Researchers Antonio Zorzano and Marc Claret, third Vanguàrdia de la Ciència prize

The researchers Antonio Zorzano and Marc Claret.
The researchers Antonio Zorzano and Marc Claret.
Research
(23/04/2018)

Researchers Antonio Zorzano, professor at the Faculty of Biology of the UB, and head of a research group at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), and Marc Claret, from August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), were awarded the third Vanguàrdia de la Ciència prize, a joint initiative by Grup Godó and Catalunya-La Pedrera Foundation to give more visibility to the excellence research carried out in Spain.

The researchers Antonio Zorzano and Marc Claret.
The researchers Antonio Zorzano and Marc Claret.
Research
23/04/2018

Researchers Antonio Zorzano, professor at the Faculty of Biology of the UB, and head of a research group at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), and Marc Claret, from August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), were awarded the third Vanguàrdia de la Ciència prize, a joint initiative by Grup Godó and Catalunya-La Pedrera Foundation to give more visibility to the excellence research carried out in Spain.

 

Antonio Zorzano, member of the Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Diseases Networking Biomedical Research Center (CIBERDEM), was awarded together with Marc Claret, for their study -published in the journal Cell Metabolism, which reveals the connection between hypothalamic POMC neurons and the pancreatic insulin release. These neurons are sensitive to fluctuations in nutrients like glucose, fatty acids or amino acids. Therefore, understanding their role in insulin production will enable researchers to work the diabetes with new tools.


The 8th Vanguàrdia de la Ciència prizes, given on April 9, honoured the most relevant scientific studies carried out in 2017 in Spain, according to the votes by the readers and scientific advising committee. The most voted study was led by José Luiz Ortiz (Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia, IAA-CSIC), which shows that external solar system dwarf planets can have rings. Hugues de Riedmatten, from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), received the second prize for his design of the first global quantum hybrid communication network.