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07.10.2026 European Researchers Night 2026: A memorable night for science at CNIO! Great progress has been made in strategies to prevent, detect and cure cancer, but the disease...

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05.10.2026 CNIO Announces Four New Research Positions Funded by “CNIO Friends” Through the CNIO Friends initiative, the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) invites...

CNIO Digital Genomics Group, with Irene Sánchez, José Córdoba, Marcos Díaz-Gay and María del Pilar Gallego. / MadMoviex. CNIO

05.10.2026 Leonardo Grant awarded to Marcos Díaz-Gay to investigate how colorectal cancer in young adults escapes the body’s defenses Colorectal cancer is becoming increasingly common among adults under the age of 50. The reasons...

From left: Fátima Al-Shahrour, co-director of the Master’s programme and head of the Bioinformatics Unit at the CNIO; María José Hernáiz Gómez-Dégano, president of SEBiot; Consuelo Martín de Dios, managing director of the Roche Institute Foundation; Iñaki Imaz Iglesia, Director of the ENS at the ISCIII; and María José Buitrago, Deputy Director-General for Cell Therapy at the ISCIII./ Fundación Insituto Roche

30.09.2026 Fundación Instituto Roche recognises ISCIII, CNIO, BSC-CNS and SEBiot for their work in training professionals in Data Science Fundación Instituto Roche has recognised the Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics and Data Science...

23.09.2026 MICIU promotes a National Cancer Data Node to accelerate cancer research The Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIU), through the Carlos III Health...

Luis Paz-Ares, Head of the H12O-CNIO Lung Cancer Clinical Research Unit. / Laura M. Lombardía. CNIO

20.09.2026 Luis Paz-Ares named Doctor of the Year at ABC Salud Awards Luis Paz-Ares, Head of the H12O-CNIO Lung Cancer Clinical Research Unit, has been named Doctor of...

Nicola D’Amelio (right), Fundación Occident Visiting Professor, with Jorge Martínez Torrecuadrada, head of the CNIO Protein Production Unit. /MadMoviex. CNIO

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13.08.2026 What if cancer treatment came with a yogurt? Chemist Nicola D’Amelio is developing a new idea at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre...

MamoRisk team at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO). From left: Cindy Katherin Huertas, Guillermo Pita, Anna González Neira and Sara Sánchez. / MadMoviex. CNIO

Translational
20.07.2026 MamoRisk. MamoRisk project to validate in Spain a new breast cancer risk prediction model The mammograms currently offered by Spain’s National Health System to women according to their age...

CNIO researchers Rafael Fernández Leiro and Marisol Soengas. /Laura M. Lombardía. CNIO

Translational
02.07.2026 CNIO to seek drugs to extend the effectiveness of immunotherapy to more tumors, using a strategy selected by the European Research Council Immunotherapy has significantly improved the treatment of aggressive tumors such as melanoma, but in...