
{"id":130735,"date":"2025-12-09T11:59:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T10:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibecbarcelona.eu\/zaida-alvarez-awarded-a-prestigious-european-erc-consolidator-grant\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T16:58:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:58:28","slug":"zaida-alvarez-awarded-a-prestigious-european-erc-consolidator-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibecbarcelona.eu\/ca\/zaida-alvarez-guardonada-amb-una-prestigiosa-beca-europea-erc-consolidator","title":{"rendered":"Zaida \u00c1lvarez guardonada amb una prestigiosa beca europea ERC Consolidator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>La investigadora de l&#8217;Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya ha estat guardonada amb una beca &#8220;ERC Consolidator&#8221;. Aquest prestigi\u00f3s finan\u00e7ament europeu dona suport a cient\u00edfics i acad\u00e8mics excel\u00b7lents que estan consolidant els seus equips de recerca independents per desenvolupar les seves idees cient\u00edfiques m\u00e9s prometedores.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2,8 milions d&#8217;euros durant cinc anys permetr\u00e0 a \u00c1lvarez i al seu equip desenvolupar el projecte SPINECRAFT: construir un model de medul\u00b7la espinal humana en 4D d&#8217;alta fidelitat utilitzant bioimpressi\u00f3 avan\u00e7ada i c\u00e8l\u00b7lules derivades de pacients. Aquesta plataforma t\u00e9 com a objectiu transformar l&#8217;estudi de la biologia de la medul\u00b7la espinal, els trastorns neurodegeneratius i les ter\u00e0pies regeneratives, assentant les bases per a aven\u00e7os que abans eren inabastables.<\/strong><a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ibecbarcelona.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0M0A1535_low-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130726 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibecbarcelona.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0M0A1535_low-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ibecbarcelona.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0M0A1535_low-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ibecbarcelona.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0M0A1535_low-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ibecbarcelona.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0M0A1535_low-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ibecbarcelona.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0M0A1535_low.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Zaida \u00c1lvarez Pinto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zaida \u00c1lvarez Pinto<\/strong>, investigadora principal de l&#8217;Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC), ha estat guardonada amb una beca <strong>ERC Consolidator Grant<\/strong>, una de les fonts de finan\u00e7ament m\u00e9s prestigioses i competitives de la Uni\u00f3 Europea. Aquesta beca de recerca, concedida pel Consell Europeu de Recerca (ERC, per les seves sigles en angl\u00e8s), dona suport a cient\u00edfics i acad\u00e8mics excel\u00b7lents en l&#8217;etapa de la seva carrera en la qual estan consolidant els seus equips de recerca independents per desenvolupar les seves idees cient\u00edfiques m\u00e9s prometedores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em><em>Aquest reconeixement marca un moment crucial per a la nostra investigaci\u00f3 i per al camp de la regeneraci\u00f3 de la medul\u00b7la espinal. Per fi disposem de les eines necess\u00e0ries per plantejar preguntes que abans eren inaccessibles i acostar-nos a tractaments reals per als pacients<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zaida \u00c1lvarez Pinto<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c1lvarez forma part de l&#8217;11,3% de candidates i candidats seleccionats a tot Europa, elegits entre les 3121 propostes rebudes en aquesta convocat\u00f2ria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Va comen\u00e7ar la seva traject\u00f2ria cient\u00edfica a l&#8217;IBEC, on va completar el seu doctorat sota la supervisi\u00f3 d<strong>&#8216;Elisabeth Engel<\/strong>. Posteriorment, es va traslladar a la <strong>Universitat Northwestern <\/strong>(EUA), on va continuar el seu treball, primer com a <strong>investigadora postdoctoral <\/strong>i posteriorment com a <strong>professora adjunta<\/strong>. El 2022, va tornar a l&#8217;IBEC gr\u00e0cies a una <strong>beca Ram\u00f3n y Cajal<\/strong> i, nom\u00e9s dos anys despr\u00e9s, va ser nomenada L\u00edder de grup j\u00fanior. Actualment, dirigeix el grup de <a href=\"https:\/\/ibecbarcelona.eu\/biomaterial-for-neural-regeneration\/\"><strong>Biomaterials per a la Regeneraci\u00f3 Neural<\/strong><\/a> com <strong>a investigadora Ram\u00f3n y Cajal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El projecte que es desenvolupar\u00e0 amb aquest nou finan\u00e7ament es denomina \u00abEngineered Humanized Spinal Cord Construct for Advancing Health and Disease Research\u00bb (<strong>SPINECRAFT<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Els models de laboratori actuals del sistema nervi\u00f3s central (SNC) tenen dificultats per reproduir la seva extraordin\u00e0ria complexitat, cosa que limita els aven\u00e7os en la comprensi\u00f3 de les malalties neurol\u00f2giques i neurodegeneratives. Els cultius tradicionals en 2D, els organoides en 3D i els models animals no aconsegueixen captar la intrincada estructura i la funci\u00f3 din\u00e0mica del SNC, la qual cosa alenteix els aven\u00e7os en neuroci\u00e8ncia. SPINECRAFT pret\u00e9n canviar aquesta situaci\u00f3. El projecte