Projects

Characterizing oral exposure to nano- and microplastics - EXaMINA

Research Leader:
Cristina Villanueva, PhD
Institution:
The Barcelona Institute for Global Health, ISGlobal; The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Funding:
The French agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety, ANSES 2021/1/077. Characterizing oral exposure to micro- and nanoplastics and their translocation into human gastro-intestinal barriers EXMINA. 199,996€ (ISGlobal 107,392€). 20

Advancing food allergy research through omics sciences – Genetics of Food Allergy Study

Research Leader:
Prof. Dr. Young-Ae Lee
Institution:
Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft (MDC)
Funding:
Lee Lab from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in der Helmholtz- Gemeinschaft covers the costs derived from this study

ImpactT2D: una estrategia genómica para implementar medicina de precisión en la diabetes tipo 2

Research Leader:
Jorge Ferrer
Institution:
CRG
Funding:
ISCIII Proyectos de Investigación de Medicina Personalizada de Precisión de la Acción Estratégica en Salud 2017-2020 Expediente Num. PMP21/00006

GCAT URBAN LABS: EXposome Powered tools for healthy living in urbAN Settings

Research Leader:
Cathryn Tonne
Institution:
ISGlobal
Funding:
European Commission H2020 EU.3.1.2 Grant agreement ID: 874627

Federated genetic data analysis using DATASHIELD

Research Leader:
Juan R González
Institution:
ISGlobal
Funding:
VEIS Project with number 001-P-001647, co-funded in a 50% by FEDER 2014-2020 with the support of the Departament de Recerca i Universitats

DecodeDiabetes: Expanding the genetic etiological and diagnostic spectrum of monogenic diabetes mellitus

Research Leader:
Jorge Ferrer
Institution:
CRG
Funding:
European Research Council ERC (Call 2017-ADG) Grant ID: 789055

GCAT-Microbiome: Prospective assessment of Human Microbiome as Determinant of Health and Disease

Research Leader:
Victor Moreno
Institution:
Catalan Institute of Oncology
Funding:
ISCIII, PI20/01439

EXPANSE_GCAT: EXposome Powered tools for healthy living in urbAN SEttings

Research Leader:
Cathryn Tonne
Institution:
ISGlobal Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Funding:
FIS: GeoInf+. Grant agreement PI18/01512 / European Commission H2020 EU.3.1.2 Grant agreement ID: 874627

COVAIR-CAT: Air Pollution in Relation to COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality: A Large Population-Based Cohort Study in Catalonia

Research Leader:
Cathryn Tonne
Institution:
ISGlobal
Funding:
Health Effects Institute, RFA 20-1B, 500,000 USD

GOFA: Advancing food allergy research through omics sciences – Genetics of Food Allergy Study

Research Leader:
Prof. Dr. Young-Ae Lee, Dr. Aleix Arnau Soler
Institution:
Molecular Genetics of Chronic Inflammation and Allergic Disease, Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC), Berlin-Buch

Genetic evaluation with massive sequencing tools in a large cohort of patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) under immunoglobulin replacement therapy.

Research Leader:
Roger Colobran Oriol
Institution:
Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus (HUVH)
Funding:
Grifols

GCAT MamaPrev: EPIDEMIOLOGÍA GENÉTICA Y PREVENCIÓN DEL CÁNCER DE MAMA

Research Leader:
Victor Moreno / Sonia Pernas
Institution:
Catalan Institute of Oncology
GCAT Input:
DNA samples

Reconstructing demography and natural selection from high-coverage complete genomes: application to the GCAT dataset

Research Leader:
Francesc Calafell and Elena Bosch
Institution:
UPF and IBE
Funding:
AEI, PID2019-106485GB-I00, AEI, PID2019-110933GB-I00

EV4MI

Research Leader:
Antoni Bayes-Genis. MD, PhD
Institution:
Director, Heart Institute. Heart Institute, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital
GCAT Input:
Plasma samples
Funding:
This work is supported by Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Application number ICI20/00135

CONTENT. COVID-19 cohort in Spain: Social Dynamics, mental health and inequalities

