Investigating Parkinson's disease pathology through the use of iPS cell technology
Following the completion of Valentina Baruffi’s PhD in late December, we are thrilled to congratulate Veronica Testa on her successful and inspiring defense – Elucidating the Early Molecular and Cellular Pathogenic Mechanisms Underlying PD Onset and Progression Using a Human Triple-Culture iPSC model.
With her high commendation from the defense board and unwavering dedication, we proudly welcome Dr. Testa, joining Valentina in their well deserved doctoral status. Bravissimo!
For the 8th SLHAM de Dones Cientifiques, to celebrate women in science, our lovely Meritxell Pons Espinal presented on stem cell modelling of neuropathology in Parkinson’s, which one of the key focuses of our lab.
Thank you to Meri and all of our other astounding female scientists, we hope to inspire the next in line for generations to come!
In our final week, following some festive activities, we ended the year with the Valentina Baruffi´s thesis defense on Modelling Neuro-Immune Interactions in Parkinson´s Disease Using an Autologous-Based iPSC System.
Following this head-turning presentation (and some champagne!) we are proud to announce her successful award of the PhD. Bravo, Doctor Baruffi!
To end the year with a bang, we joined forces with the P-CMRC (Clinical Translation of Regenerative Medicine Program, Catalunya, whom also work in Hospital Duran i Reynals) to pull off a large scale secret santa with a twist! Also known as White Elephant, everyone bought a gift to deploy in the central box, after which names are pulled out of a hat to draw a gift at random, or steal from another player.
It was an entertaining way to bring everyone together with some festive cheer. The game continues until no gifts remain and everyone is left with one item, so we can assure you that all was kept amicable!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
¡Feliz Navidad, Bon Nadal, Buon Natale!
2024 RegenBell Symposium on Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine. In this two day information-packed collective, attracting science from here in Barcelona and beyond, our PhD student Valentina Baruffi conducted a talk on her thesis work on Microglia and T-Cell contribution to Parkinson’s Pathology.
Moreover, as the lunch break gave even more opportunity for science, poster presentations from David Piñol, Aurora Scrivo, Veronica Testa, Neus Otero and Jara Montero Muñoz turned heads among other scientists. We were also very pleased to meet other inspiring researchers from across Europe!
We are very pleased to announce that we have received a La CaixaResearch grant for developing a cure for a lethal degenerative genetic disease that affects children, called adrenoleukodystrophy.
The project is led by Aurora Pujol from IDIBELL and will be researched in collaboration with Manel Esteller, from the Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, and the Spanish Association against Leucodystrophies.
The ninth edition of the IDIBELL PhD Day was held at the Bellvitge Campus of the UB, where all our PhD students presented posters and oral presentations.
A big well done to David Piñol, Veronica Testa, and Jara Montero Muñoz… but especially to Valentina Baruffi – who was awarded the prize of “Best Oral Presentation”!
EMBO Workshop (Capri, Italy): Unlocking human brain complexity using 3D culture and single-cell omics.
PhD student Veronica Testa produced and presented a poster on the contribution of astrocytes and microglia to PD pathology using hiPSC modelling and scRNA sequencing. Favulosa!
SSIEM Anual Symposium in Porto, Portugal. PhD student David Piñol presented, updating attendees on the results from his thesis work on 3D modelling of THD pathology using patient-derived brain organoids.
Great Work David!
This year we have welcomed summer with a Tropical themed party!
You must be logged in to post a comment.