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1 Dec 2017

Hiro Nakauchi: “Making organs from pigs is probably not the best solution, but right now it’s the only one have.”

Hiro Nakauchi, from Stanford University School of Medicine, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (EEUU)

21 Jun 2017

John A. Rogers: "We can carry a permanent diagnostic laboratory in our organism "

Dr. John A. Rogers gave a seminar at CNIC called “Soft, Bio-integrated Electronic Systems for Cardiovascular Research”, invited by Jorge Alegre Cebollada

13 Jun 2017

Marcelo Nobrega: "Bioinformatics will be key in the future"

Marcelo Nobrega works on the architecture and function of genes in their regulatory networks.

Professor Mike Sheetz, Mechanobiology Institute of Singapore and professor at Columbia University, USA.

4 May 2017

Mike Sheetz: “Basic research has the possibility to go back and understand these biochemical mechanisms and find answers”

Professor Mike Sheetz, Mechanobiology Institute of Singapore and professor at Columbia University, USA.

Dr. Valerie M. Weaver, Director of the Center of Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration at the Surgical Department of the University of California in San Francisco (USA).

15 Mar 2017

Dra. Valerie M. Weaver: “Most of our findings have been achieved through serendipity”

Dr. Weaver participated in the Sixth Edition of the CNIC Conference, a scientific event organized by CNIC researchers Jorge Alegre-Cebollada, Nadia Mercader, Maria Montoya, and Miguel Á. Del Pozo and Martin Schwartz from the University of Yale (USA) titled ‘Mechanical forces in physiology and disease’

15 Sep 2015

The mechanism that controls localization of the protein rac1 in the cell nucleus, crucial for understanding the control of cell shape and tumor invasion

The sustained presence in the nucleus of the protein Rac1 produces changes in nuclear morphology that are important in several biological processes, including malignant cancer.

15 Sep 2015

The ‘Little Ones’ take charge

The importance of their work is undeniable, but we seldom hear about them.

15 Sep 2015

Scanning of flowing blood by white blood cells can trigger cardiovascular injury

A subtype of the body’s main defensive agents—the white blood cells, or leukocytes—actively scan flowing blood for activated platelets,a process that can lead to many types of cardiovascular accident, including common events such as stroke

15 Sep 2015

Shared learning between two giants of cardiovascular research

Mount Sinai Heart is one of the best cardiology centers in the world; indeed the institute’s website proudly declares its position as 10th ranking cardiology center in the USA.