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▄▀ 5.4. International Congress for search in Neurodegenerative Diseases), the VI Con-
Research and Innovation in gress CIIIEN is a forum for exchange on the main ad-
vances in research and treatment of Alzheimer's,
Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIIIEN)
Parkinson's, Huntington's, and other neurodegene-
rative diseases.
During 19th to 21st September 2018, it was held in Ali-
cante, Spain the VI International Congress on Rese- The invited speakers included world leaders such as
arch and Innovation in Neurodegenerative Diseases Harald-Jürgen Hampel (University of the Sorbonne,
(CIIIEN), promoted by the Queen Sofia Foundation France), who spoke about the developments in pre-
in collaboration with CIEN Foundation and CIBER- cision medicine for Alzheimer's disease in his inaugu-
NED. The main objective of CIIIEN is providing a ral lecture; Michael T. Heneka (Medical Research
forum in which to share progress and information of Center of the University of Bonn, Germany), who fo-
interest on neurodegenerative diseases among the cused on the relationship between the innate as-
scientific community.
pects of the immune system and Alzheimer's disease;
and Adriano Chiò (University of Turin, Italy), who del-
The CIIIEN, created in 2013, definitely consolidates ved into the role of cognitive phenotypes. In addi-
the two major scientific conferences on neurode- tion to the intervention of the scientific director of
generative diseases organized in Spain: the Interna- CIEN Foundation and CIBERNED, Jesús Ávila, and the
tional Symposium on Advances in Alzheimer's deputy scientific director, Miguel Medina, the Con-
Disease, promoted annually by the Queen Sofia gress included internationally recognized speakers,
Foundation and CIEN Foundation, and the CIBER- including Isabel Fariñas (University of Valencia),
NED Scientific Forum, which brought together every whose presentation focused on the effects of cer-
year the research groups constituting the CIBER in tain extracellular proteins in the stem cells; Ángel Ca-
Neurodegenerative Diseases. Unifying both con- rracedo (University of Santiago de Compostela),
gresses was a first step in creating a new operating with a work on the search of genes involved in neu-
structure in the two main institutions devoted to re- rodegenerative diseases, and José Luis Labandeira-
search on neurological and neurodegenerative di- García.
seases in Spain: the CIEN Foundation and CIBERNED,
both dependent on the Ministry of Science, Innova- Likewise, and responding to the vocation to pro-
tion and Universities through the Carlos III Institute of mote the training of young researchers of CIBERNED,
Health. This new structure seeks greater effectiveness the Young Researcher Award was awarded during
and efficiency in research, favoring an interaction the congress to Julia Pose Utrilla, who made presen-
between the different research groups. ted the study which has been granted such recog-
nition.
This sixth edition of CIIIEN was held at the Faculty of
Medicine of the University of Santiago de Compos- In short, this event is consolidated in its sixth edition as
tela and during three intense days of presentations a meeting point for the best national and interna-
and sharing of knowledge, gathered well over a tional leading experts in neurodegenerative disea-
hundred international experts. Organized by the ses, enabling sharing of knowledge, working
Queen Sofia Foundation, CIEN Foundation (Founda- methods, new advances and discoveries, in a field in
tion Center for Research in Neurological Diseases) which international cooperation between institutions
and CIBERNED (Network Center for Biomedical Re- is decisive for obtaining optimal results in research.

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