Dr. Ignacio Melero, co-director of the Immunology and Immunotherapy Program at theCima and the Clínica Universidad de Navarra, has received an ERC Advanced Grant. This is one of the most prestigious grants in the committee European Championships research, which is part of the European Union's Horizon Europe programme and is endowed with €2.5 million.

TheDr. Melero will coordinate a project messenger RNA-based cancer immunotherapy, which will be integrated into the Cancer Center Clínica Universidad de Navarra. "Immunotherapy is achieving unprecedented efficacy against various oncological diseases. This project aims to improve the performance of a subject (cDC1) in the microenvironment of the tumor tissue. To do this, we will apply new mRNA-based therapeutic agents that will be delivered both inside the tumor and through the liver."

255 grants for established researchers

The researcher of the Cima and the Clínica Universidad de Navarra He is one of the 4 Spaniards awarded at the discipline of Life Sciences, to which more than 500 candidates applied. In total, the committee European Championships research It has awarded 255 grants, worth €652 million.

The "ERC Advanced Grants" call is aimed at established researchers who have demonstrated significant achievements throughout its degree program professional. It is one of the most competitive grants in the European Union, and gives leading high-level researchers the opportunity to carry out ambitious projects that could lead to important scientific breakthroughs.