As part of its activities as a Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society, IBioBA hosted the fifth evaluation visit by the international Scientific Advisory Board from September 29 to October 1. The committee members attended presentations on ongoing scientific projects and spoke with research group leaders, researchers, technical staff, undergraduate students, doctoral students, and…
SPEAKER: Lucía Moro (LAIN-Fleni, Escobar) TITLE: “Genetic myopathies modeling using human induced pluripotent stem cells and their differentiation into the muscle lineage” DATE: Monday, September 7, 12.00 PM VENUE: IBioBA´s seminar room. Godoy Cruz 2390, C1425FQD, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Yesterday afternoon, the Institute welcomed the new German Ambassador to Argentina, Catalina Cullas, and the Embassy’s Minister, Eike Krebs. They were received by IBioBA Director Damián Refojo and the Institute’s founder, Eduardo Arzt, who showed them the laboratories, the flow cytometry area, the confocal microscopy room, and the Max Planck guest laboratory, and spoke with…
SPEAKERS: Milena Iglesias Berestan y Solana Sandleris (Pestalozzi School) TITLE: “Beyond Screens: Effects of Different Wavelengths of Light on Cells and Sleep Patterns” DATE: Monday, August 31, 12.00 PM VENUE: IBioBA´s seminar room. Godoy Cruz 2390, C1425FQD, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
SPEAKER: Paula Tribelli (Instituto de Química Biológica (IQUIBICEN)) TITLE: “Pseudomonas species and their colors ” DATE: Monday, August 10, 12.00 PM VENUE: IBioBA´s seminar room. Godoy Cruz 2390, C1425FQD, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
SPEAKER: Diego M. Presman (Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, IFIByNE) TITLE: “Deconstructing the glucocorticoid receptor: from single molecules to pharmacological consequences” DATE: Monday, July 6, 12.00 PM VENUE: IBioBA´s seminar room. Godoy Cruz 2390, C1425FQD, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
SPEAKER: Michael Yartsev (Universidad de Berkeley – Howard Hughes Medical Institute) TITLE: “Neuroscience of Natural Spatial Behaviors in Freely Flying Bats” DATE: Monday, June 26, 12.00 PM VENUE: IBioBA´s seminar room. Godoy Cruz 2390, C1425FQD, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Milena Iglesias Berestan, Bruno Reich, and Solana Sandleris reached the final stage of the renowned European youth science competition “Jugend forscht” (Youth Researches) in the Biology category. After winning first prize in both the provincial and Hamburg regional rounds, they became the first Argentine team to ever qualify for the national finals in Germany. The…
SPEAKER: Daniel Lauretta (Laboratorio de Ecosistemas Marinos, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” – CONICET / Grupo de Estudio del Mar Profundo de Argentina (GEMPA)) TITLE: “Continental Slope IV: Science and Communication” DATE: Monday, June 8th, 12.00 PM VENUE: IBioBA´s seminar room. Godoy Cruz 2390, C1425FQD, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Last week, we received a visit from Luciano Wexell Severo, executive coordinator of the MERCOSUR FOCEM Technical Unit (UTF). In addition to touring the Institute’s facilities, he viewed the equipment acquired thanks to the Fund’s resources and met with Eduardo Arzt, director of the Biomedicine Project, and Damián Refojo, director of IBioBA, with whom he…