, he has created first-in-class PROTAC compounds that trigger cell death by completely degrading tumor-driving proteins instead of blocking them.

https://tinyurl.com/466x2tke
October 19, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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HRD is a condition that predicts tumor treatment response, but standard tests fail when tumor content is low, as in cfDNA in plasma.

With a #CaixaImpulse Innovation grant, A. Vivancos (@vhio.bsky.social) develops a fast liquid & tissue biopsy tool for HRD detection.

https://tinyurl.com/466x2tke
October 19, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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Thank you @caixaresearch.bsky.social search for supporting MEDAL through #CaixaImpulse! We’re working to turn microbiome science into a non-invasive test to improve anal and cervical cancer prevention for people with HIV. @infecciosasryc
www.climb-microbiome.org
CLIMB — CLinical Innovation from the huMan microBiome
Grupo de investigación en aplicaciones clínicas del microbioma. H.U. Ramón y Cajal / IRYCIS.
www.climb-microbiome.org
October 19, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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Metastases cause most cancer-related deaths. @valientelab.bsky.social (@cniostopcancer.bsky.social) creates TheraCluster, a molecular profiling tool converting metastatic heterogeneity into defined therapeutic clusters, supported by the #CaixaImpulse Innovation call.

https://tinyurl.com/466x2tke
October 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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🦠 K. pneumoniae causes severe, antibiotic-resistant infections.

With #CaixaImpulse Innovation's support, M. López Siles (@univgirona.bsky.social) develops KlebsiGene, a DNA vaccine combining antigens to boost immunity against different strains.

https://tinyurl.com/466x2tke
October 19, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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🧠 With the #CaixaImpulse Innovation call support, @beppebattaglia.bsky.social (@ibecbarcelona.eu) creates dePROTEIN: nanomedicine to restore blood-brain barrier clearance and sweep protein aggregates in FTD, extending a proven Alzheimer's disease platform. 👇

https://tinyurl.com/466x2tke
October 19, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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🧠 BCIs often fail outside labs.

Backed by the #CaixaImpulse Innovation call, Nuno Garcia (@cienciasulisboa.bsky.social) combines brain signals with physiological and behavioral context to make BCIs reliable for neurological movement & speech impairment.

https://tinyurl.com/466x2tke
October 19, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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1/ Diabetic foot complications can lead to severe infections and amputations. 🦶

Supported by the #CaixaImpulse Innovation call, Raquel Leirós develops 3D-FootCare, 3D-printed orthoses tailored to individual biomechanics to optimize pressure distribution & protect feet.

https://tinyurl.com/466x2tke
October 19, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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🩺 To avoid invasive procedures in vulnerable groups such as HIV patients, @serranovillar.bsky.social leads MEDAL ➡️ a non-invasive microbiome-derived metabolites assay for improved anal cancer & cervical cancer prevention, supported by the #CaixaImpulse Innovation call.

https://tinyurl.com/466x2tke
October 19, 2026 at 1:55 PM