New therapeutic approaches for colorectal cancer

CNS2024-154649 — Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICIU)

Spanish government funding supporting the consolidation of the group and its drug-discovery work over two years.

Targeting actin protrusions

PREP2022-000642 — Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación / Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI)

A four-year national fellowship supporting PhD student Irene Olivas Cano.

Irene Olivas Cano

FLIP-ACTIN: Flipping the coin — ‘Actin’ for good

PID2022-140899NB-I00 — Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación / Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI)

Investigates how to stop cancer cell invasion by studying the mechanisms of cell migration linked to metabolism. The grant supports a research assistant and a four-year PhD fellowship.

Towards understanding the molecular basis of colorectal cancer in young adults

CIACIF/2022/410 — Generalitat Valenciana, Conselleria d'Innovació

A competitive regional programme covering the salary of PhD student Rabe’ah Almhassneh.

Rabe'ah Almhassneh, SEBBM conference

Intramural fellowships

CIPF

Fellowships supporting lab members in developing new skills through workshops abroad, including at the Institut Curie (Paris) and the company ProtoQSAR.

Cytoskeletal Coordination mediated by APC in collective cell migration

CIDEGENT2021/026 — Generalitat Valenciana, Conselleria d'Innovació ("Returning Excellent Talent" programme)

Enabled Dr María Ángeles Juanes to establish her research group at CIPF in 2022, 14 years after completing her PhD.

CIPF, Valencia

Molecular coordination between cytoskeletal networks in cell migration and its impacts on development and disease

SBF006/1070 — The Academy of Medical Sciences (UK)

A Springboard Award supporting Dr Juanes’s early-career research; it funded her first lab at the National Horizons Centre, Teesside University, in 2021.

Investigation and modelling of cytoskeletal activity in APC mutated bowel cancer

Teesside University, School of Health and Life Sciences (UK)

A fully funded PhD fellowship; Lautaro Baro is conducting his PhD at the National Horizons Centre.

Lautaro Baro presenting his work