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PROGRAMME v.3
BARCELONA, 19-22nd JULY 2021
WELCOME
New! CONTENTS Dear colleagues,
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On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we are pleased to invite you to
1. Welcome attend “The 43rd Congress of the Spanish Society of Biochemical
Lumit™ Immunoassays 2. Committees
and Molecular Biology”, to be held online on July 19-22, 2021.
3. Sponsorship The meeting includes plenary speakers with leading scientists such as
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(Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA), Anna Akhmanova
ELISA 5. Satellite Activities (Utrecht Univ., Utrecht, The Netherlands) and Barbara Cannon (The
Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm, Sweden). Similar to other editions,
•Use simple, add-mix-measure protocols to 6.Programme Overview the meeting will include keynote sessions from our counterpart societies
detect a variety of analytes in 0.5–2 hours 8. Congress Programme from Chile and Argentina as well as the L’Oréal-UNESCO conference.
•Generate sensitive data with wide A central part of the Congress will be the three simultaneous Symposia
9.Congress Detailed about top scientific topics and state-of-the-art technologies in the
dynamic range using only a plate-reading Programme
field of Biomedicine. Satellite activities such as the Introduction to
luminometer; no specialized instrument 10.Full list of Sponsors Research in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Course, the Annual
needed Meeting of Coordinators of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Degrees
•Explore our portfolio of ready-to-use assays in Biochemistry and related subjects, the Workshop on Professional
to detect cytokines, signaling pathway Development for Young Researchers, and multiple Biochemistry in the
analysis, metabolic regulators and more City activities will be held during these days. The traditional Society
Prizes (Young Investigator-IBUB, Margarita Lorenzo- Lilly Foundation,
•Build your own Lumit™ Immunoassay to Young SEBBM Member’s Best Article-UCM, José Tormo Award-Bruker
detect your favorite analyte Española, Best Scientific Image of the Year-CerTest Biotec, Social
Network Award-SEBBM and 4 Posters Prizes-FEBS Letters & SEBBM)
will be also an important part of the programme.
All participants are welcome to visit, through the online link, the stands
of the sponsoring companies, through the online link, to which we truly
thank for their support.
We encourage you to join us!
Best wishes,
Manuel Serrano (Co-organizer)
Laura Herrero (Co-organizer)
Isabel Varela (President of SEBBM)
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43rd Annual Meeting of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology BARCELONA, 19-22nd JULY 2021
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Manuel Serrano Isabel Fariñas
(Co-organizer). IRB, Barcelona (Univ. Valencia, Valencia)
Raimundo Freire
Laura Herrero (Univ. La Laguna, Tenerife)
(Co-organizer). IBUB, CIBEROBN, Barcelona
Fátima Gebauer
(CRG, Barcelona)
José Manuel Bautista
(SEBBM Executive Secretary). Universidad Complutense de Madrid Mariona Graupera
(IDIBELL, Barcelona)
Ismael Mingarro Oscar Llorca
(SEBBM Representative Scientific Groups). Universitat de València (CNIO, Madrid)
Nuria López-Bigas
Aránzazu Sánchez-Muñoz (IRB, Barcelona)
(SEBBM Representative Companies and Institutional Sponsors). Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Ana Losada
(CNIO, Madrid)
Inmaculada Yruela
(SEBBM-Congress). Estación Experimental de Aula Dei (CSIC), Zaragoza Rubén Nogueiras
(USC, CIBEROBN, Santiago de Compostela)
MªÁngeles Serrano Xavier Salvatella
(SEBBM International Relations). Universidad de Salamanca (IRB, Barcelona)
Francesc Villarroya
Félix Goñi (IBUB, CIBEROBN, Barcelona)
(SEBBM Former President). Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao
Isabel Varela
(SEBBM President). IIBM-CSIC-UAM, Madrid
LOCAL COMMITTEE
María Monsalve Susanna Bodoy (IRB, CIBERER) Jordi Duran (IRB, CIBERDEM)
(SEBBM Representative Companies and Institutional Sponsors). IIBM-CSIC-UAM, Madrid
Paula Mera (IBUB, CIBEROBN) Iliana López-Soldado (IRB, CIBERDEM)
