11F: Picture a Scientist
The Institute and the Unitat de Cultura en Viu at UAB have organized an online screening of the documentary Picture a Scientist for the 11th of February, the Women in Science Day. Sign in!
News
The Scientific Genius of Caty Casas. In Memoriam
2020 has been hard. Sadly, last June, Dr. Caty Casas left us and, before the year comes to an end, we would like to dedicate to her some words of remembrance. Thanks to Drs. Esther Dalfó, Elena Galea, Lydia Giménez-Llort, Julia Lorenzo, Josefa Sabrià and Montserrat Solanas for writing this beautiful text on behalf of the Institute. We feel lucky for having had the chance to work with Caty. In memoriam.
More reliable pain diagnosis tools needed in people with dementia
A study with the participation of Dr. Lydia Giménez-Llort and Aida Muntsant concludes that a better pain assessment in patients with severe cognitive impairment is possible, using more reliable tools and spending more time with patients, developing standardized guidelines and specific training for professionals. Read the article
The Innovation Network of New Technologies in Mental Health (TECSAM) has been created
The laboratory coordinated by Drs. Antonio Armario and Roser Nadal, together with other 28 research teams, created the Innovation Network of New Technologies in Mental Health (TECSAM). TECSAM aims to integrate all mental health research carried out in the territory, optimising the resources allocated to the valorisation and transfer of knowledge. Dr. Josep Maria Haro, from Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, will be the coordinator of the network.
Dr. Raül Andero received the ICREA Research Professor distinction
Dr. Raül Andero,coordinator of the Translational mechanisms of fear memory laboratory, has been granted a Senior Research Professor position, awarded by the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA).
Schedule
12:30 h
https://youtu.be/5Qa0gtLZRu8
https://youtu.be/5Qa0gtLZRu8
11:00 h
Sala de Graus de la Unitat Docent de Medicina de la Vall d'Hebron
Sala de Graus de la Unitat Docent de Medicina de la Vall d'Hebron
0:00 h
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Videos
Publications
Mòdol-Caballero, G., Herrando-Grabulosa, M., García-Lareu, B., Solanes, N., Verdés, S., Osta, R., Francos-Quijorna, I., López-Vales, R., Calvo, A. C., Bosch, A., & Navarro, X. (2020).
Gene therapy for overexpressing Neuregulin 1 type I in skeletal muscles promotes functional improvement in the SOD1G93A ALS mice
Neurobiology of Disease,
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32032731/
Bruzzese, A., Dalton, J. A. R., & Giraldo, J. (2020).
Insights into adenosine A2A receptor activation through cooperative modulation of agonist and allosteric lipid interactions
PLoS Computational Biology,
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32298258/
Redondo, A., Riego, G., & Pol, O. (2020).
The antinociceptive, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of 5-fluoro-2-oxindole during inflammatory pain
Antioxidants,
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33316895/
Belda, X., Fuentes, S., Labad, J., Nadal, R., & Armario, A. (2020).
Acute exposure of rats to a severe stressor alters the circadian pattern of corticosterone and sensitizes to a novel stressor: Relationship to pre-stress individual differences in resting corticosterone levels
Hormones and Behavior,
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32991887/