We are very happy to announce we have been selected to receive a grant from La Caixa Foundation to investigate new therapies for mitochondrial disease! It has been a very competitive process, in which only 8 projects were selected out over 150 proposals, so we have some cava in the fridge!
Our project will focus on studying the alterations that occur in a specific area of the brain, the basal ganglia, in mitochondrial pathologies. We suspect that these alterations are caused by signals initiated in the mitochondria that drive cells to their death. Thanks to the funding from La Caixa Foundation (500,000 euros in 3 years), we will investigate how to reverse these signals and look for new therapies.
Cheeeeers!