Scientific Report 2010

The CNIC exists to generate new knowledge about cardiovascular diseases and to work to translate that knowledge into improved health outcomes for patients. Making this bold vision a reality requires an exquisitely coordinated effort involving not just our teams of basic and clinical researchers, but also a comprehensive support network that includes specialists with dedicated expertise in maintaining and adapting the Center’s infrastructure, securing finance, generating and perfecting specialized reagents, providing tailored training programs, pioneering the development of new technologies, and a host of other strategic and scientific activities. Much of the work of the early phase of the CNIC project was concerned with putting these diverse elements in place, but now, with staffing levels approaching two-thirds of full capacity, and after several years in which this network has underpinned strong and continued growth in the Center’s scientific productivity, it is clear that it is no longer appropriate to talk of a new institution, and that we are now entering a period of consolidation and maturement. [...]N