Congratulations to Vikas Trivedi & collaborators for being awarded the HFSP grant! An international team coordinated by EMBL Barcelona researchers has been awarded $1.5M to study how developing organisms stay on track despite climate-driven temperature instability. www.embl.org/news/awards-...

New funding to explore how embryos survive temperature stress in the era of climate change | EMBL

An international team coordinated by Vikas Trivedi at EMBL Barcelona has been awarded an HFSP grant worth $1.5 million (€1.3 M) to study how developing organisms stay on track despite climate-driven t...

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Thrilled to see the El·lipse article live! Proud that my push to rename the rooms after Maria Skłodowska-Curie and Rita Levi-Montalcini is sparking conversations about history, identity, and respect in science. Grateful to PRBB for amplifying this—names matter.

Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona@prbb.org · 5mo ago

✨ Small changes, big impact!  🤝 At PRBB, we promote a more inclusive scientific culture with the EDI group. 🔬Patryk Polinski from @embl.org  shares his research and discusses how shared values improve research life. 👉Read more: https: //tuit.cat/WsoWq

Very happy to be the parto of this great initiative that involves young investigators in the peer review. A very promising start for this initiative at @embopress.org and @reviewcommons.org. Thanks to all the postdocs for brainstorming and the trainers for the encouragement! @embl.org @embo.org

EMBO@embo.org · 6mo ago

Yesterday, EMBO Press hosted a #webinar "Peer review in practice: Insights from EMBO Press editors" part of a pilot project in collaboration with EMBL, aimed at encouraging the engagement of postdocs in the #PeerReview process. 🧪 #LifeSciences #research

New year and new opportunities! There is an open call for a PhD student to join our lab. #RNA biology #circRNAs #miRNAs #neuroscience #neuroedocrinology Please share with potential candidates 🙏🫶. A link to the call & more details here: www.phdscanner.com/opportunitie...

Community drives great science! Proud to help launch our postdoc meetings in Barcelona (w/ Dorota Zawada) & co-organize the International Postdoc Retreat 2026 (w/ @mariiabeliaeva.bsky.social & Federico Agustín Vignale). Here’s to more connections in 2026! #EMBL #ScienceTogether #EMBLBarcelona

Researchers at EMBL Barcelona have launched LimbNET, a new online platform that integrates computer modeling, experimental data, and 2D live simulations for limb development. www.embl.org/news/science...

Come to Biomalpar xxii!!! We have an outstanding line up of speakers!!! It is a true honor to be an organizer of Biomalpar. It was the first conference I ever attended during my 2nd PhD year so it feels special. And don't miss the beautiful poster image from Hannah Fleckenstein!

EMBL Events@events.embl.org · 8mo ago

Do you want to join a community working to reduce the devastating toll of #malaria by pushing forward new ideas, innovations, and strategies? 🦟 🧬 Registration is now open for #EMBLMalaria: https://s.embl.org/bmp26-01-bl ✍️ Submit your abstract by 18 Feb 🗓️ 27 – 29 May 2026 #BioMalPar

Great session by Sara Monaco introducing ReviewCommons at the EMBL international postdoc retreat! Insightful discussion on how transparent peer review can accelerate and improve publishing #OpenScience @embl.org @saramonaco-rc.bsky.social @embo.org

Pre-print alert 🚨 We answer a longstanding question in the field. Do immune cells cause cerebral malaria? The answer is YES!!!! And independently of P. falciparum accumulation in the brain. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Innate immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum disrupt the blood-brain barrier

Plasmodium falciparum accumulation at the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a hallmark of cerebral malaria, a life-threatening complication. Conversely, the contribution of the immune response to vascular ...

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Good morning at @embl.org Barcelona

Dogs who experience neglect as puppies are more likely to be fearful and aggressive in adulthood, suggests research in Scientific Reports. go.nature.com/4pT9hKp 🧪

🚨New preprint from the lab! This work led by @akshayjg.bsky.social & @smfernandezmoya.bsky.social shows how the RNA binding protein STAU2 regulates the timing of neurogenesis in iPSC-derived human cells www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Staufen2 modulates the temporal dynamics of human neurogenesis in vitro

RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play a central role in post-transcriptional regulation during brain development, yet their specific functions in coordinating human neural lineage decisions remain poorly u...

