UPF Medicine and Life Sciences

#JobOffer
MELIS is looking for a Junior Group Leader Position in Cell Metabolism
✅ PhD in Biology or similar; capacity to lead high-impact research projects; supervision of doctoral theses; teaching
⏰ Deadline: May 2
📍 Barcelona #PRBB
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/180316
Details: bit.ly/40N09LX

4/ Check the original article published in the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
www.sjweh.fi/article/4266

3/ "If we only reduce the working hours, without a more structural change in how life and society are organized, this reduction in working hours will affect women and men differently,” says Mireia Utzet, co-first author of the study. cc @hospitaldelmar.bsky.social

2/ The analysis of 16 experiences across Europe reveals that there is a huge improvement in work-life balance & mental health (82%) but widen gender gap in task distribution.

♀️♂️ Women dedicate more time to caregiving and domestic tasks, while men use the extra time for personal activities.

Reduced working hours benefit health, but may increase gender differences Un estudi de l’Hospital del Mar Research Institute, la Universitat Pompeu Fabra i l’Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Deu, destaca que treballar menys hores cobrant el mateix sou té efectes positius en...

#Research
1/ ⚖️ Reduced working hours benefit health, but may increase gender differences

Reduced hours boost worker's health but often widen the gender gap in task distribution.
cc @hospitaldelmar.bsky.social @sjdhospitalbarcelona.org
ℹ️ tuit.cat/j7qs8

Delighted to collaborate with @melisupf.bsky.social on this exciting study. Juana Diez and her team reveal that coronaviruses reprogram the cellular tRNA pool to optimise viral gene expression 🤯🍾🥂🥳🥳

6/ This study is a collaborative effort with Arvind H. Patel & @alf-castello.bsky.social - @cvrinfo.bsky.social; Rafael Sanjuán - @i2sysbio.es & Miguel Chillón - @uab.cat

👇 Check the original article published in @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

5/ “The tRNA-modifying enzyme is a promising candidate for developing broad-spectrum antiviral drugs capable of curbing the spread of coronaviruses”, Juana Díez states. “This drug would allow us to contain the infections caused by new coronaviruses and prevent their rapid expansion”.

4/ The modification of tRNAs has been observed both in SARS-CoV-2, associated with serious infections, and in HCoV-OC43, which usually causes very mild cold-like signs and symptoms. Therefore, it could be a common strategy among different #coronaviruses.

3/ “Coronaviruses need tRNAs that are in low concentrations in cells. For this reason, we asked ourselves how a virus can spread so quickly within a cell where the tRNAs it needs to make its viral proteins are not abundant”, outlines Elena Muscolino, first author of the study.

2/ The study published in @natcomms.nature.com shows that infection causes stress that chemically alters tRNAs and changes the functioning of the cellular machinery. Thus, the cell is no longer optimized to produce its own proteins and acquires the ideal conditions to respond to stress.

Identifiquen una diana terapèutica que permetria frenar la propagació dels coronavirus Es tracta d'un enzim que s'activa en les cèl·lules humanes com a resposta a l'estrès degut a la infecció i provoca canvis en la maquinària cel·lular que afavoreixen la producció i la propagació dels c...

1/ 🎯 A therapeutic target that would curb the spread of #coronaviruses has been identified

It is an enzyme that is activated in human cells in response to stress due to infection and causes changes in the cellular machinery that favour the production and spread of coronaviruses
tuit.cat/5y9Rr

Un tractament experimental millora la memòria en la síndrome de Down - 3CatInfo L'han provat en ratolins en un estudi liderat per la Universitat Pompeu Fabra i demostra la possibilitat que tractaments d'aquest tipus i de llarga durada puguin ser efectius també en humans

3CatInfo es fa ressò de la nostra recerca;
💊 Un tractament experimental millora la memòria en la síndrome de Down

Un estudi liderat per Andrés Ozaita en col·laboració amb l' @hospitaldelmar.bsky.social
Llegeix i escolta la notícia aquí 👇
www.3cat.cat/3catinfo/un-...

Complex systems: more than a sum of parts - El·lipse Researcher Ricard Solé tell us about how behaviors "emerge" from collective interactions between elements in complex systems; from neurons forming memories to ants building nests.

Some global patterns cannot be explained solely by the properties of individual units. 🌐

Ricard Solé @melisupf.bsky.social  explores complex systems: from ant colonies 🐜 to the human brain. 🧠

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Relleu als deganats de les facultats de Dret i Humanitats de la UPF, i continuïtat al de Medicina i Ciències de la Vida Joan Picó Junoy i Meritxell Ferrer Martín, que substitueixen Anna M. Caballé Martorell i Ana Delgado Hervás, han pres possessió com a nous degans de les facultats de Dret i Humanitats, respectivament....

