Scientific Report 2009

Abstract

The last year has been a crucial and exciting period in the growth of the CNIC. Almost 100 new staff joined the Center in 2009, bringing the total personnel from 227 to 319. This growth included the establishment of leading research groups in the departments of Epidemiology (José María Ordovás), Developmental Biology (José Luis de la Pompa and Ignacio Flores), Regenerative Cardiology (José Antonio Enríquez) and Atherothrombosis & Imaging (Vicente Andrés, Borja Ibañez and Luis Jesús Jiménez-Borreguero). In addition to these senior groups, three talented young researchers joined the Center as junior group leaders: Enrique Lara-Pezzi (Developmental Biology), David Sancho Madrid (Vascular Biology and Inflammation) and Beatriz González Gálvez (Regenerative Cardiology). [...]