The Institute for Neurosciences UMH-CSIC hosts the First Creativity and Idea Generation Workshop of the UniSalut 2026 programme

18 de May de 2026

The Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint research centre of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), hosted on 30 April the First Creativity and Idea Generation Workshop of the UniSalut 2026 programme, promoted by the Fisabio Foundation in collaboration with UMH, the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), the Universitat Jaume I (UJI), and the CEU Cardenal Herrera University (CEU UCH). The event was organized with the support of IN.Pulse, the Scientific Unit for Business Innovation (UCIE) at the Institute for Neurosciences.

Participants in the First Creativity and Idea Generation Workshop of the UniSalut 2026 programme during their visit to the Institute for Neurosciences UMH-CSIC. Source: IN UMH-CSIC.

The event brought together researchers and healthcare professionals from the five participating institutions at the Sant Joan d’Alacant UMH campus for a practical meeting aimed at sharing research lines and fostering new collaborations in health R&D&I ahead of the upcoming UniSalut 2026 funding call.

The participatory workshop focused particularly on areas related to neuroscience, neurology, the nervous system, mental health, and neurodegenerative diseases. Throughout the session, attendees worked on generating ideas and potential joint projects through collaborative activities designed to encourage interaction between healthcare professionals and university researchers.

The event also featured the participation of researchers from several laboratories at the IN UMH-CSIC, including Juana Gallar and Mari Carmen Acosta (Ocular Neurobiology), José Vicente Sánchez Mut (Functional Epi-Genomics of Ageing and Alzheimer’s Disease), Jorge Brotons, an affiliated researcher from CEU Cardenal Herrera University (Neurogenesis and Cortical Expansion), Santiago Canals (Plasticity of Brain Networks), and Isabel del Pino (Developmental and Cognitive Disorders).

In addition to the working sessions, participants took part in a guided tour of the Institute for Neurosciences facilities, where they learned about several of the centre’s scientific and technical services and technological capabilities, including its microscopy and omics and genomic analysis platforms.

One of the facilities visited was the microscopy service. Source: IN UMH-CSIC

This meeting marks the beginning of a series of workshops planned within the UniSalut 2026 programme, a joint initiative promoted by the Fisabio Foundation together with the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), the Universitat Jaume I (UJI), the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), and the CEU Cardenal Herrera University (CEU UCH), aimed at strengthening collaboration between universities and biomedical and healthcare institutions across the Valencian Community.

One of the working sessions of the first Creativity and Idea Generation Workshop of the UniSalut 2026 programme. Source: IN UMH-CSIC.

The programme aims to promote preparatory actions and joint research and innovation projects in health, fostering cooperation between university researchers and professionals from health departments and centres affiliated with Fisabio across the Valencian Community.

Source: Institute for Neurosciences UMH-CSIC (in.comunicacion@umh.es)