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. Great Work Marc & Alex!
Published in Current Tissue Microenvironment Reports (Springer Nature); doi:10.1007/s43152-020-00013-w. By Marc Mejias, Alexandra Balvey and Mercedes Fernandez. This new journal publishes cutting-edge, invitation-only reviews in order to advance our knowledge of how the constituents of different tissues interact between them, and function in physiologic and pathologic conditions....
05 April, 2020
Posttranscriptional Reprogramming of Metabolism as a Driver of Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation in Liver Fibrosis. Published in Gastroenterology 2020
By Marc Mejias, Javier Gallego, Salvador Naranjo-Suarez, Marta Ramirez, Nuria Pell, Anna Manzano, Clara Suñer, Ramon Bartrons, Raul Mendez, Mercedes Fernandez. Corresponding author: M Fernandez. CPEB4 increases expression of PFKFB3 to induce glycolysis and activate mouse and human hepatic stellate cells, promoting liver fibrosis. Gastroenterology 2020; S0016-5085(20)30328-0 (doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2020.03.008). This study...
03 March, 2020
Our Lab and the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) are Fully Committed to Supporting and Empowering Women and Girls in Science
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!! ...
11 February, 2020
International Day of Women and Girls in 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...
11 February, 2020
Workshop for Biomedical Students of the University International 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
New Invited Review Published: Interplay Between Macrophages and Angiogenesis: A Double-Edged Sword in Liver Disease. Great Work Marta!
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
2019 Science Week: Bringing Young People Closer to the World of Research and Discovering the Excitement of Science
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! ...
18 November, 2019
Immunotherapy Beyond Cancer. A Cure for Age-Related Diseases
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...
18 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. Great Work Marta!
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
Congrats to Júlia, who successfully completed her Master Thesis in our Lab and in the Official Master in Translational Medicine-MSc from the University of Barcelona.
Good work, Júlia! We wish you the best of success in your future endeavors! ...
18 June, 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
Congratulations to Ester for Successfully Defending her Fantastic PhD Thesis!
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...
22 November, 2018
Congratulations to Javi for a Great PhD Defense!
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....
16 November, 2018
EASL Basic School of Hepatology: What an Amazing Research Experience!!
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...
29 October, 2018
Running Against Cancer: Let’s Win it!!
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...
22 October, 2018
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