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Miquel Vila Bover

I am an ICREA Professor and I lead the Research Group on Neurodegenerative Diseases at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)

Instituciones de las que forman parte

Jefe de grupo
Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca

Miquel Vila Bover

Instituciones de las que forman parte

Jefe de grupo
Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca

I am an ICREA Professor and I lead the Research Group on Neurodegenerative Diseases at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)

I have a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona (1993) and a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Paris 6 (1998). My doctoral work carried out in the laboratory of experimental neurology at the Salpetriere Hospital in Paris (1993-98) contributed to establishing the subthalamic nucleus as the main therapeutic target for the surgical treatment of Parkinson's disease with deep brain stimulation. From 1998 to 2005 I worked at the Movement Disorders Unit of Columbia University in New York (USA), initially as a postdoctoral researcher and from 2001 as an Assistant Professor of Neurology, focusing on the study of the mechanisms of neuronal death in Parkinson's disease to identify new therapeutic targets for this currently incurable neurodegenerative disorder.

In 2006 I moved to Barcelona as a Professor at ICREA (Catalan Institute of Research and Advanced Studies) to create and lead a new research group in neurodegenerative diseases at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR). Our group is now part of the Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED) and the Aligning Science Across Parkinson's Collaborative Research Network (ASAP-CRN).

I am also an Associate Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Principal Investigator at CIBERNED, Coordinating Lead PI at ASAP-CRN and member of the Steering Committees of the World Parkinson Coalition and the Basic Science Special Interest Group of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.

Líneas de investigación

Identification of biomarkers of prodromal Parkinson's disease

Despite intensive efforts towards understanding the aetiology/pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) and the development of novel therapeutic approaches for this neurodegenerative condition, the current treatment for PD remains symptomatic and yet far from modifying disease onset or progression. Before the manifestation of the classical motor symptoms, PD patients present with non-motor symptoms in a prodromal phase. The identification of deregulated molecular pathways or genes in peripheral blood and/or cerebrospinal fluid from these prodromal patients may help develop potential biomarkers for the early detection, diagnosis, risk assessment and/or progression of PD, which are currently lacking, as well as to stratify patients at very early stages to apply more specific, personalized disease-modifying treatments.

IP: Miquel Vila Bover, Ariadna Laguna Tuset

Regeneration of dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease via cell fusion-mediated reprogramming

Co-PI: Pia Cosma, CRG.


Given the current lack of disease-modifying therapies for Parkinson’s disease (PD), we are exploring whether cell-fusion-mediated regeneration of dopaminergic neurons can be achieved, for therapeutic purposes, in experimental animal models of PD after transplantation of Wnt-activated haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs).

IP: Miquel Vila Bover

Proyectos

Malalties neurodegeneratives

IP: Miquel Vila Bover
Colaboradores: Jorge Hernández Vara, Malalties neurodegeneratives , Marta Martínez Vicente, Jordi Bove Badell, Eddie Pradas Gracia, Maria Camprodon Gomez, Laura Castillo Ribelles, Oriol de Fabregues-Boixar Nebot, Javier Hoyo Pérez, Ariadna Laguna Tuset, Malalties neurodegeneratives , Marta González Sepúlveda, Malalties neurodegeneratives , Annabelle Parent, Daniela Samaniego Toro, Malalties neurodegeneratives
Entidad financiadora: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Financiación: 40000
Referencia: 2021 SGR 00784
Duración: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2025

MECANISMOS MOLECULARES DE NEURODEGENERACION LIGADA A LA NEUROMELANINA EN LA ENFERMEDAD DE PARKINSON Y ENVEJECIMIENTO CEREBRAL

IP: Miquel Vila Bover
Colaboradores: Gerard Roch Alba, Miriam Izquierdo Sans
Entidad financiadora: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación-MICINN
Financiación: 99260
Referencia: PRE2021-098300
Duración: 01/07/2022 - 30/06/2026

Ministerio de Ciencia

Activity and connectivity drive neuronal vulnerability and disease progression in Parkinson's disease

IP: Miquel Vila Bover
Colaboradores: Javier Hoyo Pérez, Ariadna Laguna Tuset, Gerard Roch Alba, Marta González Sepúlveda
Entidad financiadora: Michael J. Fox Foundation
Financiación: 1936109
Referencia: ASAP_M.VILA_MJFF_2021
Duración: 01/11/2021 - 31/12/2026

Characterization of the CD8 T cell response in Parkinson’s disease for the development of preventive and therapeutic strategies that halt the progression of the disease: SARS-Cov-2-induced long term-hyposmia as a possible prodromal stage

IP: Jordi Bove Badell
Colaboradores: Miquel Vila Bover, Alejandro Ferré Masó, Oriol de Fabregues-Boixar Nebot, Carles Lorenzo Bosquet, Antonio Palasi Franco
Entidad financiadora: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Financiación: 165770
Referencia: PI21/01358
Duración: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2026

Noticias relacionadas

Los proyectos, seleccionados en las convocatorias de Investigación en Salud y CaixaImpulse Innovación en Salud 2026, abordan nuevas terapias para trastornos neurológicos infantiles, el Parkinson, el tratamiento de enfermedades mitocondriales y el cáncer.

La jornada puso el foco en los avances en terapias modificadoras de la enfermedad y en el valor de las alianzas entre pacientes y profesionales para impulsar una atención y una investigación más participativas.

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