Research Leader:
Manolis Kogevinas, ISGlobal Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Institution:
ISGlobal Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Funding:
La Caixa Social Research SR20-01024

Killer immunoglobulin-like receptors

Research Leader:
Dr. Roberto Díaz Peña
Institution:
Health Research Institute of Santiago (IDIS), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela

CC16 and Resilience to COVID-19

Research Leader:
Rafael de Cid, PhD. GCAT Chief Scientist, Genomes for Life-GCAT Lab
Institution:
IGTP
Funding:
IGTP

THE COVID-19 - HOST GENETICS INITIATIVE

Research Leader:
https://www.covid19hg.org/
Institution:
European Consortium

COVICAT: COVID-19 cohort of Catalonia. Sero-Epidemiological Study of Catalonia

Research Leader:
Rafael de Cid, PhD. GCAT Chief Scientist, Genomes for Life-GCAT Lab
Institution:
IGTP
Funding:
IGTP

Genetic Evaluation of Disease Trajectories in the GCAT cohort

Research Leader:
Rafael de Cid, PhD. GCAT Chief Scientist, Genomes for Life-GCAT Lab
Institution:
IGTP
Funding:
VEIS

GEMINI - Genetic Evaluation of Multimorbidity towards INdividualisation of Interventions

Research Leader:
Timothy Frayling, Prof. Human Genetics
Institution:
University of Exeter, UK

VEIS European Project - Valuation of the European Archive of the Genome-Phenome (EGA) for the Industry and the Society

Research Leader:
Rafael de Cid
Institution:
IGTP
Funding:
VEIS project (001-P-001647) has been 50% co-financed with €1,951,429.38 by the European Regional Development Fund of the European Union within the framework of the ERDF Operational Program of Catalonia 2014-2020 with support of Generalitat Catalunya

Triggers and drivers of latent epigenomic structure in colorectal cancer

Research Leader:
Miguel A. Peinado
Institution:
Institut de Recerca Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP)
Funding:
MINECO

Inferring population history from the unilinearly transmitted genome regions in GCAT full genomes

Research Leader:
Francesc Calafell
Institution:
UPF
Funding:
UPF: Plan Nacional project CGL2016-75389-P / Genomesforlife-IGTP: AGAUR: 2017-SGR529

Exploring mechanisms of resistance in adult and pediatric T-acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Research Leader:
Dra. Anna Bigas Salvans
Institution:
FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT MAR D’INVESTIGACIONS MÈDIQUES
Funding:
Asociación Española Contra el Cancer (AECC)

Definition of a GCAT population panel for the Control of Mutations in Hereditary Cancer in the Catalan population

Research Leader:
Dra. Concepción Lázaro García
Institution:
Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Bellvitge, HEREDITARY CANCER PROGRAM (ICO-IDIBELL)
Funding:
IDIBELL: FIS:PI16/00563 // IGTP: ADE 10/00026 / MINECO /(Estructural 2012-2017)/ AGAUR: 2017-SGR529

IN2DIAG: Application of genomic inversions as diagnostic markers in precision medicine

Research Leader:
Dr. Mario Cáceres Aguilar
Institution:
Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina, Comparative and Functional Genomics group
Funding:
H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

EnMap Study. Environmental map of Population Cohort GCAT

Research Leader:
Dr. Rafael de Cid / Dr. Manolis Kogevinas
Institution:
IGTP / ISGLOBAL
Funding:
PI17/01388, PI18/FIS18, AGAUR: 2017-SGR529

GeoInf+: Exposome Study. GCAT Health and Environment

Research Leader:
Dr. Rafael de Cid / Dr. Manolis Kogevinas
Institution:
IGTP / ISGLOBAL
Funding:
PI17/01388, PI18/FIS18, AGAUR: 2017-SGR529

Multidimensional Scaling for relatedness research

Research Leader:
Dr. Jan Graffelman
Institution:
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya UPC
Funding:
AGAUR: 2017-SGR529 / MTM2015-65016-C2-2-R (MINECO/FEDER)

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