Welcome
Welcome to the website of the CellCOM Research Group. Our group is a translational and clinical research group within the Center for Research in Nanomaterials and Biomedicine (CINBIO). Our approaches combine in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo models to conduct pre-clinical studies in age-related diseases and cancer. Our group is a multidisciplinary team that includes basic scientists (predoctoral, postdoctoral fellows and technicians) and clinical researchers such as pathologists, dermatologists, radiologists and surgeons.
Our aims are to understand the physiopathology of connexin-linked diseases (cancer, inflammation, tissue degeneration), to design molecules and new drugs that modulate the activity of specific targets and to identify novel markers of disease prevention, diagnosis and disease management.
We are focused on understanding the role of connexins and pannexins in osteoarthritis, skin wound healing in oncological patients, metastasis and resistance to targeted cancer therapies and immunotherapies. Our final goal is to identify effective therapeutic targets to design specific and successful therapeutic approaches to treat these disorders.
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SEBBM congress in Santander
Sept 2018 We have actively participated in the SEBBM congress in Santander Congratulations to Adrian Varela! his work on melanoma has been selected as oral presentation. María Mayán coordinator of the…
Postdoctoral Research Opportunities
March 2017 Postdoctoral Researcher: MRC Harwell, Oxforshire, UK We are seeking a motivated and outstanding Postdoctoral candidate to join the MRC Harwell. The candidate will work with a multi-disciplinary team in…
Eppendorf Scientific Prize – SEBBM, FEBS3 AWARDS
Oct 2017 Best scientific image of the year, FEBS3 AWARDS The image of Marta Varela Eirín «El panal de comunicación» has been awarded with the Eppendorf Scientific Prize in the XL…
VIII International Young Investigator Meeting
Dic 2017 VIII International Young Investigator Meeting INIBIC, UDC, USC and MUNCYT Coruña A Coruña, 28 December 2017 Web: http://iyimeeting2017.com/Inicio.html
New paper published in Ageing Research Reviews
Dic 2017 This research was performed in collaboration with Manuel Collado and José Ramón Caeiro from IDIS and Silvia Corrochano from MRC-Harwell Ageing Research Reviews Congrats Marta!
Consolidated Group A into INIBIC scientific structure
March 2017 Consolidated Group A into INIBIC scientific structure The CellCOM research group was established as new “associated research group” in 2015 after being evaluated by an internal committee. A few…