Dr. Roch Christian Johnson, Director Médico de la Fundación Raoul Follereau y Profesor Titular de la Universidad de Abomey-Calavi, Benín.

Salón de actos del CIBA Salón de actos del CIBA, Zaragoza, España

Title: Improving Buruli ulcer and leprosy control in Africa   Abstract: Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) are a diverse group of communicable diseases prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas. They affect more than a billion people and cost developing economies trillions of dollars every year. The socio-economic consequences are enormous. Of the 20 NTDs, 12 are endemic […]

III Ciclo de seminarios de jóvenes investigadores: Miguel Campos

Edificio Institutos I+D Mariano Esquillor, 50018 Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Zaragoza, España

Miguel Campos, Bioflora, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Huesca Genómica comparada y funcional: un abordaje integral para comprender la evolución del complejo anual Brachypodium Wednesday, 7 th February , 10 h Sala de conferencias. Edificio I+D, Mariano Esquillor S/N.  

Biophyzza Connection 2024

Campus San Francisco de la Universidad de Zaragoza

El próximo 22 de Marzo a las 12:30 tendrá lugar una Jornada de divulgación científica en el Mercado Agroalimentario del Campus San Francisco (junto al estanque del campus, C. Pedro Cerbuna, 12) para dar visibilidad al área de conocimiento de la BIOFÍSICA. Esta jornada está adscrita a la Biophysics Week (https://www.biophysics.org/biophysics-week#/) que organiza anualmente la […]

BIFI TALK: Narimantas Cenas, Vilnius University of Lituania

Edificio Institutos I+D Mariano Esquillor, 50018 Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Zaragoza, España

BIFI TALK: Narimantas Cenas, Vilnius University of Lituania Title: Single- and two-electron reduction of nitroaromatic compounds by flavoenzymes: mechanisms and implications for cytotoxicity Wednesday, 8th May 2024, 12:30 h Edificio I+D (Conference room)

Webinar Digital Genres and Open Science

Online

M José Luzón and Carmen Pérez-Llantada (Digital Science Lab Computing and Data ScienceBIFI) cordially invite you to participate in the webinar "Digital Genres and Open Science", which will take place on Tuesday, 14 May 2024, from 10:00 to 13:00 (Madrid time). The webinar will consist of three sessions dedicated to the presentation of our findings […]

BIFI TALK: Athi N Naganathan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai, India

Edificio Institutos I+D Mariano Esquillor, 50018 Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Zaragoza, España

BIFI TALK: Athi N Naganathan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai, India Title:  Conformational Tuning as a Mechanism to Determine Specificity and Promiscuity Abstract: Paralogous proteins confer enhanced fitness to organisms via complex sequence-conformation codes that shape functional divergence, specialization, or promiscuity. Here, we resolve the underlying mechanism of promiscuous binding versus partial sub-functionalization […]

BIFI-Talk: Sara García Linares. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Edificio Institutos I+D Mariano Esquillor, 50018 Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Zaragoza, España

BIFI-Talk: Sara García Linares. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Title: Design of nanoreactors for plastic depolymerization based on pore-forming toxins Abstract Petroleum-based plastics are durable and accumulate in all ecological niches. Approximately 80% of waste objects are made of macroplastics, with most ending up dumped into the oceans. PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is the primary component in […]

BIFI TALK: Sylvie Callegari, del Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia

Edificio Institutos I+D Mariano Esquillor, 50018 Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Zaragoza, España

BIFI TALKS: Sylvie Callegari, del Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia Title: Activating PINK1 to treat Parkinson’s disease Abstract PINK1, a protein linked to Parkinson's disease, is a ubiquitin kinase that accumulates on the outer membrane of damaged mitochondria. Upon accumulation, PINK1 becomes activated and phosphorylates ubiquitin, generating a unique phospho-ubiquitin signal that triggers […]