Carles Curutchet, full professor of the IQTC, and Xavier Barril, ICREA research professor of the IBUB, have been awarded an EU Marie Curie Innovative Training Network. The ALLOD ITN (Allostery in Drug Discovery), coordinated by Prof. Zoe Curnia, from the Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens (Greece), involves a number of academic partners and pharmaceutical companies, and aims to train a […]
Read More →Salvatore successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Biophysical Techniques for the Investigation of Protein-Ligand Complexes”. In his work he applied different biophysical techniques to different projects with huge relevance in the drug discovery field. All the hard work was truly reflected and both the defence and the results were brilliant. You have a bright future […]
Read More →Dr. Sergi Ruiz has won the Ramon Margalef 2020 award for his paper «Dynamic undocking and the quasi-bound state as tools for drug discovery», published at Nature Chemistry. This award is given to the most exceptional scientific work derived from a PhD in the University. Regarding Dynamic Undocking, Sergi remarkes this method to design drugs […]
Read More →On Friday 15th of January, Salvo will defend his PhD. Due to the pandemic, the defense will be streamed publicly through collaborate. All the best, Salvo!
Read More →Moira successfully defended her thesis entitled “Fragment-to-Lead Optimization with Automated and Iterative Virtual Screening”. Her Fragment Evolution Automated platform (FrEvolAtion) has shown to be a powerful tool for Fragment-based Drug Discovery and her results finding binders for the NUDT1, BRD4, HSP90 and other kinases thoroughly validate the reach of the methodology. We hope you have […]
Read More →The next Wednesday 23rd of September Moira will defend her PhD at the Pharmacy Faculty. We expect you all there!
Read More →Serena’s project on Innovative therapy for skin-directed psoriasis, got awarded a Caixa impulse (VALIDATE) scholarship. Psoriasis is a chronic and painful skin disease. Current treatments targeting immune cells are very effective but, in the long term, can have adverse side effects, including immunosuppression and cancer. The project proposes an innovative treatment that targets at a […]
Read More →Today, Maciej successfully defended his thesis entitled ‘Implications of Structural Stability in Drug Design’. His work on understanding structural stability (1) and broadening its applicability towards drug design (2) has impulsed the research line in the group. We hope the best on your future projects. Congratulations Dr. Majewski!!!
Read More →Even during quarantine times we are still doing science and communicating our work to the scientific community. Juan presented his work with Tribbles ligands at the International Web Symposium of Pseudokinases and Tribbles – from Molecules to Therapy the 23th of April.
Read More →It has been a pleasure having Morena with us. We hope everything goes perfect in your future endeavours. We’ll miss you.
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