Prof. Mordechai Sheves of the Weizmann Institute of Israel visited our Institute yesterday accompanied by Dr. Patricio Yankilevich, IBioBA´s Bioinformatics Platform Head. Upon arrival he was received by Dr. Arzt, Director of the Institute, with whom he talked about the lines of research and work of the Max Planck Institute in Argentina.
Heidrun Tempel, Director for Research and Academic Relations Policy and Cultural Relations Policy of the Foreign Affairs Office of Germany, visited our institute yesterday accompanied by Kathrin Megerle, Adviser of Scientific and University Affairs of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Buenos Aires. They met with Dr. Eduardo Arzt, Director of the…
Sixteen speakers participated in the meeting. Fellows of the Institute organized the workshop ‘Neurobiology Perspectives’ held on May 16 and 17, within the framework of the FOCEM Biomedicine Network Project of MERCOSUR, in which the IBioBA participates. The objectives were to present and learn about the latest advances in neurobiology, as well as to promote…
Prof. Dr. Eduardo Arzt, Director of the IBioBA, was appointed member of the Academy of Sciences of Latin America (ACAL), an institution whose mission is “to promote and contribute to the development of the mathematical, physical, chemical, life and earth sciences and their applications for the benefit of the development and human, cultural and social…
Morelli, Lengyel, Petrungaro, Fabris and Fernández Arancibia. At IBioBA, a team of physicists led by Luis Morelli works with biologists to understand how cells communicate to take joint decisions. You can find this story published in the website of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) (in Spanish)
Carolina Pérez Castro, group leader of ‘Cancer stem cells and cell plasticity’. Tumor stem cells have the ability to divide or acquire properties of other cells and, in this way, the tumor grows and evolves. To know the mechanisms that play a role in these processes is fundamental in the search for potential treatments. You…
This day seeks to raise awareness about the difference in access to science between genders. At IBioBA, more than 66% of the scientific staff are women. The General Assembly of the United Nations declared on February 11 the International Day of Women and Girls in Science “in order to achieve full and equal access to…
Lucas Pontel and Hernán Reingruber. Researchers at IBioBA study how the accumulation of toxic molecules in normal and tumor cells influence their behavior, function and survival. You can find this story published in the website of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) (in Spanish) Members of the ‘Cancer Metabolism’ group Lucas Pontel, associate researcher…
Ludmila Budziñski, PhD Fellow at IBioBA, studies which are the mechanisms that activate under stress at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, Germany. When an organism undergoes a stressful situation, a series of processes activate in tissues, cells and molecules in order to mitigate the impact of stress. The body seeks to reestablish…
Students of the Pestalozzi Deutsche Schule prepared throughout the year at IBioBA to participate in one of the most important science contest for young people of Europe. The agreement between the Biomedicine Research institute of Buenos Aires (IBioBA, CONICET – Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society) and the Pestalozzi school includes different activities, among…