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4th Biomed PhD Day

Tuesday, 14th January 2020

Facultat de Medicina

Universitat de Barcelona

ABOUT THE EVENT

4th Biomed PhD Day

The 4th Biomed PhD Day will be held in Barcelona the 14th of January 2020. This congress is organized by and for Biomedicine PhD students from Universitat de Barcelona, creating an opportunity to share their work, exchange ideas and promote collaborations.

During the symposium, students will be able to present their work, either as a poster or oral presentation. The official language of the event is English. Several workshops will be held on subjects of specific interests to the PhD students and several lectures of general interests for Biomedicine students will be given by renowned speakers.

This year you can participate on the "Scientific Got Talent". Show off your scientific talent to entertain the audience and convince the jury that you are not only the best scientist also the most funny and skilled one! Come and surprise us, the prize could be yours!!

About the event

CONFERENCES

Manuel Serrano obtained his PhD in 1991, from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. From 1991 to 1996, Serrano worked in the team of David Beach in Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY. During this period, Serrano made his most important discovery with the identification and characterization of the gene p16, one of the most important genes for anti-cancer protection. Serrano returned to Spain in 1997 to lead a research group, first at the National Center of Biotechnology (CNB), and then, from 2003 to 2017, at the Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO), both in Madrid. In 2017, Serrano moved to the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), in Barcelona.

Manuel Serrano is internationally recognized in the field of tumor suppression. In addition to the discovery of p16, one of his main discoveries has been the identification of cellular senescence as a main anti-oncogenic response. Recently, his laboratory has also shown that cellular senescence participates in several tissue remodeling processes during embryo development. The Serrano team was pioneer in the generation of genetically-modifed mice resistant to cancer and found a link between tumor suppressor genes and aging.

In recent years, the research interests of Manuel Serrano have extended to metabolism and cellular reprogramming in relation to aging. The Serrano laboratory was first in demonstrating that cellular reprogramming into pluripotency is possible within an organism, and this discover was considered Advance of the Year 2013 by Nature Medicine. More recently, Serrano has reported in Science that in vivo reprogramming is enhanced by the coexistence of tissue injury thanks to the production of the interleukin IL-6.

The focus of his laboratory is now to apply their knowledge on senescence and reprogramming to degenerative diseases such as lung, kidney and heart fibrosis.

Isabel Fariñas is neurobiologist and professor of cell biology at the University of Valencia.

Her group investigates the stem cells of the adult brain and their possible use in regenerative medicine. It belongs to Network Biomedical Research Center in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED) and to the National Network of Cell Therapy (TerCel). Fariñas is a member of the board of directors of various scientific societies and belongs to the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). She is part of the Botín-Banco Santander Foundation's science program. Currently, she is president of the Biosciences and Biotechnology area of the State Agency of Investigation.

WORKSHOPS

Scientists Dating Forum

Scientists Dating Forum (SciDF) is a non-profit association formed by young international interdisciplinary members, including scientists, business people, lawyers, communications specialists, philosophers and economists.

The main goal of SciDF is to raise awareness of the importance of science and the scientific field at different levels. Despite science being essential in our everyday lives, it is considered an alien subject in the political and social contexts. We believe that the problem stems from the lack of action and promotion of science by scientists themselves, which in turn is a response to the detachment of politicians and society, generating a negative feedback loop. As we see it, normalising science and science understanding in the ecosystems where it should be present will have a positive impact on them.

http://scientistsdatingforum.org/

Dra. Maria Luz Montesinos Gutiérrez.

(Sevilla, 1969) is a neuroscientist leader of a laboratory in the physiology department at the University of Seville studying the mechanisms underlying memory and learning. She is going to share with us how she managed to pursue and encompass her scientific career with the bipolar disorder that she developed when she was 16-18 years old.

Women in Science

In this workshop, we will have three researchers who will talk about the role of women in science with their personal experiences and all kinds of gender issues will be approached within the scientific field.

Dra. Susana Carmona Cañabate.