María del Mar Orzáez Josep Villena (VHIR, CIBERDEM) Núria Casals (UIC)
(SEBBM Representative Scientific Groups). Universidad de Valencia
David Sánchez-Infantes (IGTP) Dolors Serra (IBUB, CIBEROBN)
Pablo García-Rovés (IDIBELL-UB) Annabel Valledor (IBUB)
Rosa Gasa (IDIBAPS, CIBERDEM) Rebeca Fernández (IDIBAPS, CIBERDEM)
Joan-Marc Servitja (IDIBAPS, CIBERDEM) Marc Ramis (Senolytic Therapeutics)
Gloria Garrabou (IDIBAPS) María Lucas (UNICAN)
David Sebastián (IRB, CIBERDEM) Pilar Ramos (CEU)
Rosalia Rodríguez (UIC) Natalia Ricco (UIC)
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43rd Annual Meeting of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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Plenary lectures & Awards
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BBVA Foundation “Best Scientific Image
Leloir lecture IRDye 800CW
Opening lecture of the Year” Award StarBright Blue 700 (excitación infrarroja,
(excitación azul, 20 s)
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Niemeyer lecture tion Closing lecture SuperSignal
Prize
Young Investigator Award West Femto ECL
(quimioluminiscencia
HRP, 60 s)
Young Investigator 32 pg
FEBS National lecture José Tormo Award
Award
Best article
UCM-SEBBM Prof. María
Teresa Miras Award to the
✓ Multiplexing fluorescente
SEBBM award lecture young SEBBM member’s
Best Article
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housekeeping
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43rd Annual Meeting of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology BARCELONA, 19-22nd JULY 2021
KEY INFORMATION SATELLITE ACTIVITIES
Registration Fees Biochemistry in the City
Early Registration Registration from Monday, July 19th 2021 18:00 y 19:00 h.
until May 31st June 1st to July 19th
18:00 h. Ellas en Ciencia Cosmo Caixa, Actividad presencial
MEMBER OF SEBBM-RAICEX* 50,00 € 60,00 €
19:00 h. Molecular Plasticity en COVID-19 Cosmo Caixa, Actividad presencial
NO MEMBER OF SEBBM-RAICEX*
*INCLUDES ONE YEAR OF SEBBM 75,00 € 90,00 €
MEMBER
Tuesday, July 20th 2021 18:30 h.
Presentación: Núria Casals, Rosa Gasa
**21% VAT INCLUDED
La revolución de la edición del genoma humano: ciencia y ética. (The revolution of human genome editing:
science and ethics)
The registration fee includes:
• Access to the conference meeting rooms. Raul Delgado
• Presentation of a free communication, being first accepted by the Organizing Committee Institutd’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL) /Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC)
• Online access to the book of abstracts.
• VAT 21% Lluís Montoliu
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia (CNB-CSIC) /CIBERER-ISCIII
Montserrat Esquerda
The registration fee does NOT include:
Institut Borja de Bioètica, Universitat Ramon LLull (URL)
• Any other concept not indicated above. Itziar de Lecuona
Observatori de Bioètica i Dret, Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
*Become a member of SEBBM or of an Association of RAICEX network before 6th May to qualify for low-cost
registration fees and enjoy plenty of advantages!.
Wednesday, July 21st 2021 18:30 h.
Cancellation Policy Presentación: Glòria Garrabou
• 20% penalty for cancellations before June 1st, 2021.
• 50% penalty for cancellations before July 1st, 2021. Evolución y cáncer: relación o coincidencia (volution and cancer: related or just a coincidence)
• No reimbursement after July 1st, 2021.
• Cancellations will have to be notified by written to the Technical Secretariat. Eugènia Mato
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN)
Institut de Recerca de l’Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau - Centre CERCA
Contact Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau)
Wednesday, July 21st 2021 19:15 h.
TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT SPONSORSHIP
Guillermo Quintero / Beatriz López Lara Rodríguez Prieto Dietas de ayuno, qué hay de verdad en ellas (Fasting diets, what’s true about them)
sebbm@viajeseci.es Anna Fosch
VIAJES EL CORTE INGLÉS
954 506 600 – Ext. 1 Vocal empresas JD SEBBM Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC)
sebbm@viajeseci.es María Montsalve
mpmonsalve@iib.uam.es Thursday, July 22th 2021 18:30 h.
SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT
Natàlia Molner Presentación: Josep Villena
natalia.molner@irbbarcelona.org
Terapias, pseudoterapias y otros juegos de azar (Therapies, pseudotherapies and other games of chance)
Josep Clotet
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC)
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43rd Annual Meeting of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology BARCELONA, 19-22nd JULY 2021
Workshop on Professional Development 10:20 - 11:00 h “Helping your grandma to understand your PhD: the importance to learn how to communicate
science from the beginning”.
Organizers: Iliana López, Jordi Duran, Paula Mera, David Sánchez-Infantes. Natalia Ricco, PhD. Head of Studies, Biomedical Science degree, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut,
Recommended for master students, PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and junior principal investigators. Universitat Internacional de Catalunya.
Monday, July 19th 2021 14:00-16:30 h.
11:00 - 11:30 h Break
14:00 - 14:05 h Welcome reception
Chairs: Susanna Bodoy and Natalia Ricco
14:05 - 15:15 h Oral presentations: how to prepare the best slides and a terrific talk.
Speaker: Brian McCarthy www.performing-ideas.com
11:30 - 12:10 h “After my PhD: The Garden of the Forking Paths”.
Salva Ferre, PhD. Eduscopi.
15:15 - 16:00 h redoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships: overview on different fellowships and grants to
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develop a scientific career.
Speaker: Marta López (IMIM) 12:10 - 12:50 h “Science becomes entertainment: new formats in science communication”.
Helena González-Burón, PhD. Director, Big Van Ciencia.
16:00 - 16:15 h MD PI Editorial: projects and journals.
Speaker: Marcos Arranz 12:50 - 13:30 h Round table and open debate.
Chairs: Mª del Pilar Ramos and Pablo M Garcia-Roves
16:15 - 16:30 h Closing workshop “Innovation in current curricula in Spain: analysis of results”
“How do we evaluate the training activities that require reasoning by the student?
Evaluation of “problem-based learning”, “case method”, …
Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Biosciences
XXI Meeting “Coordinators study program of Degrees and Masters in Biochemistry, Biotechnology and 13:30 - 13:45.h Meeting of Coordinators.
Biomedicine” Chair report. Requests and questions.
Monday, July 19 2021 th
09:30-13:45 h.
Session organizing committee: Introductory Course
Pablo M. Garcia-Roves, Susanna Bodoy, Dolors Serra, Annabel Valledor, Natalia Ricco y Mª del Pilar Ramos
to Research in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
09:30 - 09:40 h Welcome and opening session.
This course is a four-day program, consisting of one-day Introductory Course to Research in Biochemistry and Molecular
Organizing committee members. Biology and three days of assistance to the 43rd SEBBM Congress. This course will provide undergraduate students
Chairs: Dolors Serra and Annabel Valledor insight into the latest research in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and information for future career planning in this
field.
09:40 - 10:20 h “European Research University Networks: Harmonizing Biomedical Education”.
Francisco Ciruela Alférez Monday, July 19th 2021 09.30 - 09.40 h.
PhD. Departament de Patologia i Terapèutica Experimental, Universitat de Barcelona. EUROLIFE Steering Committee
Course Welcome and Introduction
member - network of European universities in life sciences and Universitat de Barcelona delegate in CHARM-EU
Alliance. Manuel Serrano, Co-organizer of the SEBBM Congress (IRB, Barcelona)
Laura Herrero, Co-Organizer of the SEBBM Congress (UB, Barcelona)
Session moderators: David Sebastián (IRB), Rosalía
Rodríguez (UIC), Joan-Marc Servitja (IDIBAPS) and María
Lucas (IBBTEC)
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43rd Annual Meeting of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology BARCELONA, 19-22nd JULY 2021
09.40 - 10.10 h PhD Degree Manual
Meet the speakers
María Lucas (IBBTEC, Universidad de Cantabria-CSIC)
On July 20th and 21nd, from 11:30 until 12:30, you´ll have the chance to directly interact with some of the speakers
Why do a PhD? What requirements do I need to meet? What skills should I acquire? Where can I get PhD funding in presenting in this congress. We have scheduled a special session devoted to informal discussions in small groups of
Spain and abroad? What problems can I find? These and other issues related to the completion of a PhD thesis will 10-15 people around a so-called “virtual table”. Discussion will be focused on different topics, allowing you to mingle and
be addressed. engage in discussion with some of the most prominent scientists in the field.
Once the discussion leaders are confirmed, we will publish a list of the available time frames and their corresponding
10.10 - 10.50 h Scientific research in the clinical field “virtual tables”, so you can sign-up for your preferable choice.
