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Creation of the Iberian Neuropathology Working Group, in which the Span- ish Neuropathology Club (Coordinated by Dr. Alberto Rábano) and the Por- tuguese Neuropathology Society participate jointly (Salamanca, October 2019).
Initiation of the determinations of salivary Lactoferrin as an Alzheimer’s dis- ease marker in Down syndrome.
Collaboration agreement with the Dementia Unit of the Princess Leonor Hos- pital for the creation of a cohort of patients with mild cognitive impairment with clinical study and markers in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid of patients.
Collaboration with the “Severo Ochoa” Molecular Biology Center for the study of microRNAs and proteins in tear fluid from patients with mild cogni- tive impairment and dementia.
VII Edition of the International Congress on Research and Innovation in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIIIEN) in collaboration with the Queen Sofia Foundation and CIBERNED. This annual event, consolidated as the Interna- tional Congress of reference in our country in the area of neurodegenera- tive diseases, was held in Valencia on September 17-20 with It was held in this edition in Valencia from September 17 to 20 with great media coverage. There were many media that echoed the development of this international congress, with broadcasts on TV such as Antena 3, publications in agencies such as Europa Press or EFE; specialized media in health and research such as ConSalud.es; and on national daily press such as La Razón.
Planning, organization and launch of the 1st edition of the Memorables Film Festival, the first short film festival dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease, whose main objective is to show and promote the creation and dissemination of short films that have Alzheimer’s disease as a common thread. 15 candidate short films participated. A dissemination campaign was also developed on social networks, through the hashtag #MemorablesFilmFestival.
Collaboration with Hard Rock Café Madrid in the Hard Rock Memory Series initiative in favor of Alzheimer’s research on the occasion of its 25th anni- versary, in which 25 national and international musicians and bands partici- pated. This initiative was complemented by a campaign on social networks through the hashtags # NEURO2020 and # HARDROCKCAFE25.
Launch of the meetings of the Governing Commission for the event of excep- tional public interest “Neurodegenerative Diseases 2020. International Year of Research and Innovation”, established in March 2019, in order to comply with the provisions of the Additional Provision Ninety-seventh of Law 6/2018, of July 3, on General State Budgets for the year 2018.
In June 2019, an agreement was signed to establish a framework for devel- oping relationships to carry out scientific and training activities between the CIEN Foundation, the Carlos III University, the Carlos III Health Institute, and the Carlos III National Cancer Research Center foundations (CNIO, for its
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