Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) Areas of research: Myocardial Pathophysiology, Vascular Pathophysiology and, Cellular and Developmental Biology. Location: Madrid Website: www.cnic.es/en; Contact: www.cnic.es/en/contacto
The Spanish National Center of Cardiovascular Research is a leading international centre for cardiovascular research established through a pioneering leadership and a research strategy that cuts across disciplinary boundaries (please see Fuster et al. The CNIC: A Successful Vision in Cardiovascular Research. Circ Res. 119(7):785-9, 2016). • The CNIC, directed by leading cardiologist and internationally renowned scientist Dr Valentín Fuster, is a public biomedical research foundation funded through a pioneering public-private partnership between the Spanish Government and the Pro CNIC Foundation (which currently includes 14 of the most important private Spanish companies not related to the biotechnology or biopharmaceutical sectors). • The CNIC was created by the Spanish Government as an international reference centre for cardiovascular research, and is distinguished with the “Severo Ochoa” award. The CNIC’s performance is evaluated every year by an independent panel of leading international biomedical scientists (Scientific Advisory Board). • The CNIC’s MISSION is to improve cardiovascular health by advancing scientific knowledge and its effective transfer to clinical applications, and by discovering and providing specialized training to talented researchers. • The Centre has 28,144 m2 of floor space dedicated to research, equipped with unrivalled advanced imaging technology. • The CNIC is a young centre: more than three-quarters of the researchers have been recruited since 2007. The CNIC currently has a staff of around 450 people. The CNIC is organized to maximize close collaboration between basic and clinical researchers and structured into two interconnected research departments: Basic Research and Clinical Research. These two departments coordinate the activity of 6 interconnected multidisciplinary programmes which are grouped into 3 Research Areas: • Vascular Pathophysiology Area (Programmes in Vascular Biology and Signaling & Inflammation). • Myocardial Pathophysiology Area (Programmes in Myocardial Biology and Cardiovascular Metabolism).
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