The IDIBGI's Metabolic and Maternal-Fetal research group and the Paediatric obesity and cardiovascular risk research group have been recognised at the 46th Congress of the Spanish Society of Paediatric Endocrinology (SEEP), which took place from 8 to 10 May in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. They received the following grants and awards:

🏅 Gabriela Morreale 2024 Clinical Research Project Grant (sponsored by the SEEP Foundation) in the project: ‘Importance of the intestinal microbiota and cognitive function in childhood obesity’, whose Principal Investigator is Dr. Judit Bassols, head of the Metabolic and Maternal-Fetal Research Group (IDIBGI).

🏅 Anne-Marie Kappelgaard Grant for research in Paediatric Endocrinology 2024 (sponsored by Novo Nordisk) in the project: ‘Leukocyte miRNA expression and the relationship with childhood obesity’, whose Principal Investigator is Dr. Abel López-Bermejo, head of the Paediatric obesity and cardiovascular risk research group (Hospital Trueta - IDIBGI).

🏅 Prize for the best oral communication, to the study: ‘Role of aspg (asparaginase) methylation in the development of childhood obesity’, whose first author is Ariadna Gomez Vilarrubla, researcher of the Maternal-Fetal Metabolic Research Group (IDIBGI).