#ComunitatUPF

Relleu als deganats de les facultats de Dret i Humanitats de la #UPFBarcelona, i continuïtat al de Medicina i Ciències de la Vida @melisupf.bsky.social

#Divulgació
Explicar la recerca que fem i sembrar la llavor de la curiositat als més petits ✅️

Gràcies @claragordillopi.bsky.social per compatrir la teva experiència a l'escola Patronat Domènech de Gràcia 🫶🏼
#DonaICiència #WomenInStem

Great opportunity for 2 bioinformaticians! Come work with us at @melisupf.bsky.social ! 😉

Please RT! 🙏

Ricard Solé: “No hi ha cap màquina ni cap IA capaç de viatjar en el temps com fem els humans” Investigador ICREA a la UPF i l’Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (IBE UPF-CSIC)

“No hi ha cap màquina ni cap IA capaç de viatjar en el temps com fem els humans” @ricardsole.bsky.social al @ara.cat ✍️ @crisaez.bsky.social

Ciències i humanitats per repensar la importància del temps.
cc @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
www.ara.cat/ciencia-medi...

Interested in #SynBio #education? 🦠⚙️👩‍🎓
Together with @nevoti.bsky.social & @marcguellc.bsky.social at @melisupf.bsky.social we designed active learning activities 📚 to complement theoretical SynBio lectures, together with 3-day deductive lab session 🧑‍🔬 that combines mystery 🔍 and #CRISPR circuits.👇

#JobOffer
MELIS is looking for 2 Bioinformatics Research Technicians to join our department:
💻 R, Python, STAR, DESeq2
⏰ Deadline: Mar 18
Apply: recruitment.melis@upf.edu (Ref. MELIS-PSR-INDF-2026-06)
Details: www.upf.edu/documents/d/...

#Seminar
Going with the flow: how cell membrane tension dynamics impact cellular processes from bacteria to B-cells

🗣️ Erdem Karatekin, PhD, Yale School of Medicine
Host: Felix Campelo, #melisUPF

🗓️ Friday, February 20th 🕐 11:00 am
📍 Charles Darwin Room, Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona

Ja tenim nova data per al cinefòrum sobre biaixos de gènere en salut! (L’activitat s’havia ajornat a causa del vent). Animeu-vos a participar! @melisupf.bsky.social

❗️Sessió oberta!
📅 Dimarts, 24 de febrer de 2026
⏰ De 15:00 a 17:00 h
📍 Aula 61.232, Campus del Mar

Felicitats, Víctor!

#Divulgació
Torna La Facultat al Barri
📆18 de febrer pots aprendre de “Immnoteràpia i vacunació” amb el Jose Aramburu

T'esperem a les 17 a l'aula 61.228 del #CampusMar
📧 inscripció: biomed.comunicacio@upf.edu
Universitat Pompeu Fabra

📈 The 2024 demographic report shows women hold 51% of PI roles, continuing an upward trend (40% in 2021; 45% in 2023).
✂️ The “scissor effect” seems to be shifting.

2/6 #GenderEquality #Science

Most of the principal investigators in the PRBB are women - El·lipse The upward trend of previous years continues, with women now holding 51% of senior positions in research groups.

🟣 Today, on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science ( #11February), we’re excited to share a milestone:
women PIs are now the majority at the #PRBB for the first time.

1/6 #WomenInSTEM #SomPRBB

#Symposium
📣 Save the date! June 4-5 at the Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona. Connect, discover, and dive into biomedicine!
Free entry—register now: https://tuit.cat/dT2kl
🎯 Will you join us?

Los dos españoles dentro del mayor proyecto de biomedicina de la historia: “Con Trump, no sería posible” Pep Abril y Roderic Guigó compusieron el primer mapa del genoma humano hace un cuarto de siglo. El megaproyecto internacional no ha traído aún una esperada revolución en medicina, pero ha cambiado la ...

#Community
25th anniversary of the human genome 🧬
We are very proud to have @rodericguigo.bsky.social as a professor in our department at @upf.edu
elpais.com/ciencia/2026...

SCALPEL, the only top-tier national congress on surgery organized by and for medical students El congrés organitzat per l’Associació Quirúrgica Gimbernat compta amb el suport de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra i l’Hospital del Mar i arriba a la setena edició. La trobada reuneix prop de 200 estudia...

#Symposium
SCALPEL, the only top-tier national congress on surgery organized by and for medical students starts today

🚨Due to the current weather conditions, activities will be held online today and will return to normal tomorrow.
cc @hospitaldelmar.bsky.social
www.upf.edu/en/web/focus...

#Comunicat [1/2]
Seguint les indicacions del Govern de la Generalitat, i atesa l'alerta de forts vents, demà dijous 12 de febrer, se suspenen totes les activitats acadèmiques previstes, incloent-hi aquells seminaris, actes i/o congressos programats. Us informem també que els campus romandran tancats