Ramón Gomis (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic)
Ramón Gomis is an endocrinologist and currently, director of the Health Sciences Studies of the Open University Fitting the major upgrade of ALBA Synchrotron to your needs
of Catalonia and emeritus researcher at the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) linked to
the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. He was director of IDIBAPS from 2008 to 2018. Ramón Gomis will talk about the in structural molecular biology research: have your say
translational research carried out in Spain and the possibilities of starting a research career in the clinical field.
Organizer: Judith Juanhuix (ALBA synchrotron)
Co-organizers: Roeland Boer, Damià Garriga (ALBA synchrotron)
10.50 - 11.30 h Scientific research in the private sector
Marc Martinell (CEO of Minoryx Therapeutics)
Tuesday, July 20th 2021 11:00 - 12:00 h.
Marc Martinell is the executive director of the biotechnology company Minoryx. He will present the research lines
he leads for the development of new therapeutic solutions for rare diseases of the central nervous system, often Open to all audience
characterized by neurodegeneration. He will also talk about the job opportunities of bioscience researchers in Since December 2020, ALBA synchrotron is preparing for a major upgrade which will extend the services portfolio with
biotechnology companies. new instruments and capabilities beyond X rays. The Life Sciences section is developing a strategic plan to provide holistic
solutions for life sciences research. Several strategies are followed: specializing and optimizing existing instruments,
adding new beamlines, combining these instruments with optical- and electron-based tools in a multi-modal approach,
11.30 - 12:10 h Scientific publishers: of necessity… business
providing new sample preparation infrastructure and developing the necessary computing services.
Ismael Mingarro (Universidad de Valencia)
A key to this ambitious project is the development of strategic partnerships which guarantee not only the necessary
Scientific discoveries are published in scientific journals in the form of articles. For publication, articles are submitted know-how but also integrate ALBA’s services into the research ecosystem of Spain. This allows connecting with the
to an unpaid peer review process. But scientific publishers charge both authors and readers, although digital already existing excellent research capabilities of the community and significantly expanding the ALBA user community
technologies have significantly reduced production costs. In this scenario, do we really need publishers as we have by filling the current gaps. Ultimately, the ALBA upgrade aims at supporting the community to achieve leadership while
known them in the past? contributing to the grand challenges of Health.
In this satellite meeting, the organizers will give an overview of the current plans to develop such upgrade and, more
12:10 - 13:00 h Practical workshop in biomedical research: Search for new therapeutic targets and importantly, aim to receive the input of the Life Sciences community to better adapt the ALBA Strategic Plan for the
strategies. upgrade to the community needs.
Ana V. Villar (IBBTEC, Universidad de Cantabria-CSIC)
This workshop will focus on the search for pharmacological targets and their possible therapeutic strategies within Round table for the Bio-entrepreneur
the pathology of cardiac fibrosis. The students will participate in an interactive group activity that will show them the
dynamic process of the scientific method.
Thursday, July 22th 2021 11:00 - 12:00 h.
This round table will explore current trends in the relation among academic researchers, start-ups, spin-offs, and investors.
14:00 - 16:30 h Workshop on professional Development for Young Researcher
Participants:
• Esther Riambau (academic tech transfer), UPF Ventures
Wednesday, July 21st 2021 17:00 - 18:00 h.
• Gonzalo Fernandez-Miranda (entrepreneur scientist) , Aptadel Therapeutics and Ninevah Therapeutics
Roundtable of students and organizers to evaluate the experience through open debate and a survey. • Laura Rodríguez Gallego (investor), Invivo Ventures
Chair: Marc Ramis (entrepreneur, CEO), Senolytic
Therapeutics, Rejuversen, and others
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BARCELONA, 19-22nd JULY 2021
SEBBM´S PRIZES 2021
In order to reward the work of its youngest members, the SEBBM annually announces the following research prizes:
The IncuSafe
Young Investigator Award (sponsored by IBUB)
Advantage The Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona (IBUB) recognizes with 2,500€ the scientific work carried out
in Spain by a SEBBM member with a maximum of twelve years since Doctoral Thesis Defence The winning candidate
will deliver a lecture during the SEBBM Congress 2021.
