Institute of Biomedical Technologies

Communication, dissemination and outreach

ITB researchers have taken on the responsibility of communicating their results to society and disseminating their scientific activity through various channels. This section outlines some of the activities planned for 2026, in collaboration with different organizations.

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Organization of courses and events
  1. Sixth Semiannual Meeting of Participants in NEOGIANT. The power of grape extracts: antimicrobial and antioxidant (27/11/2023) Dr. Araceli Delgado Hernández and Carmen Évora García
  2. 11th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience. Granada, Spain (09-13/09/2023). Dr. Teresa Giráldez Fernández (Member of the Local Organizing Committee)
  3. 37th Annual Symposium of the Protein Society. Boston, USA (07/13-16/2023). Dr. Teresa Giráldez Fernández (Member of the Scientific Program Committee)
  4. Symposium “The gender gap in science is not only unfair, it is economically unwise”Special Event at the 11th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience. Granada, Spain (09-13/09/2023). Dr. Teresa Giráldez Fernández (Coordinator)
  5. Course "“Ion Channels in Synaptic and Neural Circuit Physiology”", Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. New York, USA (06/2023). Dr. Teresa Giráldez Fernández (Instructor and co-organizer)
  6. WORKSHOP: New tools for organizing work in the laboratory: OneNote and Basecamp. Institute of Biomedical Technologies, La Laguna, Tenerife (09/11/2023). Dr. Teresa Giráldez Fernández
  7. Networking: “Speed-Neurodating” Early Career Sessions. IBRO 2023-IBRO 11th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience. Granada, Spain (09/11-13/2023). Dr. Ángel Acebes (Main organizer)
  8. Seminar on Artificial Intelligence and University Teaching. University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (30/03/2023). Dr. Guido Santos (Organizer)
  9. Scientific Conference on Living Donor Transplantation for Nephrologists. Tenerife, Spain (11/17/2023). Dr. Esteban Porrini (Organizer)
  10. DOKI Course. Gender differences in renal disease focus on diabetes and obesity. Garachico, Tenerife, Spain (01-02/12/2023). Dr. Esteban Porrini (Organizer)
  11. Training sessions of the Biomedical Research Center Network for Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES) and Infectious Diseases (CIBERINF), Madrid (15-16/06/2023) Dr. Carlos A. Flores Infante (Member of the Organizing Committee)
  12. Pint of Science outreach festival in Tenerife (organized simultaneously nationwide in more than 50 locations). San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (May 22-24, 2023). Dr. Itahisa Marcelino Rodríguez and Dr. Víctor García Tagua (organizers)
  13. First International Conference on Food Safety and Toxic Risks (17-19/07/2023). Dr. Itahisa Marcelino Rodríguez (Organizing Committee)
  14. Canary Islands Meetings on Breast Cancer. Tenerife, Spain (27-28/01/2023). Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez Nicolás (Organizer
  15. VI Applied Pharmacogenetics Course (02/16-18/2023). Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez Nicolás (Organizer)
  16. Relapsed Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Conference. Tenerife, Spain (22/03/2023). Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez Nicolás (Organizer)
  17. I Training in FH: Prostate Cancer. Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (20-21/04/2023). Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez Nicolás (Coordinator)
  18. Training Day on IBD. San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (04/2023). Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez Nicolás (Coordinator)
  19. 2nd Iberian Forum “Reflections about the new European context and the role of Pharmacists”. San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (06/2023). Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez Nicolás (Coordinator)
  20. III Training in FH: Breast Cancer. Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (04-05/07/2023). Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez Nicolás (Coordinator)
  21. Canary Islands Conference on LMA Updates. Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (18/07/2023). Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez Nicolás (Organizer)
  22. First Conference on Innovative Drugs: Conjugated Antibodies. Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (25/07/2023). Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez Nicolás (Organizer)
  23. III Conference on Head and Neck Tumors (27/10/2023). Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez Nicolás (Organizer)
  24. Adjuvant Cancer Treatment (24/10/2023 – 21/11/2023). Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez Nicolás (Organizer)
  25. Breast Cancer Update Day (28/11/2023). Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez Nicolás (Organizer)
  26. Cardiovascular Risk and Therapeutic Innovation Conference: regarding RNAi (12/12/2023). Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez Nicolás (Organizer)
  27. Canary Islands Conference on Lupus and Lupus Nephritis (13/12/2023). Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez Nicolás (Organizer)
  28. Fifth Canary Islands Conference on Pulmonary Pathology (14/12/2023). Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez Nicolás (Organizer)

