Barcelona Collaboratorium

Welcome Pietro Gadaleta!

Pietro is a sabbatical visitor at the Collaboratorium until June. He is working on ecological feedbacks in the evolution of antibiotic resistance in E. coli, using mathematical modelling.

#BCNCollaboratorium

Today, Meike Wortel (Univ. of Amsterdam) gave a clear and thought-provoking dive into a central question in microbial ecology and evolution: how can multiple species — and even very closely related genotypes — coexist over time despite strong competitive pressure?

Hosted by @n-martin.bsky.social !

📅 26/02 | Meike Wortel (U Amsterdam/Collaboratorium) on frequency-dependent selection — trade-offs sustaining microbial diversity.

Join us at the Collaboratorium! This year our seminar series is a success: come and you will meet the community, create synergies.

#Microbiome #BCNCOllaboratorium

Jeremy Green’s seminar today (King’s College London), hosted by James Sharpe (Head of EMBL Barcelona), was a real success.

See you next week with Meike Wortel (University of Amsterdam).

#BCNCollaboratorium #EMBLBarcelona #CRG #SeminarSeries #SystemsBiology #DevelopmentalBiology

Thu 19 Feb 2026, 10:00: Collaboratorium Seminar Series: Jeremy Green (KCL) “Nematics and Dipoles in Embryonic Self-Organisation”, hosted by James Sharpe (EMBL BCN). #Morphogenesis

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🔭🧪💻

Thanks to Manuela and Larissa for sharing their perspectives!

Read their interview here 👇
barcelonacollaboratorium.com/news/2026-in...

This year’s #EMBLDataCarpentry course is taking place across two hubs, so here are a few highlights from our Barcelona Collaboratorium location 📸

Yesterday, we hosted a great talk by Sara Andreis (PhD, IQS) on multiscale modeling of polymeric nanoparticles for mRNA delivery. Rich discussion + thoughtful questions. Thanks, Sara, for making the trip! #BarcelonaCollaboratorium #Nanoparticles #mRNADelivery #ComputationalBiology

Join us for the second edition of 'AI and biology'! 🤖🧬

Explore how AI transforms biological research – from foundation models for biology to generative modelling.

10 – 13 March 2026
EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
Submit your abstract by 2 Dec: s.embl.org/ees26-02-bl

#EESAIBio #AI

🎙️To mark World Science Day, we ask: What does it really mean to understand a living cell? In this #PRBBPodcast #ScienceWithAView episode, Alfondo MartinezArias and Vikas Trivedi explore the mysteries inside cells 🧬 and the art of great research supervision.

🎧Listen here 👉 https://tuit.cat/T7ueI

Today’s talk was a visual feast and genuinely fascinating. Gratitude to Dr. @Tim Liebisch and Prof. Franziska Matthäus for closing on a high note.
“From images to mechanisms: quantitative analysis and modeling of multicellular systems”

#BCNCollaboratorium #Imaging #Modeling #MulticellularSystems

This morning we hosted David Brückner (Biozentrum, Univ. Basel) — chaired by James Sharpe (EMBL Barcelona) — for a tour of self-organization in development via dynamical systems + information theory, with concrete case studies on organoids and gastruloids.

En un món ple de dades i titulars cridaners, cal una mirada analítica per interpretar-los amb criteri. Com podem, doncs, aprendre a llegir les dades amb pensament crític? Activitat gratuïta amb inscripció:

www.crg.eu/en/event/cor...

@noeliaferruz.bsky.social @jamesasharpe.bsky.social

🧬 How do cells know what shape to take?
Join us ar at the Barcelona Collaboratorium to meet David Brückner (Biozentrum Basel) on information flow in self-organized developmental systems.

🗓️ 6 Nov – 10:00 CEST

Today, Timothy Saunders (University of Warwick) explored how complex 3D structure emerges in skeletal muscle — revealing chiral twists, cell rearrangements and glass-like transitions shaping organ morphogenesis! Timothy was hosted by James Sharpe.