crear\u00e0 un <strong>constructe de medul\u00b7la espinal humana en 4D<\/strong> d&#8217;\u00faltima generaci\u00f3 que reflecteixi l&#8217;arquitectura i la funcionalitat de la medul\u00b7la espinal real. Mitjan\u00e7ant la combinaci\u00f3 de t\u00e8cniques avan\u00e7ades d&#8217;imatge, modelitzaci\u00f3 computacional, bioimpressi\u00f3 i biotintes innovadores, l&#8217;equip de recerca fabricar\u00e0 un model d&#8217;alta fidelitat amb c\u00e8l\u00b7lules neuronals i vasculars humanes. Aquesta plataforma no nom\u00e9s permetr\u00e0 realitzar estudis detallats de la biologia de la medul\u00b7la espinal, sin\u00f3 que tamb\u00e9 integrar\u00e0 c\u00e8l\u00b7lules derivades de pacients per recrear entorns espec\u00edfics de malalties, com els que s&#8217;observen en l&#8217;esclerosi lateral amiotr\u00f2fica (ELA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u00abAquest reconeixement marca un moment crucial per a la nostra investigaci\u00f3 i per al camp de la regeneraci\u00f3 de la medul\u00b7la espinal. Amb SPINECRAFT, esperem generar un model hum\u00e0 d&#8217;alta fidelitat que ens permeti estudiar els mecanismes de la malaltia amb una resoluci\u00f3 sense precedents i aplanar el cam\u00ed per a noves estrat\u00e8gies terap\u00e8utiques. Per fi disposem de les eines necess\u00e0ries per plantejar preguntes que abans eren inaccessibles i acostar-nos a tractaments reals per als pacients\u00bb, explica \u00c1lvarez.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aquest ambici\u00f3s enfocament representa un canvi de paradigma en la recerca del SNC. SPINECRAFT establir\u00e0 nous est\u00e0ndards en l&#8217;enginyeria de teixits i obrir\u00e0 les portes a aven\u00e7os en el modelatge de malalties neurodegeneratives i ter\u00e0pies regeneratives, ampliant els l\u00edmits del que \u00e9s possible en neuroci\u00e8ncia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L&#8217;originalitat disruptiva del projecte li ha perm\u00e8s obtenir <strong>800.000 euros addicionals<\/strong>, m\u00e9s enll\u00e0 dels <strong>2 milions d&#8217;euros<\/strong> est\u00e0ndard de la convocat\u00f2ria, dedicats a l&#8217;adquisici\u00f3 d&#8217;<strong>equips especialitzats<\/strong> per a la <strong>bioimpressi\u00f3 multicel\u00b7lular i l&#8217;an\u00e0lisi funcional avan\u00e7ada<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 Aquesta inversi\u00f3 estrat\u00e8gica situa l&#8217; IBEC a l&#8217; avantguarda de la modelitzaci\u00f3 4D de la medul\u00b7la espinal humana, accelerant el potencial transformador de SPINECRAFT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><em>Finan\u00e7at per la Uni\u00f3 Europea. Les opinions i punts de vista expressats s\u00f3n, no obstant aix\u00f2, exclusivament els dels autors i no reflecteixen necess\u00e0riament els de la Uni\u00f3 Europea ni els de l'Ag\u00e8ncia Executiva del Consell Europeu de Recerca. Ni la Uni\u00f3 Europea ni l'autoritat concedent poden ser considerades responsables d'aquests.<\/em><br><br>Aquest treball compta amb el suport d'una subvenci\u00f3 de l'ERC (SPINECRAFT, 101230979).<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"441\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ibecbarcelona.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LOGO_ERC-FLAG_EU-1024x441.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131197 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/441;width:400px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibecbarcelona.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LOGO_ERC-FLAG_EU-1024x441.png 1024w, https:\/\/ibecbarcelona.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LOGO_ERC-FLAG_EU-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/ibecbarcelona.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LOGO_ERC-FLAG_EU-768x331.png 768w, https:\/\/ibecbarcelona.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LOGO_ERC-FLAG_EU-1536x662.png 1536w, https:\/\/ibecbarcelona.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LOGO_ERC-FLAG_EU-2048x882.png 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The researcher at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant. This prestigious European funding supports excellent scientists and scholars who are consolidating their independent research teams to pursue their most promising scientific ideas. The \u20ac2.8 million SPINECRAFT grant, awarded for five years, will enable \u00c1lvarez and her team to build a high-fidelity, 4D human spinal cord model using advanced bioprinting and patient-derived cells. This platform aims to transform the study of spinal cord biology, neurodegenerative disorders, and regenerative therapies, setting the stage for breakthroughs previously out of reach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":130727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[1965,1970],"post_formats":[],"class_list":["post-130735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticies-institucionals","tag-biomaterials-for-neural-regeneration-group-ca","tag-zaida-alvarez-ca"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zaida \u00c1lvarez guardonada amb una prestigiosa beca europea ERC Consolidator - Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ibecbarcelona.eu\/ca\/zaida-alvarez-guardonada-amb-una-prestigiosa-beca-europea-erc-consolidator\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ca_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zaida \u00c1lvarez guardonada amb una prestigiosa beca europea ERC Consolidator - Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The researcher at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant. 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