Multicellular coordination in context Takashi Hiiragi, Hubrecht Institute, The Netherlands A defining feature of living systems is the capacity to break symmetry and generate well-defined forms and patterns through self-organisation. Our group aims to understand the design principle of multicellular living systems using early mouse embryos as a model system. We developed an experimental framework ... Read more
Is the price of pharmaceutical drugs justified? Astrid Viciano, IBEC 10 euros, 1000 euros, or rather 1 million? Many new medicines that have recently reached the market are prohibitively expensive. But are these prices justified? Science reporter Astrid Viciano has investigated the high prices of innovative therapies. For these investigations, she received a number of ... Read more
Phys2BioMed Symposium Present and future of mechanics of cells and tissues in health and disease The mechanical properties of biological samples may provide insights into many physiological and pathological processes. Examples are the mechanical properties of cancer cells or changes of mechanical properties during cell invasion. Defining standardized procedures for nanomechanical measurements and providing, in the ... Read more
La investigació científica i tecnològica ha estat una de les claus del progrés de la societat de forma exponencial en els darrers anys. Aquesta investigació, però, només es pot portar a terme quan es té un ecosistema ric que permet als investigadors començar la seva tasca i desenvolupar-se. Quina és la situació actual a Catalunya? ... Read more
Generation Of Reporter Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines To Study Cardiac Development And Disease Maria Gallo, Pluripotency for organ regeneration Group The development and the use of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) represent an effective tool to recapitulate characteristics related to tissue differentiation, morphogenesis and conversely, human diseases. Through their inherent capacity to differentiate towards ... Read more
En este seminario, Glòria Pladellorens, jefa de Calidad, Seguridad y Medio Ambiente del PCB, nos explicará todas las acciones que se están llevando a cabo desde PCB para avanzar hacia un parque científico más sostenible. El comité de sostenibilidad ha invitado a Glòria a dar esta charla que será una muy buena oportunidad para resolver ... Read more
Microphysiological Systems for the Evaluation of Biomaterials in Regenerative Therapies Author: Adrián López Canosa, Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies This thesis defence will take place at “Sala de Graus Eduard Fontseré” at 11:00h. Information
Epitope barcoding and subcellular high-plex imaging reveal clonal tumor patch behaviors Xavier Rovira-Clavé, PhD Intratumoral heterogeneity is a seminal feature of human tumors contributing to tumor progression and response to treatment. Current technologies are still largely unsuitable to accurately track phenotypes and clonal evolution within tumors, especially in response to genetic manipulations. In this seminar ... Read more
The role of inhibition in hippocampal coding Manuel Valero, PhD NYU Neuroscience Institute, New York University (US) The fundamental computation a single neuron performs is to integrate incoming excitatory and inhibitory inputs to decide whether to fire an action potential and feedback its activity into the network. Investigation of this synaptic computation requires access to ... Read more
STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF MECHANICAL FORCE ON NUCLEO-CYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT Author: Ignasi Granero Moya, Cellular and molecular mechanobiology This thesis defence will take place at "Facultat de Medicina de la UB (Hospital Clínc)" at 15:00. Room to be determined.