Psychologist and PhD in Neurosciences. She studied in national and international universities as Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Columbia University y Harvard University, in which she worked as a teacher and researcher. She has more than 37 publications and she has participated in different national and international projects. Actually, she directs the Neuroimage department in Medical Imaging Laboratory in Hospital General Gregorio Marañón, Madrid. Her investigation is aimed to clarify the neuronal bases involved pregnancy and motherhood.

Dra. Roser Nadal Alemany.

Psychologist and PhD in Psychobiology about ethanol effects in behaviour. She worked as a teacher in Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona and she was a visitant teacher in Wake Forest University, where she worked in nicotinic systems in alcohol addiction. Then, she returned to Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona and she obtained a place of titular professor in Psychobiology. During a time frame, she worked in learning and memory. In 2002, she joined at her actual investigation Institut de Neurociències of Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, where she co-leads, with dr. Antonio Armario, a research line in Neurobiology of stress. She has done others research stays at University of California in San Francisco (2000), University of Colorado in Boulder (2010) and University of British Columbia (2013). She was deputy director during 6 years in the Neurosciences Institut at Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (2010-2016). She is interested in divulgation, translational research and "Gender and Science" issues. Actually, she is in the Icrea-Academia Program of Generalitat de Catalunya.

Oral Communication: different and innovative ways

Communicating science is an essential part to close it to people. In this workshop, we invite "Pint of Science festival" that offers interesting, fun and important talks about the scientific research. They want to offer a platform that allows people to discuss the research with the people who carry it out. It is a non-profit organization and it was created by a community of postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers in 2012. This association teaches us how to divulgate science in a different and entertaining way.

How to write a competitive curriculum and managment of social network

In this workshop, we learn about how to manage our social network to find a research project or job and what kind of curriculum is found by companies. We count with an expert in this sector and you could talk with him and ask him about your doubts.

Dr. Javier Vega
EIT Health Spain Business Creation Project Coordinator
Javier Vega is a Biologist with a PhD in Immunology from the University of Barcelona, and has performed different post-doctoral stays in Australia, Brazil and Barcelona. He has a wide experience in International biomedical Research, mostly in the fields of Immunology, infectious diseases and autoimmunity. Javier joined EIT Health Spain as Business Creation Project Coordinator in November 2018, working closely with Spanish Start-ups and SMEs to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in the health sector, providing advice and guidance, and promoting their success.

ROUND TABLE

Dr. Xavier Testar, born in 1956. Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Barcelona and the UB Rector`s Delegate for Innovation, since June 2010. He was member of the Governing Board of the University of Barcelona (UB) and Vice-dean of the Faculty of Biology at the University of Barcelona (1991-1996). Author of more than 90 refereed articles in international journals. From 1997 to January 2004, he was director of the Innovation Centre from the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation (FBG-UB), the UB Technology Transfer and Spin-off promotion office (TTO). From March 2004 to September 2008, he has been Head of Strategic Programmes at the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation (FCRI). He was also member of the Steering Committee for Development of the Catalan RITTS Programme (Regional Innovation and Technology Transfer Infrastructures and Strategies) that set up the basis for the first Catalan Innovation Plan (2001-2004), and member of the Committee that designed and developed the Research and Innovation Plan for Catalonia (PRI-Cat) 2005-2008. He also joined the commission in promoting the set-up of the BioRegion of Catalonia (BioCat) and a member representing the FCRI in the board of the Association “Cluster for Innovation”.
In June 2006 he was appointed as Director General for Research in the Department of Innovation, Universitites and Enterprise of the Catalan Government (“Generalitat de Catalunya”). From 2006 to 2011 he was member of the Board (Consejo de Administración”) of “Barcelona Activa”, the City Council Agency devoted to economic development, entrepreneurship promotion and start-up incubation.
From September 2008 to September 2011, he was Director of the “Barcelona, Research & Innovation” Programme of the Barcelona City Council.
Since January 2009 he has been member of the Steering Committee for Singular Scientific and Technological Infrastructures (CAIS) of the Spanish Ministry for Science & Innovation (MICINN), named Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) from December 2011. Since June 2010 to September 2014 he was the UB Rector`s Delegate for Innovation. From May 2013 he was Vicedirector of the “Barcelona Institut d’Emprenedoria” (Barcelona Entrepreneurship Institute) of the Barcelona University (BIE-UB). Presently he is Commissioner for Innovation of the University of Barcelona.