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Excited to welcome Eli Weinstein, DTU & ELLIS, to Collaboratorium Symposium Nov 10-11! His work on AI & causal biology is groundbreaking, advancing how we understand molecular systems and drug discovery. Join us! #Collaboratorium2025 #AI #Biology

At EvoMG-DN we believe that evolutionary history shapes both the human genome and its pathogens and ultimately disease susceptibility. We will tackle health challenges from an evolutionary perspective in the topic of: ageing, cancer and infectious diseases. #PhD #EvolutionaryBiology #MSCA

📢 Join us at the Barcelona Collaboratorium on October 2, 2025! Markus Deserno will present “On the thermodynamics of ternary asymmetric lipid membranes”. A deep dive into the physics behind lipid rafts and membrane complexity.🧬 #Biophysics #BarcelonaCollaboratorium

Have you ever wondered what happens with your microvessels after exposure to high temperature in fever? In this preprint former postdoc (ans soon to be PI) Viola Introini found that high temperatures cleaves glycocalyx , having severe consequences in malaria www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Febrile temperature enhances Plasmodium falciparum cytoadhesion by disrupting the endothelial glycocalyx

Fever, a universal host defense in infection and inflammation, paradoxically contributes to neurological complications in malaria. While febrile temperatures enhance the expression of parasite virulen...

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Time to accelerate! ⏱️4 weeks left to apply for EMBL ARISE2 fellowship programme. Are you interested in developing or improving technologies for life science research? #ARISE2 trains you to become a future research infrastructure leader. 🧪 Apply now! www.embl.org/training/ari... #careers

Keystone symposia on stem-cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs). Join us in discussing the development, measurement, and manipulation of SCBEMs in California in Feb 2026! www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/... Scholarship/ShortTalk Deadline: Oct 21 Early Registration Deadline: Dec 18 (Save $200!)

🚨🚨🚨 Please RT! We're looking for a postdoc to join an exciting joint project between our lab @upf.edu & @crg.eu (Barcelona) and the Sander lab @mdc-berlin.bsky.social (Berlin) investigating how alternative splicing and microexons influences the maturation of pancreatic islets. Deadline: 30/09/25👇

Pre-print alert 🚨: We have developed 2D and 3D stable iPSC endothelial-differentiation models through dox inducible ETS expression. We demonstrate endothelial identity and used these models for studying malaria pathogenesis research. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our latest in @cytoskeljournal.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... reveals how a tiny DAAM1 microexon controls actin dynamics & RHOA/ROCK signaling—now showing ARC protein levels expand this synaptic orchestra! 🧠⚡ @mirimiam.bsky.social , @crg.eu , @embl.org @prbb.org

ARC Expands the DAAM1 Microexon‐Mediated Actin–RHOA/ROCK Interplay

Actin cytoskeleton and its dynamics play a crucial role in synaptic function, influencing dendritic spines' structural and functional plasticity. Recent findings unveiled the significance of alternat....

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🚨Great podcast on our most recent work using @notebooklmdeepdive.bsky.social on the role of microexon in DAAM1 in memory formation! 🧠🐁🔬🧫 🚨CLICK Here ➡️ drive.google.com/file/d/1elCs... ⬅️🚨 @mirimiam.bsky.social @maradierssen.bsky.social @crg.eu @natcomms.nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com

Thrilled to share my 1st PhD paper exploring the role of a DAAM1 microexon in memory formation and learning! 🧠🐭💻🔬(and first post at @bsky.app :) Finally published in @natcomms.nature.com nature.com/articles/s41... . With @mirimiam.bsky.social, @maradierssen.bsky.social, @crg.eu Details below:

A highly conserved neuronal microexon in DAAM1 controls actin dynamics, RHOA/ROCK signaling, and memory formation - Nature Communications

Actin is crucial for nervous system function yet the role of microexons in its modulation is unclear. Here, the authors show that a microexon in DAAM1 has a role in actin dynamics, neuronal function a...

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