#TalentUPF | Dos investigadors de la #UPFBarcelona, guardonats als Premios Nacionales de Investigación, atorgats pel Ministeri de Ciència, Innovació i Universitats. Mireia Vallès-Colomer ha rebut el premi Margarita Salas i Àngel Lozano el premi Julio Rey Pastor. L'enhorabona! 🏆 👏 ℹ️ tuit.cat/c2JV0

#Research A study led by @upf.edu in collaboration with @researchmar.bsky.social on immune cells in the tumour microenvironment describes the relationship between the proximity of lymphocytes to the blood supply and their functional capacity. 1/ www.upf.edu/web/focus/w/...

Val més a prop que lluny? Una pregunta clau en el microambient tumoral

Un estudi liderat per la UPF sobre les cèl·lules immunitàries en el microambient tumoral descriu la relació entre la proximitat dels limfòcits al reg sanguini i la seva capacitat funcional.

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#Research 🧬 The evolutionary cost of fertility explains why disease-related genetic variants persist. ⌛ Natural selection has favoured genetic variants that increase fertility, even though they also increase the risk of disease and reduce longevity. www.upf.edu/web/focus/w/...

El cost evolutiu de la fertilitat explica per què persisteixen variants genètiques associades a malalties

Un estudi publicat a Nature Ecology & Evolution mostra que la selecció natural ha afavorit variants genètiques que augmenten la fertilitat, tot i que també incrementin el risc de patir malalties i red...

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🎓 Congratulations to the ten doctoral students from the PhD Programme in Biomedicine who will receive the @upf.edu Doctoral School PhD Extraordinary Award to recognize the exceptional quality of their theses and their outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge. tuit.cat/tgXQn

Ten doctoral students from the PhD Programme in Biomedicine will receive the Doctoral School PhD Extraordinary Award - PhD Programme in Biomedicine - UPF

During the 2024-2025 academic year, a total of 106 PhD theses were read in the PhD Programme in Biomedicine run by the MELIS department. Their corresponding examination committees put 41 of them forwa...

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#Research | A research team at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in collaboration with biologists at the UC San Diego, have found that communities of bacteria feature a hitherto unknown ejection capability as a survival mechanism. https://ow.ly/7m7s50Zl4XB

#Recerca Per què els virus no maten els mosquits que ens els transmeten? 🦟 Un equip del laboratori de Virologia Molecular del @melisupf.bsky.social de la #UPFBarcelona, ha descobert el perquè: els virus, als mosquits “abaixen el volum” de la seva activitat. tuit.cat/TPUOs

🦟 Why don’t viruses kill the mosquitoes that transmit them? 🔬 A study reveals how these insects coexist with viruses such as dengue and Zika, and what this can teach us about their spread and control. Learn more:  https://tuit.cat/uu8EJ @melisupf.bsky.social

#Recerca Un equip internacional d'experts en embriologia i bioètica de la #UPFBarcelona publica el primer llibre blanc per fer servir models embrionaris basats en cèl·lules mare en l’àmbit de la biologia reproductiva. ℹ️ tuit.cat/3qztH

Models embrionaris basats en cèl·lules mare: una peça clau per estudiar la infertilitat?

Un equip internacional, coordinat per l'investigador de la UPF Alfonso Martínez-Arias, publica un informe tècnic sobre la utilització correcta d'aquests models des del punt de vista de la biologia del...

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#Symposium The 2026 MELIS Biomedical Research Symposium is a wrap! Thank you to all who have made it possible! 🎉 ℹ️ tuit.cat/lUahd @prbb.org @upf.edu

The MELIS holds its fifteenth biomedical research symposium

Un any més, el simposi ha aglutinat investigadors que treballen en un ampli ventall de projectes de recerca a la frontera del coneixement biomèdic.

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We are so ready! Remember, this afternoon and tomorrow morning we will be at the @prbb.org Auditorium. Come and enjoy bioscience!

Just one week to go! Hope to see you there! 💫 Register now if you haven't already: tuit.cat/dT2kl

UPF Medicine and Life Sciences@melisupf.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#Symposium We are keen to share with you our Biomedical Research Symposium. An event to bring together researchers working on a wide range of topics in biomedicine & to showcase the projects of our excellent young researchers. June 4-5 at the @prbb.org Auditorium 👉 registration - tuit.cat/dT2kl

#Awards 🏅 Big congratulations to professor Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo who has recieved the Manuel Rico-Bruker España Prize for his outstanding career in Biophysics by the Spanish Biophysical Society. @upf.edu @sdrecercaupf.bsky.social ℹ️ tuit.cat/uqdSi

#Seminar 📋 Publish your results in Nature Communications 🗣️ Dr Andrés Cano and Dr Paraskevi Mallini, both editors of the journal. 📆 8 June - ⏰ 15:00 in the Maria Skłodowska-Curie room - Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona Contact Ana Janic if you'd like to arrange a meeting with the editors

#20PRBB Laia de Nadal, rectora de la #UPFBarcelona, va participar dimecres en l'acte del vintè aniversari del @prbb.org, un referent en recerca biomèdica del sud d'Europa. Per molts anys! 🎂

📣 New PRBB-CRG conference 📋 A wander through the wonders of innate immunity: immunometabolic control of inflammation and infection 🗣️ Matt Sweet  - University of Queensland 📆 May 21 - ⏰ 12:00 hosted by: Ruben Vicente - @melisupf.bsky.social    📍 #PRBB Maria Skłodowska-Curie room

🚀Ready to kick-start your scientific career? Join the next #MMRES class! More than 60% of the #MMRES Master's Programme is spent doing hands-on research projects in top #BISTCommunity and MELIS-UPF labs upf.edu/web/mmres