Since its creation in 2013, he is also the Vicepresident of the Board of the “Associación Española des Emprendedores Científicos y Tecnológicos” (AEECT)

Dr. Eloi Montañez completed his thesis on Cell Biology in 2003 at the University of Barcelona. During his PhD, Dr. Montañez participated in the creation of the spin-off Advancell In Vitro Cell Technologies, where he was responsible for the implementation of quality standards in the laboratory and the transfer of technology to pharmaceutical companies such as Merck. His interest in mouse genetics and integrin signaling led him to join the laboratory of Professor Reinhard Fässler at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried (Germany) in 2004, where he performed his postdoctoral studies. In 2007, he was promoted to project manager and supervised several projects on blood vessel development and inflammatory diseases. In 2011, Dr. Montañez was selected principal investigator and joined the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU)-University Hospital in Munich. As a member of the LMU Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology, Dr. Montañez have taught human physiology to medical students. Since 2015 Dr. Montañez is a member of the Thesis Advisory Committee of the International Max Planck Research School for Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences. In September 2019, Dr. Montañez joined the department of Physiological Sciences at the faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Barcelona.

Daniel Closa (Barcelona, 1961) is a doctor of Biology and researcher of the CSIC at the Institute for Biomedical Research in Barcelona (IIBB). He is the author of several works of scientific dissemination such as Science Blocks (URV Publications, 2007), 100 Myths Science (Cossetania, 2008) 100 Questions on Cancer (Cossetania 2018) o Anthropocene: the end of a world (Angle ed. 2019) as well as fiction "The Road to the Plague (Capital books 2016). He also maintains the blog "Centpeus", which was awarded in 2011 as the best blog in the field of universities, research and science for the Blogs Catalunya Awards. Also, he has been a participating in radio and television programs. Currently, runs a research group on pancreatic diseases at the IIBB.

Ready for demostrate your scientific talent?

This Edition we organize a competition show! You can surprise the jury with any performance related to science: monologs, songs, juggling with Falcons, etc. Come and join us!

We have the participation of Big Van Ciencia Show. They are a group of scientists and professional researchers whose aim is to make science communication appealing for general audiences.

http://www.bigvanciencia.com/eng/big-van-scientists-on-wheels

Program

Connectwork

News

07/11/2019

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22/11/2019

Registration closes!

Presentation guidelines

Guidelines

Oral presentation

Submit an abstract about your project following the guidelines and select in the registration form oral presentation. The oral presentation should be 15 minutes (which includes 5 minutes for questions). Include your work in at least one suggested topic. The scientific committee will review all abstracts and all applicants will be contacted shortly after the deadline.

Poster

Submit an abstract about your project following the guidelines and select in the registration form poster. Poster boards measuring 0.9 meters wide by 1.2 meters high will be provided. Therefore, posters should be portrait style. The scientific committee will review all abstracts and all applicants will be contacted shortly after the deadline.

Registration

Registration is free. There are two types of registration:

Attendance: You would like to listen to all the speakers and enjoy all the activities of the symposium.

Abstract submission: In addition to attending, you would like to present your work in an oral presentation or in a poster session. (The abstract should be 250 words maximum).

REGISTRATION

Venue

How to arrive:

Metro: L5 (Hospital Clínic)
Bus: 37 (Provença-Hospital Clínic), 59 (Villarroel-Hospital Clínic), 63 (Villarroel-Hospital Clínic), H10 (València-Muntaner)
Tren: L7 (Provença), S2 (Provença), R2 Nord (Provença)