Online courses
The offer of face-to-face courses from the Dr. Antoni Esteve Foundation has been making its way on the internet in collaboration with different online platforms.
2020How to write a scientific article Online edition
With the same philosophy as its face-to-face format, the aim of this course is to teach the basic techniques and skills to write and publish scientific articles in health science. The people in charge of giving the theory contents and interacting with students through the virtual space is Esteve Fernández, director of the Tobacco Control…
2020Writing for the biomedical sciences
The Dr. Antoni Esteve Foundation and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) have launched Writing for the Biomedical Sciences, a new online course aimed at those who want to improve their skills in scientific writing in English. This course not only has lessons on the structure of an original research article but shows how to write it following the cornerstones of scientific…
2020Writing for the Biomedical Sciences – 2nd edition – September, 30 2020
The Dr. Antoni Esteve Foundation and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) launch the second edition of Writing for the Biomedical Sciences, a new online course aimed at those who want to improve their skills in scientific writing in English. After a first edition that took place during the confinement due to the covid-19 pandemic, this…
How to improve your scientific presentations Online Edition
The popular Dr. Antoni Esteve Foundation course How to improve your scientific presentations has now moved online with a new version which offers numerous techniques and practical tips for improving scientific presentations. The course is coordinated by Brian McCarthy, a writer, designer and facilitator of several courses in communication, innovation and leadership. His aim is…
2020
Online meeting of the Interuniversity Network of Teaching Innovation in Pharmacology
The Interuniversity Network of Teaching Innovation in Pharmacology constitutes an initiative of more than five years created to provide a common space where to share and exchange teaching experiences in this area. This includes research results and the material elaborated in different aspects of teaching innovation used in the teaching-learning process in Pharmacology in different…
2020
Sergio Erill Sáez, promoter of clinical pharmacology in Spain and founding director of the Dr. Antoni Esteve Foundation dies
Last Saturday, February 29, 2020, died in Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona) at the age of 81 Sergio Erill Sáez (1938-2020), a pharmacologist who helped to consolidate clinical pharmacology in Catalonia and Spain in the 1970s. Aggregate Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1969-76), Professor of Pharmacology at the University…
202014th edition – Vigo, October, 19-21 2022
Biomedical professionals need to be able to communicate their research proposals and findings effectively in writing. However, most professionals receive little specific training in scientific writing. Many have mistaken views about what good writing is and how to achieve it. Writing in a language that is not your mother tongue makes it even more difficult…
2022Conference of the Observatory PerCientEx (Science Journalism Excellence) 2020
On February 27 was held the 3rd Conference of the Observatory PerCientEx (Science Journalism Excellence) at the facilities of CosmoCaixa, with the collaboration of the Dr. Antoni Esteve Foundation. During the event, we talk to the authors of the three reports of scientific excellence at international level. Michele Catanzaro PerCientEx coordinator and journalist for El Periodico,…
2020G protein‐coupled receptor signaling complexes: functional and pharmacological perspectives
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) constitute a large superfamily of proteins that respond to a variety of extracellular stimuli ranging from photons and small molecules to peptides and proteins, such as hormones, neurotransmitters and paracrine agents which activate transduction pathways of signals and, finally, give rise to specific cellular responses. In humans there are more than…
2020