A team led by Professor Manuel Vázquez-Carrera, researcher from IBUB of Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences (UB), has conducted a review study on the Growth Differentiation Factor 15 (GDF15) —a protein expressed under physiological stress conditions— and its potential impact on the treatment for type 2 diabetes. The study, published in the journal Trends
8th International Annual Meeting: “Metabolism and disease: new perspectives” will take place at Sala Pi i Sunyer, Institut d’Estudis Catalans (Carrer del Carme, 47. Barcelona) on October 17th and 18th, 2022. https://scb.iec.cat/8th-metnet-international-annual-meeting-2022/ The conference will host well-known speakers within different areas of metabolism and their approaches to unveiling metabolic dysregulation in disease progression. But this
L’escalfament global està provocant canvis molt notables en els models de precipitació, en els vents, els oceans, la fauna i la flora. Els efectes ja s’estan fent notar en els ecosistemes i les conseqüències socioeconòmiques que se’n deriven cada vegada seran més patents. En aquest escenari de canvi climàtic i desastres naturals, els instituts de
The 44th Congress of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM) took place in Málaga from September 6 to 9, 2022 and had an extensive program, with plenary lectures, symposiums, group meetings, satellite activities and the delivery of 9 prizes, among them, the IBUB Young Investigator Prize (2.500€), which was awarded to researcher
The European Researchers’ Night is a Europe-wide public event, which displays the diversity of science and its impact on citizens’ daily lives in fun, inspiring ways. Each year attracts more than 1 million visitors in Europe and beyond. This year, the event will take place in 25 countries on Friday 30 September 2022. On September
When the body is subjected to a high-calorie diet, the physiological response is not homogeneous and some organs or tissues are more sensitive to metabolic stress. Under these conditions, the white adipose tissue of the visceral cavity is the most vulnerable organ to obesity-related metabolic changes, according to a new study published in the journal
The deletion of the Wt1 gene during the early stages of the embryonic reproductive organ formation leads to differences in sex development in adult mice, according to an article published in the journal PLOS Genetics and led by the lecturer Ofelia Martínez-Estrada, from Institut de Briomedicina de la UB (IBUB), of Faculty of Biology. Among
CSIC publishes the first edition (June 2022) of the ranking of women scientists working in Spain, according to data from their personal public profiles in Google Scholar. This edition consists of the 5,600 researchers ordered according to the highest h-index and secondarily by number of citations. We are pleased to see a large number of
Ten IBUB Researchers continues in the “World Ranking of Top 2% Scientists” in 2021 database created by Stanford University, USA. A new study conducted by Stanford University has released a list of the top 2% of the world’s scientists, which includes over 100,000 top-scientists that provides standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted hm-index, citations
In this event, a lot of science dissemination activities will be organized throughout our territory. Open days, virtual activities, exhibitions, scientific workshops…, a great scientific offer in different formats available to everyone!