Outreach activities
  1. Article and front page in the newspaper El Día: An unexplored protein reveals new avenues for cancer research (08/08/2023). Dr. Félix Machín Concepción
  2. Open doors for scientists at the ULL. Visit to ITB by groups of secondary school students (La Laguna, 25-26/09/2023). Dr. Diego Álvarez de la Rosa Rodríguez
  3. Preparation of the micro-podcast ”Got Guts” The Micro Version: Colon ion transporter gene expression during cirrhosis. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology (https://ajpgi.podbean.com/?s=colon%20ion). (17/11/2023). Dr. Diego Alvarez de la Rosa Rodriguez
  4. XX Science Fair of La Orotava (12/11/2023). Zuleima Ramos Hernández y Julián Weller Pérez (Diego Álvarez de la Rosa group)
  5. Invited speech for the presentation of the ENDECAN Awards. Gran Canaria, Spain (19/12/2023) Dr. Teresa Giráldez Fernández
  6. Talks in secondary schools throughout the Canary Islands, through the Cienci@ULL program. Production of educational videos and teaching materials for science education and the promotion of women's roles in STEM. Dr. Teresa Giráldez Fernández
  7. Coordination of the Women and Neuroscience Committee of the Spanish Society of Neuroscience (SENC). Dr. Teresa Giráldez Fernández
  8. Appointment as Adopted Daughter of Tenerife. Tenerife Island Council (08/06/2023) Dr. Teresa Giráldez Fernández
  9. Communicating scientific results. Introductory Course to Scientific Dissemination (Online, 04/09/2023). Dr. Cristina Martín Higueras
  10. Informative video about the DISA Foundation Awards for Scientific Research (13/09/2023). Dr. Cristina Martín Higueras
  11. Training talk on Primary Hyperoxaluria in Primary Care. Association of Patients with Hyperoxaluria in Spain (APHES). San Antonio Health Center, Los Realejos, Tenerife (23/02/2023). Dr. Cristina Martín Higueras
  12. Training course on Hyperoxaluria: Natural history of Primary Hyperoxaluria. Hosted by Let's Health, sponsored by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (05/10/2023). Dr. Cristina Martín Higueras
  13. Insane experiment. Science outreach podcast (https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-experimiento-demente_sq_f1636240_1.html, 19 programs broadcast during 2023). Dr. Guido Santos
  14. Popular science article: Asthma: genetics, epigenetics and the environment. Hypothesis Magazine (16/01/2023). Antonio Espuela Ortiz, Mario Martín Almeida, Elena Martín González (Mª del Mar del Pino Yanes group)
  15. Popular science article: Aging, diseases and the epigenetic clock (16/01/2023). Mario Martin-Almeida; Javier Pérez-García (Mª del Mar del Pino Yanes group)
  16. Demonstration stand “Genomics and Health”. European Researchers' Night of Macaronesia (MacaroNight) 2023. Science outreach fair, El Médano, Tenerife, Spain (29/09/2023). Antonio Espuela Ortiz, Mario Martín Almeida, Elena Martín González (Mª del Mar del Pino Yanes group)
  17. Genomics and Precision Medicine. Presentation at the IV Genetics Conference “DNA. The Tiny Universe”. Canary Institute of Bioanthropology and the Museum of Science and the Cosmos. Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (18/05/2023). Dr. Carlos A. Flores Infante
  18. Dissemination of results related to obtaining the Sara Borrell contract Dr. Laura Ciuffreda  (Carlos A. Flores Infante group) (February 11, 2023). Diario de Avisos and website of the Government of the Canary Islands: https://www3.gobiernodecanarias.org/noticias/dos-facultativas-del-hospital-la-candelaria-logran-becas-de-investigacion-del-instituto-de-salud-carlos-iii/
  19. Dissemination of results related to the development of the census of patients with hereditary angioedema in the Canary Islands (February 26, 2023). Diario de Avisos: https://www3.gobiernodecanarias.org/noticias/dos-facultativas-del-hospital-la-candelaria-logran-becas-de-investigacion-del-instituto-de-salud-carlos-iii/. Dr. Carlos A. Flores Infante
  20. Dissemination of the scientific outreach days on Precision Medicine at the Museum of Anthropology (18-19/04/2023). La Vanguardia (https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20230418/8903674/impacto-genetica-medicina-cosmos-debate-muna.html) and Diario de Avisos (https://diariodeavisos.elespanol.com/2023/04/el-impacto-de-la-genetica-y-la-genomica-en-la-medicina-y-el-cosmos-a-debate-en-el-muna/). Dr. Carlos A. Flores Infante
  21. Dissemination of the results of the establishment of the national COVID-19 surveillance network (RELECOV) (16/05/2023). https://www.isciii.es/Noticias/Noticias/Paginas/Noticias/Art%c3%adculo-an%c3%a1lisis-Red-Laboratorios-Coronavirus-RELECOV.aspx. Dr. Carlos A. Flores Infante
  22. Milestone in the generation of the first human pangenomes (20/05/2023). Regional public broadcaster, on the program Explora (https://rtvc.es/explora/). Audios accessible via iVOOX links (https://www.ivoox.com/explora-pgm-79-200523-audios-mp3_rf_108447183_1.html) and Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LKH4D0mEPbmDPa0LYnG4J). Dr. Carlos A. Flores Infante
  23. Dissemination of results from the Scourge consortium on the genetic factors of severe COVID-19 (May 17, 2023). GenomeWeb (https://www.genomeweb.com/genetic-research/more-two-dozen-genetic-variants-linked-severe-covid-19-meta-analysis) and Nature (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01655-0). Dr. Carlos A. Flores Infante
  24. Talk: “Diabetes: Don’t let it ruin your life!” (24/05/2023). Pint of Science 2023 outreach festival. San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. Dr. Itahisa Marcelino Rodríguez

