#Symposium
📣 Save the date! June 4-5 at the Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona. Connect, discover, and dive into biomedicine!
Free entry—register now: https://tuit.cat/dT2kl
🎯 Will you join us?
If you like science and the arts, don't miss “La vida junts": 100 drawings by Gemma París inspired by scientific images encapsulated in Petri dishes.
📍 Until 26 March in the @prbb.org lobby
The MELIS artist in residence program is an initiative by @upf.edu & the @fundaciovilacasas.bsky.social
#ComunitatUPF
It has been fantastic to spend two days sharing knowledge, learning teaching strategies to improve learning, building community and debating the future of our Department and Faculty. 💫
Thank you all!
#MELISupf #Biomedicine #TeamBuilding - @upf.edu
#Podcast 🎧
The latest episode of the Galaxy Balance podcast features Marc Güell ( @marcguellc.bsky.social ), an ICREA Research Professor at @upf.edu
AI, synthetic evolution and the future of genomic engineering in an episode by Cory Smith.
#AI #microbiome #SynBio
open.spotify.com/episode/6gnl...
#JobOffer
MELIS is looking for a Junior Group Leader Position in Cell Metabolism
✅ PhD in Biology or similar; capacity to lead high-impact research projects; supervision of doctoral theses; teaching
⏰ Deadline: May 2
📍 Barcelona #PRBB
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/180316
Details: bit.ly/40N09LX
4/ Check the original article published in the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
www.sjweh.fi/article/4266
3/ "If we only reduce the working hours, without a more structural change in how life and society are organized, this reduction in working hours will affect women and men differently,” says Mireia Utzet, co-first author of the study. cc @hospitaldelmar.bsky.social
2/ The analysis of 16 experiences across Europe reveals that there is a huge improvement in work-life balance & mental health (82%) but widen gender gap in task distribution.
♀️♂️ Women dedicate more time to caregiving and domestic tasks, while men use the extra time for personal activities.
#Research
1/ ⚖️ Reduced working hours benefit health, but may increase gender differences
Reduced hours boost worker's health but often widen the gender gap in task distribution.
cc @hospitaldelmar.bsky.social @sjdhospitalbarcelona.org
ℹ️ tuit.cat/j7qs8
Delighted to collaborate with @melisupf.bsky.social on this exciting study. Juana Diez and her team reveal that coronaviruses reprogram the cellular tRNA pool to optimise viral gene expression 🤯🍾🥂🥳🥳
6/ This study is a collaborative effort with Arvind H. Patel & @alf-castello.bsky.social - @cvrinfo.bsky.social; Rafael Sanjuán - @i2sysbio.es & Miguel Chillón - @uab.cat
👇 Check the original article published in @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
5/ “The tRNA-modifying enzyme is a promising candidate for developing broad-spectrum antiviral drugs capable of curbing the spread of coronaviruses”, Juana Díez states. “This drug would allow us to contain the infections caused by new coronaviruses and prevent their rapid expansion”.
4/ The modification of tRNAs has been observed both in SARS-CoV-2, associated with serious infections, and in HCoV-OC43, which usually causes very mild cold-like signs and symptoms. Therefore, it could be a common strategy among different #coronaviruses.
3/ “Coronaviruses need tRNAs that are in low concentrations in cells. For this reason, we asked ourselves how a virus can spread so quickly within a cell where the tRNAs it needs to make its viral proteins are not abundant”, outlines Elena Muscolino, first author of the study.
2/ The study published in @natcomms.nature.com shows that infection causes stress that chemically alters tRNAs and changes the functioning of the cellular machinery. Thus, the cell is no longer optimized to produce its own proteins and acquires the ideal conditions to respond to stress.
1/ 🎯 A therapeutic target that would curb the spread of #coronaviruses has been identified
It is an enzyme that is activated in human cells in response to stress due to infection and causes changes in the cellular machinery that favour the production and spread of coronaviruses
tuit.cat/5y9Rr
3CatInfo es fa ressò de la nostra recerca;
💊 Un tractament experimental millora la memòria en la síndrome de Down
Un estudi liderat per Andrés Ozaita en col·laboració amb l' @hospitaldelmar.bsky.social
Llegeix i escolta la notícia aquí 👇
www.3cat.cat/3catinfo/un-...
Some global patterns cannot be explained solely by the properties of individual units. 🌐
Ricard Solé @melisupf.bsky.social explores complex systems: from ant colonies 🐜 to the human brain. 🧠
👉
#ComunitatUPF
Relleu als deganats de les facultats de Dret i Humanitats de la #UPFBarcelona, i continuïtat al de Medicina i Ciències de la Vida @melisupf.bsky.social
#Divulgació
Explicar la recerca que fem i sembrar la llavor de la curiositat als més petits ✅️
Gràcies @claragordillopi.bsky.social per compatrir la teva experiència a l'escola Patronat Domènech de Gràcia 🫶🏼
#DonaICiència #WomenInStem
Great opportunity for 2 bioinformaticians! Come work with us at @melisupf.bsky.social ! 😉
Please RT! 🙏
“No hi ha cap màquina ni cap IA capaç de viatjar en el temps com fem els humans” @ricardsole.bsky.social al @ara.cat ✍️ @crisaez.bsky.social
Ciències i humanitats per repensar la importància del temps.
cc @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
www.ara.cat/ciencia-medi...
Interested in #SynBio #education? 🦠⚙️👩🎓
Together with @nevoti.bsky.social & @marcguellc.bsky.social at @melisupf.bsky.social we designed active learning activities 📚 to complement theoretical SynBio lectures, together with 3-day deductive lab session 🧑🔬 that combines mystery 🔍 and #CRISPR circuits.👇
#JobOffer
MELIS is looking for 2 Bioinformatics Research Technicians to join our department:
💻 R, Python, STAR, DESeq2
⏰ Deadline: Mar 18
Apply: recruitment.melis@upf.edu (Ref. MELIS-PSR-INDF-2026-06)
Details: www.upf.edu/documents/d/...
#Seminar
Going with the flow: how cell membrane tension dynamics impact cellular processes from bacteria to B-cells
🗣️ Erdem Karatekin, PhD, Yale School of Medicine
Host: Felix Campelo, #melisUPF
🗓️ Friday, February 20th 🕐 11:00 am
📍 Charles Darwin Room, Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona
Ja tenim nova data per al cinefòrum sobre biaixos de gènere en salut! (L’activitat s’havia ajornat a causa del vent). Animeu-vos a participar! @melisupf.bsky.social
❗️Sessió oberta!
📅 Dimarts, 24 de febrer de 2026
⏰ De 15:00 a 17:00 h
📍 Aula 61.232, Campus del Mar
Felicitats, Víctor!
#Divulgació
Torna La Facultat al Barri
📆18 de febrer pots aprendre de “Immnoteràpia i vacunació” amb el Jose Aramburu
T'esperem a les 17 a l'aula 61.228 del #CampusMar
📧 inscripció: biomed.comunicacio@upf.edu
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
📈 The 2024 demographic report shows women hold 51% of PI roles, continuing an upward trend (40% in 2021; 45% in 2023).
✂️ The “scissor effect” seems to be shifting.
2/6 #GenderEquality #Science
