Author Archives: Invited Researcher
Artificial intelligence reveals the rules of fighting
Author: Marta Iglesias-Julios is currently a PhD candidate (Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme) at the Campalimaud Center for the Unknown in Lisbon (Portugal)
Science often advances through improvements in our ability to measure and observe. Just take the example of migrating storks. […]
Gold Open Access Journals: From scientists’ “publish or perish” to publishers’ “publish to get rich”
Author: Ferran Martinez-Garcia is a professor of cell biology and histology and head of the Lab of Functional Neuroanatomy (NeuroFun) at Universitat Jaume I
I’m a man slowly sliding into the old age. Being a scientist (a simple science worker), […]
Molecular mechanisms underlying the link between cannabis abuse and schizophrenia
Author: Leyre Urigüen is a researcher at the Department of Pharmacology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental CIBERSAM
Cannabis, also called marijuana, is a drug that comes from […]
Culture ´literally´ shapes our thoughts
Author: Elger Abrahamse is an Ikerbasque Research Fellow and staff scientist at the Basque Center for Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL)
Culture may be defined as the system of customs and beliefs that are deeply shared within a […]
A generalized approach for NMR studies of lipid–protein interactions
Author: Francisco J. Blanco is an Ikerbasque Research Professor at CIC bioGUNE
Molecular interactions in cell membranes, particularly lipid-protein interactions in their hydrophobic core, are difficult to analyse and remain poorly characterised despite high relevance in physiological and pathological processes. […]
Geometric control of noble-metal nanoparticles
Author: Roberto D’Agosta is an Ikerbasque Research Professor at ETSF and the Department of Materials Physics in the Faculty of Chemistry at the UPV/EHU in San Sebastian. Francesca Baletto, senior lecturer at King’s College London, read and commented the manuscript. […]
Brain mechanisms beneath prediction during speech perception
Author: Nicola Molinaro is an Ikerbasque Research Fellow at BCBL – Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language
Research on language comprehension has always underscored the speed and precision with which the brain integrates and process the input while at […]
Challenging predictions for the impact of elevated CO2 on eucalyptus woodlands
Author: Teresa E. Gimeno is an Ikerbasque Research Fellow at The Basque Centre for Climate Change
One of the expected effects of rising atmospheric CO2 concentration in the atmosphere is an increase in plant water use efficiency. This […]
When we forget basic science. A jar is not a jug
Author: Adrián Matencio is pursuing a PhD at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – A, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, where he graduated in biotechnology.
Applicability or some usefulness is the mantra of new I+D research. However, […]
MicroRNA-loaded nanoparticles against liver metastasis
Author: Iker Badiola is an assistant professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Faculty of Medicine and Nursery, University of Basque Country (UPV/EHU).
Colorectal cancer is the third most frequently occurring cancer and a common cause of cancer-related […]