Invited seminars and conferences
  1. The University Institute of Biomedical Technologies. Lecture Series: Science in the Canary Islands Today. Royal Economic Society of Friends of the Country of Tenerife. La Laguna, Tenerife (09/02/2023). Dr. Diego Alvarez de la Rosa
  2. Guest lecture: “Renal physiology in men and women, common facts and differences”. Congress: Gender Differences in Renal Disease. Garachico, Tenerife (01-02/12/2023). Dr. Diego Alvarez de la Rosa
  3. Invited presentation: “The glucocorticoid receptor potentiates aldosterone-induced mineralocorticoid receptor transcriptional activity”. Congress: Aldosterone and Mineralocorticoid Receptor (ADMIRE) Network Meeting. Freiburg, Germany (03/24-25/2023). Dr. Diego Alvarez de la Rosa
  4. Plenary conference: “Molecular Basis and Function of BK-Calcium Subcellular Domains as Modulators of Plasticity in the Brain”. Drug Discovery Satellite Meeting. San Diego, USA (02/16/2023). Dr. Teresa Giráldez Fernández
  5. Invited presentation: “Bringing light into the function and regulation of ion channels: a BK tale”. Awards Symposium, Annual Meeting SBE. Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain (06/27-30/2023). Dr. Teresa Giráldez Fernández
  6. Invited presentation: “Anticonvulsant and neuroprotective roles of SGK1.1 by modulating Kv7 channels”. Drug International Kv7 channels symposium. Naples, Italy (09/13-14/2023). Dr. Teresa Giráldez Fernández
  7. Invited presentation: “Molecular dynamics of BK channel function”. CECAM Symposium. Rome, Italy (09/21-24/2023). Dr. Teresa Giráldez Fernández
  8. Invited seminar, Blas Cabrera Institute. Madrid. Host: Javier Orozco (18/12/2023). Dr. Teresa Giráldez Fernández
  9. Invited seminar, Medical University of Innsbruck. Austria. Host: Petronel Tuluc (01/20/2023). Dr. Teresa Giráldez Fernández
  10. Invited seminar, Xenon Pharmaceuticals. Canada. Host: JP Johnson (16/01/2023). Dr. Teresa Giráldez Fernández
  11. Invited lecture: “Use of neuronal precursors in Alzheimer's disease”. Congress: XXV annual meeting of the Canary Society of Neurology (SOCANE). La Laguna, Tenerife (06/10/2023). Dr. Ángel Acebes Vindel
  12. Plenary conference: "Speed-Neurodating. Early Career Sessions"“. IBRO 11th World Congress of Neuroscience. Granada, Spain (11-13/09/2023). Dr. Ángel Acebes Vindel
  13. Invited presentation: “Use of neuronal precursors in Alzheimer's disease”. XXV Annual Meeting of the Canary Society of Neurology (SOCANE). La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (06/10/2023). Dr. Ángel Acebes Vindel
  14. Invited presentation: “Reference Center for Primary Hyperoxaluria”. Presentation ceremony of the VII DISA Foundation Awards for Biomedical Research. Tenerife, Spain (28/09/2023). Dr. Cristina Martín Higueras
  15. Invited presentation: “Interfering RNA in new therapies for inherited kidney diseases”. Symposium on Hereditary Kidney Diseases. 53rd Congress of the Spanish Society of Nephrology. Palma de Mallorca, Spain (11-13/11/2023). Dr. Armando Torres Ramírez
  16. Invited presentation: “Challenges and Opportunities in Primary Hyperoxaluria”. Symposium on New Therapeutic Developments in Nephrology, 3rd Edition. Madrid, Spain (20-21/04/2023). Dr. Armando Torres Ramírez
  17. Invited presentation: “Why use measured renal function in clinical practice? 10 years of experience at the University Hospital of the Canary Islands”. XVII National Congress of Clinical Laboratories. Zaragoza, Spain (18-20/10/2023). Dr. Esteban Porrini
