That was the eighth training seminar for members of the Spanish Research Ethics Committees organised by the Esteve Foundation in Spain. It was held in Salamanca, January 18-19 2012. Dr. Josep-E. Baños (Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) and Dr. Maria Isabel Lucena (Department of Pharmacology, University of Malaga) were the teachers and coordinators of…
2012
What is autoimmunity? What makes my immune system react against my own body? Are autoimmune diseases on the increase? Do external factors influence the development of these autoimmune diseases? These were some of the issues that were discussed at the first Science Café organized by the Catalan Society of Immunology in collaboration with Esteve Foundation.…
2011
Jem, Dallas, Liz and Yan are the presenters of Bang goes the theory, a popular science program that has three and a half million viewers and which is broadcast during BBC One’s primetime schedule. Each week, they conduct large-scale experiments with a spectacular staging. And three of them are scientists. “The presenters are flexible, they’ll…
2011The various debates organized by the Esteve Foundation between scientists and journalists always highlighted one weakness in science journalism: lack of communication between both parties. The range of specialized courses in science for journalists is extensive, however, we cannot say that the reverse is true. Medical personnel from both the field of research and the…
2011English remains one of the outstanding issues yet to be resolved among health professionals. Although 90% of biomedical English is Greek or Latin in origin, pronunciation and other aspects such as prepositions or prepositional verbs are the main problem areas for Spanish scientists. For that reason, on November 4-5, 2011, the Esteve Foundation launched the fourth edition…
2011
The loss of myelin as a result of diseases such as multiple sclerosis causes serious nervous system disorders, where electrical impulses are not conducted with sufficient speed or stop in the middle of axons. This is what is meant by demyelination. However, sometimes this process can be accompanied by aspontaneous regenerative response in which new…
2011
Caren G. Solomon, directora adjunta del New England Journal of Medicineofreció el pasado lunes 10 de octubre de 2011 en el Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona la conferencia Publishing your paper. Solomon es también profesora asociada de Medicina en la Harvard Medical School y médica asociada del departamento de medicina del Brigham & Women’s Hospital de Boston. Dentro de su…
2011
Twenty years ago, an international symposium was held at the Colegio de Periodistas de Barcelona for some of the most prominent representatives of the world of scientific news. These were times when the internet had not yet made an appearance and concerns in the group were different, but not so different from today. On September…
2011
After three editions in Barcelona and Menorca, the course From the Desktop to the Stage: Writing and oral presentation of biomedical data returns to Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) as a summer course open to everyone. This training workshop deals with, firstly, basic skills and techniques for writing and publishing scientific papers in the field of…
2011