23/09/2026 - Campus Can Ruti, Innovation, Projects

The Germans Trias Glaucoma Unit becomes the first in Catalonia to achieve accreditation for excellence in managing this highly complex condition

The Germans Trias Glaucoma Unit has become the first in Catalonia to achieve the highest level of GlauCCare accreditation, recognising its excellence in the care of people with glaucoma. Alongside specialised care, the unit collaborates with the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) on research and innovation projects aimed at improving the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

21/09/2026 - Campus Can Ruti, CARE, Institutional, Success Stories

'Consorci Oncològic Integral Nord Catalunya' launched: a strategic alliance to bring european excellence in cancer care closer to nearly two million people

Six leading institutions are joining forces across healthcare, research, education and innovation to create one of southern Europe's strongest cancer ecosystems. The new Consorci Oncològic Integral Nord Catalunya aims to achieve European certification as a Comprehensive Cancer Consortium and join the European network of excellence in oncology.

15/09/2026 - Projects

‘INTEGRA-DM1’, a comprehensive study of Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 to identify new biomarkers and advance precision medicine

The project, led by INCLIVA with the participation of IGTP and IIS La Fe, has received funding from the Fundación Ramón Areces' PINERA Rare Diseases Research Program. It builds on research conducted within DM1-Hub, Spain's first clinical registry for DM1.

08/09/2026 - Campus Can Ruti, Institutional, Success Stories

IGTP's 2025 Report includes a year marked by the 30th anniversary and the consolidation of scientific activity

IGTP has published its 2025 Annual Report, which brings together the Institute's activities, key indicators and main achievements during a particularly significant year, marked by the celebration of its 30th anniversary.

06/08/2026 - Projects, Research

Night shift work linked to a higher risk of long COVID

The first evidence that night work and chronic insomnia may increase the risk of developing long COVID comes from a new study led by ISGlobal, a centre supported by "la Caixa" Foundation, in collaboration with the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), through the GCATlGenomes for Life cohort.

28/07/2026 - Campus Can Ruti, Projects

IJC and IGTP join forces on two new initiatives to promote the use of Catalan in international scientific environments

Two new projects will promote the use of Catalan in research at the Can Ruti Campus, with support from CERCA grants. The initiatives, jointly developed by the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC) and the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), will promote Catalan as a language of cohesion, inclusion and science communication.

17/07/2026 - Campus Can Ruti, Projects

IGTP launches MOSAIC, a transformative project to advance more preventive, participatory and sustainable community health

The Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) will launch the MOSAIC project (Models in Community Health and Collaborative Innovation), an institutional initiative aimed at promoting new forms of health research and innovation, firmly rooted in the local area and focused on generating tangible benefits for the population. The project is part of the Government of Catalonia's Regions del Coneixement program and is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the RIS3CAT 2030 strategy.

16/07/2026 - Campus Can Ruti, Projects

ITSready launches as the first project in Catalonia and Spain to integrate digital tools to improve STI prevention, early diagnosis and awareness among young people

Funded by La Marató de 3Cat and jointly led by CEEISCAT-IGTP, FLI, ASPB and CJAS, the project offers three digital tools designed to improve knowledge about STIs and facilitate access to diagnosis for young people aged 16 to 25 across Catalonia: a free self-sampling kits to detect HIV, chlamydia and gonorrhoea from home, an anonymous partner notification tool and a chatbot providing validated information on sexual health.

15/07/2026 - Campus Can Ruti, Research

New algorithm improves gene expression marker identification across diverse biological systems

Researchers from IGTP, UPC, IrsiCaixa and CIBEREHD have developed the Cartesian Distance-Based Gene Expression (CDBGE) approach, a novel algorithm designed to identify the genes that best distinguish between different biological conditions.

13/07/2026 - Campus Can Ruti, Research

A pilot clinical trial led by Germans Trias provides the first clinical proof of concept for ibuprofen as an adjunctive treatment for tuberculosis

The study, published in Nature Communications, evaluates ibuprofen for the first time in patients with tuberculosis as an adjunctive therapy aimed at modulating the host inflammatory response. The results did not show an improvement in the main clinical or microbiological outcomes, but they did reveal biological changes consistent with reduced inflammation, supporting further investigation of this approach in larger, controlled trials.