Author Archives: Invited Researcher
Enzybiotics, from phages to the inhaler.
Authors: Fernando González-Camacho, Bruno Corsini and Jose Yuste work at Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.
In the age of bacteria resistant […]
Self-knotting bionic proteins
Author: Ivan Coluzza is an Ikerbasque Research Professor at CICbiomaGUNE
Some heteropolymers can be designed to spontaneously self-assemble in complex pre-determined knotted structures. In the past, we referred to such designable heteropolymers as “bionic proteins”. Here we present an extensive […]
How to study the protein corona using fluorinated nanoparticles
Author: Mónica Carril is an Ikerbasque Research Associate at the Biophysics Institute CSIC-UPV/EHU.
When nanoparticles (NPs) get in contact with biological fluids such as blood, proteins present in it will adsorb on the surface of those NPs forming what is […]
Unlocking graphene’s spintronic potential through spin-valley coupling
Author: José H. García is a postdoctoral researcher at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2).
Few materials have drawn as much attention as graphene, it fascinating attributes such as one-atom thickness and relativistic electrons, and its technological properties […]
When we forget basic science. Seeking the small details out
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.
It is time to round off this trilogy of articles about […]
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. […]