PhD Discussions Sessions: Lorena de Oñate & Anita Kosmalska
Research on cardiac differentiation from pluripotent stem cells: how to get beating cells in a dish / Physical principles of membrane remodelling during cell mechanoadaptation
Research on cardiac differentiation from pluripotent stem cells: how to get beating cells in a dish / Physical principles of membrane remodelling during cell mechanoadaptation
Research on cardiac differentiation from pluripotent stem cells: how to get beating cells in a dish / Physical principles of membrane remodelling during cell mechanoadaptation
“The forces that drive cancer cells” and “Cell, the force be with you”
“The forces that drive cancer cells” and “Cell, the force be with you”
IBEC group leader and ICREA research professor Xavier Trepat is this year’s winner of the Banc Sabadell Award for Biomedical Research for his work on understanding the fundamental biophysical mechanisms underlying cell interaction and communication.The news was made public today at a press lunch (left) attended by the President and Vice President of the Fundació Banc Sabadell, Miquel Molins and Sònia Mulero, as well as jury members Jordi Camí (UPF), Isabel Illa (UAB) and Eduard Batlle (ICREA/IRB).
Next week, top scientists from Tel Aviv University (TAU), including Israel’s former Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Science and Technology, are visiting Barcelona to take part in a joint symposium with IBEC.With many similarities between Catalonia and Israel – which are almost neck-and-neck when it comes to research output in Science and Nature, with over 30 publications per million inhabitants and similar levels of funding under FP7 – this event builds on the fact-finding mission of Artur Mas and Barcelona-based scientists to Israel last year and is supported by AGAUR.
The 6th European CellMech Meeting, which is being hosted by IBEC, started this morning at the University of Barcelona’s Faculty of Medicine.IBEC group leaders Daniel Navajas, Xavier Trepat and Pere Roca-Cusachs are the organising committee of this year’s CellMech, one of the premier worldwide meetings in cell mechanobiology. The conference, which goes on until Friday, focuses in particular on the integration of mechanical processes across scales, from subcellular components to tissues.
Register now for 26th May’s free Workshop on New Funding Strategies, PCB
Register now for 26th May’s free Workshop on New Funding Strategies, PCB
In the magazine Ara this weekend, IBEC group leader Nuria Montserrat and artist Marcel·lí Antúnez, who creates interactive sculpture with organic materials, such as Joan l’Home de Carn, appeared in an article together talking about organ regeneration.