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 Krista Rombouts and Javier Cubero for their fantastic opening talks, to all faculty members and students for their...
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 ...
This exciting meeting addresses the latest developments and relevance in hepatology of the reciprocal interplay between the gut and liver. It focuses on interactions among the microbiota, epithelial barrier and host both in health and in liver disease. The goals of the meeting are to...
Outstanding congress with the overarching topic of "Precision medicine for healthy ageing". The high quality workshops on Phagocyte Biology, Mitochondria, Cardiology and Hepatology & Digestive Diseases have provided a forum for discussion, debate and meeting of clinicians and scientists with a genuine interest in uncovering...
Our publication "Circadian- and UPR-dependent control of CPEB4 mediates a translational response to counteract hepatic steatosis under ER stress" has been awarded with the Best Scientific Publication Award from the Spanish Association Against Cancer. Published in Nature Cell Biology 2017;19:94-105 Authors: Carlos Maillo, Judit Martín, David Sebastián, Maribel...
Excellent Symposium in a beautiful place (the new site of AECC in Barcelona)!! Presenting last advances and results in new innovative lines of cancer research. ...
Invited Editorial, by Mercedes Fernandez, published in Hepatology 2018. Devoted to the study by Raevens et al. Placental growth factor inhibition targets pulmonary angiogenesis and represents a novel therapy for hepatopulmonary syndrome in mice. Hepatology. 2017 Oct 10. doi: 10.1002/hep.29579....
Published in Nature Cell Biology 2017;19:94-105 "Circadian- and UPR-dependent control of CPEB4 mediates a translational response to counteract hepatic steatosis under ER stress", by Carlos Maillo, Judit Martín, David Sebastián, Maribel Hernández-Alvarez, Mar García-Rocha, Oscar Reina, Antonio Zorzano, Mercedes Fernandez & Raúl Méndez. Co-corresponding authors: Raúl Méndez and Mercedes...
News on our research published in Scientific Reports 2017. “Therapeutic siRNA targeting endothelial KDR decreases portosystemic collateralization in portal hypertension”, by Javier Gallego*, Ester Garcia-Pras*, Marc Mejias, Nuria Pell, Ute Schaeper and Mercedes Fernandez (*co-first authors). Corresponding author: Mercedes Fernandez. Scientific Reports 2017, 7:14791 Link to Article. AECC Más Información...
News on our research published in Scientific Reports 2017. “Therapeutic siRNA targeting endothelial KDR decreases portosystemic collateralization in portal hypertension”, by Javier Gallego*, Ester Garcia-Pras*, Marc Mejias, Nuria Pell, Ute Schaeper and Mercedes Fernandez (*co-first authors). Corresponding author: Mercedes Fernandez. Scientific Reports 2017, 7:14791. Link to Article. More Information...
Published in Scientific Reports 2017. "Therapeutic siRNA targeting endothelial KDR decreases portosystemic collateralization in portal hypertension", by Javier Gallego*, Ester Garcia-Pras*, Marc Mejias, Nuria Pell, Ute Schaeper and Mercedes Fernandez (*co-first authors). Corresponding author: Mercedes Fernandez. Scientific Reports 2017;7:14791. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093528 Published in Abstract form in Hepatology 2017: "Gene therapy...