Núria Pell (5-Year PhD Student in our lab and AECC volunteer) organizing, with the AECC, a workshop honoring all female scientists whose discoveries changed the world. Thanks AECC for implementing these initiatives and supporting science!! ...
February 11th is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science — a day established by the United Nations to recognize the essential role of women and girls in science and technology. Marking days like this is one way we can work toward a...
Our Mission: Motivate young biomedical students to High Quality Science by keeping it Real, Relevant and Rigorous, avoiding Salami Slicing Science ! ...
By Marta Ramirez-Pedraza & Mercedes Fernandez. Published in Frontiers in Immunology 2019; 10:2882 (doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2019.02882). Specialty Section Molecular Innate Immunity. Editor Ralf Weiskirchen. Open Access Article ...
Members of our group participate as organizers and teachers at the 2019 Science Week hosted by the IDIBAPS, where 250 high school students become researchers for one day! ...
Excellent Barcelona BioMed Conference!! Stimulation of the immune system by blocking immunosuppressive checkpoints has shown spectacular impact in cancer therapy. There is increasing evidence that immunotherapy might elicit similar outcomes in non-oncological settings. This is the case, for example, of neurodegenerative disorders where blockade of immune...
Congrats Marc and all authors for this excellent work, which has been selected as a Presidential Poster of Distinction by the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD). Posters of Distinction are classified as being in the top 10% of all accepted poster abstracts...
We gratefully appreciate their support! ...
Published in OBM Hepatology and Gastroenterology (2019) 3:15 (doi:10.21926/obm.hg.1903030), by Marta Ramirez and Mercedes Fernandez. Special Issue: "Exploring Novel Treatment Options for Liver Fibrosis: Can Anti-Angiogenics Succeed?". Ed. M. Bartneck. Lidsen Publishing, Ohio, USA. Invited Review. Link...
Good work, Júlia! We wish you the best of success in your future endeavors! ...
Published in Springer Nature (2019), by Marta Ramirez*, Nuria Pell*, Marc Mejias and Mercedes Fernandez (*co-first authors). Pericyte Biology in Different Organs, Ed. A. Birbrair, Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 2019;1122:73-100. PubMed Brings readers up to date on this unique cell type which has...
Cheers to great science and many more ground-breaking discoveries to come! Ester Garcia's PhD thesis focused on the molecular and cellular mechanisms of neovascularization in portal hypertension and liver cirrhosis, and included her recent publications in Gut 2017;66:1306-1320 and Scientific Reports 2017;7:14791. Thesis Director: Mercedes...
Amazing work and really proud to have you in the lab! Javier Gallego's PhD thesis focused on the regulatory mechanisms of VEGF-mediated angiogenesis in portal hypertension and liver cirrhosis, and included his recent publications in Gastroenterology 2016;150:982 and Scientific Reports 2017;7:14791. Thesis Director: Mercedes Fernandez....
It has been a great pleasure to co-organize this extraordinary research event of the European Association for the Study of Liver (EASL). Thanks to our keynote speakers for their fantastic opening talks, to all faculty members and students for their remarkable engagement and enthusiasm, and...
Our lab is fully committed in the fight against cancer: researching, donating money and volunteering. We are proud to be part of the AECC team!! Photo: Núria Pell (PhD student in our lab and AECC volunteer) participating in the Walk/Run Event Against Breast Cancer organized by...
Celebrating teamwork, hard work, and collaboration with the Reiberger's lab and the Trebicka's lab at the ECLCB-8 meeting. Thomas Reiberger, Sabine Klein, Philipp Königshofer, Frank Erhard Uschner, Nuria Pell, Ester Garcia-Pras, Marta Ramirez, Salvador Naranjo and myself (with Robert Schierwagen and Jonel Trebicka) organized and...
This wonderful and fruitful meeting has been a unique platform to present our work, share experience, create new networks for international collaborations, and have fun. We have organized and presented the Workshop on Vascular Biology Techniques and chaired the Session on Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cell...
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The Scientific Foundation of the Spanish Association Againts Cancer (AECC) has granted 1.2 million euros to our Coordinate Group (Mercedes Fernandez, Raul Mendez and Jordi Bruix). We gratefully appreciate their support! ...
I have presented our work as invited speaker and spent 5 days of intense scientific discussion and post meeting bar sessions with experts and giants in the liver world. I came back full of new ideas, networking opportunities and friends. Read More ...