About our Co-Sponsors

The ISSCR values the opportunity to highlight and explore Barcelona’s stem cell community and collaborate with the ISSCR 7th Annual Meeting Co-Sponsors the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and the Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona (CMRB). Spain has a long-standing tradition in biomedical research and has recently seen a large-scale increase in investment in areas related to stem cell research. 

The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) is an international biomedical research center set up by an initiative of the Government of Catalonia, with the participation of the University Pompeu Fabra and the Spanish Ministry of Education & Science. The aim of the CRG is to become an international reference point for basic biomedical research. With this purpose, the center has groups working in the area of stem cells and cellular reprogramming in the blood, muscle and skin. It also hosts additional groups in related areas, such as in gene regulation and epigenetics, development and cell biology, systems biology and bioinformatics. More information at www.crg.es.

The Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona (CMRB) is a nationwide initiative for stem cell research, which is a joint venture between the Spanish Government and the Government of Catalonia.  The CMRB has a research center with basic and applied research programs in developmental biology and regenerative medicine. In addition to its intramural research activities, the CMRB nucleates stem cell research in Catalonia, hosts one of the three nodes of the Spanish National Stem Cell Bank and is the scientific coordinator of the EU-funded European Registry of Human Embryonic Stem Cells. More information at www.cmrb.eu.

Updated October 24, 2008