in vivo October 2012 | Issue 20
NEWSLETTER OF THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE
The next Barcelona BioMed Conference on tumour cancer stem cells promises surprises Eduard Batlle, Group Leader of the Colorectal cancer laboratory, and Hans Clevers, from the Hubrecht Institute in the Netherlands, closed the Barcelona BioMed Conference on Tumour Stem Cells in 2007 (see photo on the right) promising that that gathering was only the first in a pioneering new field of investigation. Promise kept. On 12-14 November, 150 selected international scientists will take stock at the 19th Barcelona BioMed Conference, Normal and Tumour Stem Cells. Expectations are high. “There will be plenty of ‘big shots’,” says Eduard Batlle. To find out more, see page 3.
Hans Clevers and Eduard Batlle at the 2007 Barcelona BioMed Conference on Tumour Stem Cells. They’ll pick up in November where they left off. (Foto Jordi Pareto)
Autumn brings the arrival of a new batch of young scientists
Summer science in Sevilla
While the group of PhD students spon-
of whom sponsored by ”la Caixa”) and ten
A healthy team of IRB Barcelona junior
sored in 2011 by the ”la Caixa” Foundation
postdoctoral fellows supported by the EU Ma-
and senior scientists travelled to Sevilla at the
celebrated their fellowships in Madrid in July
rie Curie Actions arrived at the doors of the
beginning of September to take part in the
(photo from the ceremony below), a new batch
Institute. Meet some of them on pages 4 and 8.
22nd IUBMB and the 37th FEBS Congress.
of young scientists was preparing to join IRB
The gathering, entitled “From Single Mole-
Barcelona. In September and October,
cules to Systems Biology” provided an impor-
23 PhD students (ten
tant cross-discipinary platform for researchers from across the world to discuss the latest developments in their fields. As a satellite event, the FEBS Young Scientists Programme gathered students in another location in Andalusia. IRB Barcelona Jordi Lanuza was there and reports back to In vivo on page 2.
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Drosophila takes centre stage
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Viewpoint If I could only turn back time...
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Summer camp for future scientists
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Science and clowning