#EMBL #CRG #Collaboratorium

Thank you to Anne-Florence Bitbol (Lausanne) for her inspiring seminar at the BCN Collaboratorium!

Today was on how protein language models reveal coevolution, generate new proteins, and map interactions across the tree of life. 🧬#BCNCollaboratorium #Bioinformatics

Fancy a trip to scenic Barcelona? ☀️ Or maybe to historic Heidelberg? 🏰 You're in luck: #EMBLDataCarpentry lets you combine hands-on data carpentry training with the destination of your choice. Apply by 27 Oct 👉 s.embl.org/dtc26-01-bl

📆 2 – 6 Feb
🌍 EMBL Heidelberg and @barcelonacollaboratorium.com

Anne-Florence Bitbol (EPFL, Switzerland) will present a seminar on protein language models for predicting interactions and generating sequences.

@n-martin.bsky.social hosts!

Join us at the Collab on Thu 23 Oct. We are waiting for you!

#Proteins #Bioinformatics #AI #BCNCollaboratorium

🧬 1 month to go! Join us at the Collaboratorium Annual Symposium: Causality in Biology & AI. 12 speakers, big questions.

#CRG #EMBL #EMBLBarcelona #BCNCollaboratorium

Opportunity for a Master’s/Bachelor’s student:
- Join us for up to 5 months 🗓️
- Build computational/mathematical models 💻
- Learn about genotype-phenotype maps and evolution 🧬
- Work closely with PhD student Manuela Giraud - full info here:
www.crg.eu/en/content/t...

Great seminar today by Tyler Shendruk on mobile inclusions in active turbulence!

Thanks to our Group Leader Kristina Haase and the many of you who joined at the Collaboratorium today.

#BCNCollaboratorium

Nora Martin from the Collaboratorium continues her commitment to science outreach at the PRBB Open Doors event, last Saturday, October 4th.

Thanks @n-martin.bsky.social !!

#PRBB #BCNCollaboratorium #Scienceoutreach

Tyler Shendruk from the University of Edinburg will be joining us at the Barcelona Collaboratorium next week for a seminar titled: "Dynamics of Mobile Inclusions in Active Nematic Turbulence"

The talk will take place on October 9th at 10:00 and will be hosted by Kristina Haase (EMBL Barcelona).

Excited to welcome Eli Weinstein, DTU & ELLIS, to Collaboratorium Symposium Nov 10-11! His work on AI & causal biology is groundbreaking, advancing how we understand molecular systems and drug discovery.

Join us! #Collaboratorium2025 #AI #Biology

We were pleased to host a charismatic speaker at the Collab today, Markus Deserno / Carnegie Mellon Uni.

The presentation provided a thoughtful exploration of ternary asymmetric lipid membranes.

Thank you to everyone who attended!

#Collaboratorium2025 #Collaboratorium2025 #LipidMembranes

EMBL COO Michael Milne honored us with his visit to EMBL Barcelona and the Collaboratorium at Fundación Pasqual Maragall, earlier this month.

#EMBL #Barcelona #BCNCollaboratorium

Last week, Lendert Gelens gave an inspiring seminar at the Collaboratorium: a clear and insightful talk on how temperature influences biological timing. Thank you for visiting us!

Join us at our next Seminar (Oct 02): Markus Deserno, from Carnegie MellonUniversity, will be our Speaker on Thursday!

The Annual Symposium : Causality in Biology & AI is set to be a success! 🎉

We’re proud to welcome more than 250 researchers for this exciting event on November 10-11!!

📢 Join us at the Barcelona Collaboratorium on October 2, 2025!

Markus Deserno will present “On the thermodynamics of ternary asymmetric lipid membranes”.

A deep dive into the physics behind lipid rafts and membrane complexity.🧬

#Biophysics #BarcelonaCollaboratorium