  18. Invited presentation: Genomic approaches in the search for biomarkers of asthma exacerbations”. IV Interdisciplinary Congress of Human Genetics. Malaga, Spain (15-17/11/2023). Dr. Mº del Mar del Pino Yanes
  19. Seminar: “Deploying genomics at population scale in the Canary Islands”. Epi-Stats Seminar Series. University of Leicester, United Kingdom (11/23/2023). Dr. Carlos A. Flores Infante
  20. Round Table: “Personalized Medicine: Where to and How”. Generating Value with Health Research Conference, Canary Islands Foundation, Canary Islands Health Research Institute. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (01/12/2023). Dr. Carlos A. Flores Infante
  21. Invited presentation: “Genetic risk factors as early predictors of sepsis-associated ARDS”. 7th Critical Care Meeting “Madrid in Spring SHOCK 2023”. Madrid, Spain (04/19-21/2023). Dr. Carlos A. Flores Infante
  22. Invited presentation: “Research and transfer”. Generating Value with Health Research Conference, Canary Islands Foundation, Canary Islands Health Research Institute. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (01-02/12/2023). Dr. Carlos A. Flores Infante
  23. Invited presentation: “Early pharmacological profiling of antiproliferative compounds by label-free continuous live cell imaging”. iUIBS Research Seminars, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (26/01/2023). Dr. José M. Padrón Carrillo
  24. Invited presentation: “Early pharmacological profiling by label-free continuous live cell imaging”. ProteoCure Webinar (02/03/2023). Dr. José M. Padrón Carrillo
  25. Talk: “Analysis of mortality in diabetic individuals during the first two decades of the 21st century in the Canary Islands”. I International Conference on Food Safety and Toxic Risks, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (17-19/07/2023). Dr. Itahisa Marcelino Rodríguez
  26. Invited presentation: “SEFH Projects”. 68th SEFH Congress, Bilbao, Spain (05-07/10/2023). Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez Nicolás
  27. Invited presentation: “Session 3: New Rules”. 68th SEFH Congress, Bilbao, Spain (05-07/10/2023). Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez Nicolás
  28. Moderator: “Investiga-SEFH Conference”. 68th SEFH Congress, Bilbao, Spain (05-07/10/2023). Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez Nicolás
  29. Invited presentation: “How to turn an Idea into a Project”. 18th SAFH Congress, Malaga, Spain (19/21/04/2023). Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez Nicolás

Social Networks: X

ITB has a presence on social media through the X platform (@ITB_ULL), created in June 2020, from where we seek a more direct and dynamic interaction with users, offering information on current scientific events, advances in biomedicine and activities developed in the day-to-day work of our Institute.

As of the date of this report, our account has produced more than 2,350 posts and has 637 followers, an increase of 63 more compared to last year.

Social Media: YouTube

The ITB also has a presence on YouTube through its official channel @ITB-ull, launched in 2025, where audiovisual content related to the Institute's research and outreach activities is shared. This platform allows for a more visual and accessible presentation of both scientific advances in biomedicine and the academic, training, and community outreach activities we carry out.