Our Collaborative Paper with our Friends from Heidelberg is out in Cell Reports!!
This work identifies a critical role of CPEB4 as a regulator of cardiomyocyte function. Congratulations to all the team members!!...
01 March, 2021
Today We are Celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Just as many women as men start out on life science careers. But many more men go on to senior academic positions. In the interest of science and society, it is important that the best scientists have the opportunity to pursue a career, and that...
11 February, 2021
Highlights of our Work in the Covering the Cover Section of Gastroenterology
CPEB4 increases expression of PFKFB3 to induce glycolysis and activate mouse and human hepatic stellate cells, promoting liver fibrosis Mejias M, Gallego J, Naranjo-Suarez S, Ramirez M, Pell N, Manzano A, Suñer C, Bartrons R, Mendez R, Fernandez M Corresponding author: Mercedes Fernandez Gastroenterology 2020; 159: 273-288. This paper has...
18 November, 2020
Posttranscriptional Reprogramming of Metabolism as a Driver of Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation in Liver Fibrosis. Published in Gastroenterology 2020
Gastroenterology impact factor: 20.877. This study unveils a new functional link between CPEB4-dependent translation, glycolysis and liver fibrosis. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32169429/ ...
13 July, 2020
Alex, Scientist from our Group, Volunteers in the Fight Against Covid-19
"Calling all scientists": Experts share their bench skills to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic. ...
10 May, 2020
New Review Describing the Crosstalk Between Angiogenesis and Fibrogenesis in Liver Disease
Published in Current Tissue Microenvironment Reports (Springer Nature) 2020;1:121-129. By Marc Mejias, Alexandra Balvey and Mercedes Fernandez....
05 April, 2020
Workshop for Biomedical Students of the International University of Catalonia
Our Mission: Motivate young biomedical students to High Quality Science by keeping it Real, Relevant and Rigorous, avoiding Salami Slicing Science ! ...
11 February, 2020
Interplay Between Macrophages and Angiogenesis: A Double-Edged Sword in Liver Disease. Published in Frontiers in Immunology
By Marta Ramirez-Pedraza & Mercedes Fernandez. Published in Frontiers in Immunology 2019; 10:2882. Specialty Section Molecular Innate Immunity. Editor Ralf Weiskirchen. Open Access Article ...
25 November, 2019
Science & Networking at The Liver Meeting 2019
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...
18 November, 2019
La Marato de TV3 Foundation Awards our Research
We gratefully appreciate their support! ...
18 November, 2019
Invited Review Published: Pathological Angiogenesis: The New Culprit Behind Chronic Liver Disease
Published in OBM Hepatology and Gastroenterology (2019) 3:15, 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...
22 July, 2019
Pericytes in the Gut: up to date on this unique cell type which has gone from almost forgotten to a timely, hot topic
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...
25 April, 2019
Great Teamwork! Workshop in Vascular Biology at the 2018 European Club for Liver Cell Biology Meeting (Bonn, Germany)
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...
08 October, 2018
Sharing our experience, chairing sessions and having fun at the 2018 European Club for Liver Cell Biology Meeting (Bonn, Germany)
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...
08 October, 2018
Our Research Receives 1.2 Million Euros from the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC)
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! Read More ...
24 September, 2018
From Arizona with Liver… Cutting edge research and awesome science at the FASEB Conference on Liver Biology and Pathophysiology
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 ...
18 June, 2018
Presenting work, chairing sessions and sharing knowledge at the 2018 Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation
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...
04 June, 2018
2018 Best Scientific Publication Award for our Nature Cell Biology paper
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...
04 June, 2018