The Álvaro Entrecanales Foundation and the Jerôme Lejeune Foundation have awarded the CNB scientist Cristina Rodríguez the predoctoral fellowship in basic and clinical research in Down Syndrome, Trisonomía 21.
To this call, launched last April, candidates from all over Spain applied, as reported by the Jerôme Lejeune Foundation. Following a rigorous evaluation of each of the research projects, the research groups that endorse each of them and the curriculum of the candidates, the Evaluation Committee decided on May 31st, to award the CNB researcher Cristina Rodríguez with a fellowship to realize the research project entitled 'Contribution of silencing of SNX27 in immune inflammatory responses and its impact on pathologies associated with Down syndrome' in the group of Dr. Isabel Mérida.
The president of the Jerôme Lejeune Foundation in Spain thanked the Álvaro Entrecanales Foundation for their contribution to the advancement of research aimed at improving the lives of people with Down Syndrome.