Blending @melisupf.bsky.social @prbb.org @researchmar.bsky.social

L'enhorabona, companys, @politiquesupf.bsky.social ! 🙌🏻

Universitat Pompeu Fabra@upf.edu · 3mo ago

#MaríaDeMaeztu El @politiquesupf.bsky.social de la #UPFBarcelona, reconegut com a unitat d’excel·lència María de Maeztu pel Ministeri de Ciència, Innovació i Universitats @sommalliance.bsky.social. Amb aquest, ja són tres els departaments de la UPF acreditats amb aquesta distinció. ℹ️ tuit.cat/8rJZg

Felicitats! 🎉

Universitat Pompeu Fabra@upf.edu · 3mo ago

La rectora Laia de Nadal ha rebut els membres del PDI que han estat distingits amb Menció d’Excel·lència en la primera edició del Programa de Reconeixement i Suport a la #InnovacióDocent: Gemma Barberà, Elisabet Moyano, Cristina Roqueta i Isaac Baley. L'enhorabona! 👏 ℹ️ tuit.cat/sSJfv

We already have the winning project of the 21st edition of the PRBB Award 🏆🧬 A study on familial dyslipidemia stands out for its scientific quality and highlights young talent in biomedical research. Find out more 👇 https://tuit.cat/sf0p3 @upf.edu @melisupf.bsky.social

The Pharmacoinformatics lab, led by @mpastor.bsky.social, has co-developed #FAIRlite: a refined set of #FAIRprinciples to streamline #computationaltoxicology. Designed for clarity, FAIR lite ensures both model developers and end users can apply FAIR standards without ambiguity.

#Symposium We are keen to share with you our Biomedical Research Symposium. An event to bring together researchers working on a wide range of topics in biomedicine & to showcase the projects of our excellent young researchers. June 4-5 at the @prbb.org Auditorium 👉 registration - tuit.cat/dT2kl

#Research 🧬 The largest genetic database of the indigenous peoples of the Americas reveals over a million previously unknown variants A really interesting project led by Tábita Hünemeier, in which David Comas collaborated to help describe the contribution of the population they have named Ypykuéra

Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (IBE)@ibe-barcelona.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📕An international study led by Tábita Hünemeier, principal investigator at the @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social together with the University of São Paulo, has deciphered the genome of Indigenous American populations.🧬 👉https://shorturl.at/yJoSN

What makes each pancreatic cell unique? 🤔 🧬 SPICEY reveals it by identifying genes and regulatory regions of DNA. A key new tool to better understand the pancreas in health and diabetes. Read more: https://tuit.cat/1zUg7 #DiabetesResearch #Bioinformatics @melisupf.bsky.social

A new tool helps identify what makes each type of pancreatic cell unique - El·lipse

Developed at MELIS-UPF, SPICEY helps identify which genes and DNA regulatory regions are specific to each cell type in pancreatic islets.

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Thrilled to present our comparative study on the evolution of zygotic genome activation (ZGA)!! 🥚🧬 Amazing PhD work of @campobes.bsky.social together with @fedemantica.bsky.social and many collaborators! @melisupf.bsky.social @crg.eu. Thread below 1/15 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

#Research 1/ 💫 We are pleased to share the first paper from the Computational Neuroscience Research Group led by Gustavo Deco since he joined the #MELISupf Competitive interactions are key to explaining the dynamics of the human brain has now been published in @natneuro.nature.com 🎊 tuit.cat/itifI

Competitive interactions are key to explaining the dynamics of the human brain

New insights into complex processes such as attention, decision-making and memory have been gained from a new study from the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, Pompeu Fabra University ...

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Yeey! Very happy to have joined the department! Great place, great people, great science! (now I'll need great funding 😂)

UPF Medicine and Life Sciences@melisupf.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Welcome aboard, MAPCell Lab! 💫 It is a pleasure to have a group at MELIS @upf.edu led by @felixmendu.bsky.social to dechiper the physics and biology behind cellular organisation, membranes an biological form. Find out more about Felix's background and research project 👇 tuit.cat/tiZ3p

Welcome aboard, MAPCell Lab! 💫 It is a pleasure to have a group at MELIS @upf.edu led by @felixmendu.bsky.social to dechiper the physics and biology behind cellular organisation, membranes an biological form. Find out more about Felix's background and research project 👇 tuit.cat/tiZ3p

Fèlix Campelo: “We want to understand the physical and molecular principles of how the cell reorganizes its internal membranes to adapt to its environment” - Departament | Faculty of Medicine and Life...

Damos la bienvenida al MAPCell Lab, que forma parte de MELIS desde julio de 2025. El grupo, dirigido por Fèlix Campelo, combina principios físicos y biológicos para comprender cómo la forma explica la...

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#Seminar 📣 Leveraging whole genome CRISPR-Cas9 screens to identify novel immunotherapeutic targets in lung cancer 🗣️ Kate Sutherland - Kate Sutherland Hosted by Tayla Dyton - EMBL & Ana Janic - #MELISupf 🗓️ April 17th 🕐 10:30 am 📍 Charles Darwin room, Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona

🗣️“Hi ha pares que volen posar un nom ‘català’ als fills; potser veurem cert reciclatge” 🎧 Francesc Calafell, investigador de l' #IBE_Barcelona i professor i investigador del @melisupf.bsky.social, reflexiona a @rac1oficial.bsky.socialsobre el retorn de noms en desús. 👉

Noms clàssics com Antònia, Blai, Victòria o Nicolàs tornen a estar de moda: "Hi ha pares que volen posar un nom 'català' als fills; potser veurem cert reciclatge"

Els noms clàssics tornen a estar de moda. Alguns com Antònia, Blai, Victòria o Nicolàs tornen a sonar entre els més petits, tot i que els associàvem més als

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