Blood biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease: advancing diagnosis and patient care Marc Suárez-Calvet, Barcelonabeta Brain Research Center, Fundació Pasqual Maragall, Servei de Neurologia, Hospital del Mar. In recent years, one of the most significant breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research has been the emergence of blood biomarkers that offer accurate detection of AD. Our research group ... Read more
This event will be held in Spanish El Nanodía Mundial Contra el Cáncer es un evento organizado en el marco del Día Mundial contra el Cáncer donde se darán a conocer las últimas innovaciones en materia de NANOMEDICINA contra el CÁNCER, con temas que van desde el diagnóstico precoz, la liberación controlada de fármacos o la radioterapia con nanopartículas. Un ... Read more
This event will be held in Spanish and Catalan. REPTES EN INNOVACIÓ EN MEDICINA PERSONALITZADA I TERÀPIES EMERGENTS Aquesta taula rodona abordarà alguns dels reptes actuals de la medicina personalitzada i les teràpies emergents. Com fomentar la col·laboració interdisciplinària entre els diferents investigadors, empreses, professionals de la salut i reguladors? Com aconseguir la translació clínica dels descobriments bàsics? Quins ... Read more
Cell and Tissue Research in Catalonia (CATCAT) brings together research groups from different institutes, focusing on understanding cellular and molecular mechanisms driving fundamental biological processes. This new session will be focused on Mechanobiology. 9:15 - 9:30 Welcome9:30 - 10:10 Kevin Chalut (Altos Labs) “Extracellular matrix drives tissue regeneration" 10.10 - 10:25 Lucas Cunha (UPF) ... Read more
Vaccinia in & as next-gen oncolytic virotherapy: exploiting the synergy between oncolysis and chemotherapy Dr Ernesto Mejías Pérez Ramón y Cajal researcher Instituto Maimonides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Universidad de Córdoba. Dpto. de Biología Celular, Fisiología e Inmunología In the fight against cancer, conventional treatments fall short of healthcare expectations. Oncolytic virotherapy is ... Read more
This event will be held in Spanish. El Nano Rare Diseases Day es un evento organizado en el marco del Día Mundial de las Enfermedades Minoritarias donde se darán a conocer las últimas innovaciones en materia de Nanomedicina con temas que van desde el diagnóstico precoz, la liberación controlada de fármacos o el desarrollo de nuevas terapias. Durante esta jornada, ... Read more
Molecular imaging to unveil the pathophysiology of metabolic associated fatty liver disease Alba Herrero, Molecular Imaging for Precision Medicine group Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), a progressive liver condition rapidly rising to lead to chronic liver disease worldwide, manifests as metabolic dysregulation, leading to steatosis, fibrosis, and cirrhosis if left untreated. Beyond the liver, it ... Read more
Molecular and mechanical regulation of abscission in stem cells Agathe Chaigne, PhD., Group leader. Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics department, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Abscission is the last step of cell division leading to the complete separation of the two sister cells and consists in the cutting of a cytoplasmic bridge. Abscission is mediated by ... Read more
Dear all, It is our pleasure to invite you to the ICMS-IBEC symposium on 14 March from 13.00 – 17.00 (Ceres 0.31, coffee starts at 12.45). Colleagues from both IBEC and ICMS will pitch their research domains with the intent to get better acquainted with each other’s science. We have fostered a successful collaboration ... Read more
Engineering enzymes for biomedical and biotechnological applications Emilio Parisini, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis (Riga, Latvia), University of Bologna (Italy) Enzyme engineering has the potential to improve the activity, the stability and the substrate recognition of enzymes. As such, it paves the way for the design of novel enzymes with improved performances for a wide ... Read more