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16 Jun | 2023

The PROAD project of the BBRC receives a secondary award of the Scientific Research Award for Health from the hna Foundation

The study seeks to identify proteomic profiles in blood that can predict cognitive decline in people with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

15 Jun | 2023

The use of computer-based cognitive training games is validated to assess the evolution of cognitive capacity in people at high risk of Alzheimer's disease

The results are compiled in a study published in iScience, led by the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute and the Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center, center of the Pasqual Maragall Foundation.

09 Jun | 2023

Jordi Camí, appointed president of the Spanish Research Ethics Committee

The vice-president of the Pasqual Maragall Foundation will head the new independent and consultative body set up by the Ministry of Science and Innovation with the aim of ensuring responsible science and the integrity of its professionals.

08 Jun | 2023

Marta Milà receives the extraordinary prize of doctorate in biomedicine from Pompeu Fabra University

The researcher defended the thesis, developed at the BBRC and focused on biomarkers in preclinical Alzheimer's fluids, in April 2022.

31 May | 2023

We use artificial intelligence to validate a new biomarker of brain aging

The data have been compared with Alzheimer's biomarkers of 2,300 people from four cohorts, including participants without cognitive alterations from the ALFA Study, promoted by the ”la Caixa” Foundation.

30 May | 2023

The BBRC participates in the Euro-PAD neuroimaging symposium

Researchers from the research center of the Pasqual Maragall Foundation have taken part in these conferences dedicated to the latest developments in Alzheimer's research and the future of the European EPAD and AMYPAD projects.

22 May | 2023

Biomarkers in blood lead the way to the future of Alzheimer's research

More than 80 researchers have attended the Biomarkers Workshop, a scientific event with great international impact, organised by the Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center.

12 May | 2023

The European AMYPAD study demonstrates the efficacy of amyloid PET as a diagnostic tool

Thanks to this neuroimaging technique, widely used in the field of research, deposits of the Alzheimer’s disease associated amyloid-β protein in the brain can be detected and evaluated.

11 May | 2023

We launch the BBRC Scientific Seminars, a meeting point to share scientific knowledge

The sessions, directed by the research center of the Pasqual Maragall Foundation, will feature presentations by leading experts in the field of neuroscience.