Membraneless compartments based on intrinsically disordered proteins: from biology towards new protein materials Paolo Arosio, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich In the last few years, discoveries in biology are revealing that a class of intrinsically disordered protein sequences plays an important role in the formation of cellular membraneless compartments by spontaneous liquid-liquid phase ... Read more
Diabetes, where are we? Anna Novials, PI of the group “Pathogenesis and Prevention of Diabetes” at IDIBAPS/Clinic Hospital of Barcelona and member of CIBERDEM network. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of chronic metabolic disorders all characterized by hyperglycemia. It occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the peripheral tissues ... Read more
Subjective ratings of emotive stimuli predict the impact of the COVID-19 quarantine on affective states Héctor López Carral, SPECS lab, IBEC The COVID-19 crisis resulted in a large proportion of the world’s population having to employ social distancing measures and self-quarantine. Given that limiting social interaction impacts mental health, we assessed the effects of quarantine on emotive perception ... Read more
Developing new strategies to understand human kidney development and target human disease Patricia Prado Peralta, Pluripotency for organ regeneration group The defence will take place online using the BBCollab platform
Study on the of the interplay between glucose metabolism and SARS-CoV-2 infection exploiting human kidney organoids Núria Montserrat, group leader "Pluripotency for organ regeneration" at IBEC Severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection leads to a high risk of hospitalization and mortality in diabetic patients. SARS-CoV-2 binds to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor, which is ... Read more
Noves metodologies per al tractament de bacteris creixent en forma de biofilm Núria Blanco-Cabra, Bacterial infections and antimicrobial therapies group at IBEC The defence will take place online, if you wish to attend to this defence, write an email to doctoratmedicina@ub.edu at least 48 hours before the defence.
Deciphering the utility of Galleria mellonella as an infection and toxicity in vivo model Laura Moya, Bacterial infections: Antimicrobial therapies The defence will take place online, if you wish to attend to this defence, you will find the link to access and all the information here
Correlating super-resolution microscopy and transmission electron microscopy for nanoparticle characterisation Teodora Andrian, Nanoscopy for nanomedicine group The functionalization of nanoparticles with surface functional moieties is a key strategy to achieve bioactivity and cell targeting in nanomedicine. The interplay between size and ligand number and distribution is crucial for the formulation performance and needs to be ... Read more
Nanoscale dielectric mapping of biomembranes with in-liquid Scanning Dielectric Microscopy Martina Di Muzio, Nanoscale bioelectrical characterization group The defence will take place online, if you wish to attend to this defence, you can find the link to access here and you can find more information here Please join the meeting few minutes before the mentioned time to avoid session interruption. ... Read more
Nanoscale Tomography based in Electrostatic Force Microscopy Harishankar Balakrishnan, Nanoscale bioelectrical characterization group The defence will take place online, if you wish to attend to this defence, you can find the link to access here and you can find more information here Please join the meeting few minutes before the mentioned time to avoid session ... Read more