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1.2. The CIEN Foundation in 2020 Research Excellence Incorporation
award from the Polytechnic
• CIEN Foundation researchers have University of Madrid.
published 24 scientific papers in • In May, Dr. Miguel Medina is
specialized journals (20% more appointed head of the Department
than in 2019), of which 20 (83.33%) of Biochemistry and Molecular
have been published in journals Genetics.
classified in the first and second
quartiles, with an average impact • The acquisition of a digital ELISA
factor of 6,937. kit (Simoa, Quanterix) for the
determination of biomarkers was
• Celebration of the II edition of approved in November.
the Memorables Film Festival, a
short film festival dedicated to • Adaptation of the work to the
Alzheimer's disease, whose main COVID-19 scenario. New work
objective is to promote the creation organizational systems have been
and dissemination of short films introduced to adapt as best as
that have this disease as a common possible to the new situation.
thread. E.g.: implementation of hygiene
and prevention measures in the
• The ISCIII Research Professor and workplace included in the action
CIBERNED Principal Investigator, plan against COVID-19, flexible
Miguel Calero, is appointed hours, promotion of working from
Scientific Director of the CIEN home, organization of the shifts
Foundation.
and new shift registration system.
• Commemoration of the 10th • Incorporation of the beneficiary
anniversary of the inauguration of the Queen Sofia Foundation-
of the CIEN Foundation Tissue Mapfre 2020 fellowship, to carry out
Bank (BT-CIEN). During these 10 stays at the CIEN Foundation and
years, BT-CIEN's own activity has at the Cologne University Hospital
experienced sustained growth, in Germany.
both in the registration of donors
and the collection of donated brain • A survey of the entire Vallecas
tissue, as well as in the transfer of Project cohort was carried out to
samples to researchers. determine how the SARS-CoV-2
pandemic had impacted the
• Dr. Bryan Strange, director of the elderly population. Subsequently,
CTB-UPM Clinical Neuroscience with the information collected, a
Laboratory and head of the scientific study was carried out,
Neuroimaging area of the CIEN recently published in the journal
Foundation, is awarded the 2020
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