Optimising cell culture outcomes and reproducibility. Combining
Maria Dolores Sanchez-Niño. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
advanced technology, unique design features and high-quality The unique H2O2 decontamination system delivers fast and
engineering, IncuSafe Incubators offer the most precise and regulated validatable decontamination. The high-speed decontamination “Targeting MAP3Ks to treat kidney disease”
environment for cell culture. Providing outstanding performance and system uses vaporised hydrogen peroxide and UV light. It cleans
flexibility, this innovative range of incubators enables you to optimise the chamber of the incubator safely in less than three hours,
results and reproducibility. achieving a minimal 6 log reduction of major contaminants.
UCM-SEBBM Prof. María Teresa Miras Award to the young
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SEBBM member’s Best Article (sponsored by UCM)
biomedical.nl@eu.phchd.com www.phchd.com/eu/biomedical
The Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) offers a first prize of 1,000€ and two second prizes of 500€ to the best
scientific article published in 2020-2021 by a young member of the SEBBM working in Spain. Candidates must be the
first author of the article with a maximum of ten years since Doctoral Thesis Defence The winning candidate will deliver
a lecture during the SEBBM Congress 2021.
Pablo Hernansanz Agustín. Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC),
Madrid.
(First Prize).
“Na+ controls hypoxic redox signalling through the mitochondrial respiratory chain”.
Nature 2020
Ana Victoria Lechuga. CNIC, Madrid.
(Accesit).
“A Network of Macrophages Supports Mitochondrial Homeostasis in the Heart”
Cell 2020
Elisa Lozano Esteban. IBSAL, Universidad de Salamanca.
(Accesit).
“MRP3-Mediated Chemoresistance in Cholangiocarcinoma: Target for Chemosensitization
Through Restoring SOX17 Expression”
Hepatology 2020
43rd Annual Meeting of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology BARCELONA, 19-22nd JULY 2021
José Tormo Award (sponsored by Bruker) Social Network Award
Bruker Española offers a prize of 1,000€ to a young SEBBM member, with a maximum of fifteen years since Doctoral The SEBBM offers two prizes of 200€ to the authors of the posters (SEBBM members, with a maximum of six years
Thesis Defence, first author of a paper published during the biennium 2020-2021in any of the disciplines included in since Doctoral Thesis Defence) that achieve the highest impact in social networks during the celebration of the SEBBM
structural biology. The candidate laboratory must be located in Spain or Portugal. The winning candidate will deliver a Congress 2021. It will be an essential requirement to use the Congress hashtag (#SEBBM21) to quantify this impact.
15 minute lecture during the SEBBM Congress 2021. The Social Network Prize will be awarded at the Closure and Award Ceremony of the SEBBM Congress 2021.
J. Rafael Ciges-Tomás. Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia-CSIC.
FEBS Letters Poster Prize
“Molecular basis of PICI spreading in nature by the action of a polygamous repressor”.
A Poster Prize of 200 €, kindly supported by FEBS Letters, will be awarded to PhD students or early-stage post-docs,
with a maximum of ten years since Doctoral Thesis Defence, presenting unpublished work that fits within the scope of
FEBS Letters – basic research studies that are novel, advance knowledge, and provide mechanistic insights.
“Best Scientific Image of the Year” Award
(sponsored by CerTest Biotec)
SEBBM Poster Prize
The «Best Scientific Image of the Year» will be chosen from the images published every month in the “Science Art
Three Poster Prizes of 200 €, and 2 second prizes of 100 €, kindly supported by SEBBM and the 43rd Congress
Gallery” section of the SEBBM´s website. The winner must be a SEBBM member and be registered in the Barcelona
SEBBM, will be awarded to PhD students or early-stage post-docs, with a maximum of six years since Doctoral Thesis
2021 Congress. The award consists of a first prize of 600€and a 300€ second prize. Prizes will be awarded at the
Defence, presenting unpublished work regarding basic research studies that are novel, advance knowledge, and provide
Closure and Award Ceremony of the SEBBM Congress 2021.
mechanistic insights.
Margarita Lorenzo Award (sponsored by Lilly Foundation)
genes
IMPACT Indexed in:
FACTOR
The SEBBM and the Lilly Foundation offer the Margarita Lorenzo Scientific Prize of 2.000€, in memory of Dr. Margarita PubMed
3.759
Lorenzo, whose work of international prestige in the field of metabolism and insulin signaling is considered an example
to be followed by the new generations of Spanish biochemists and molecular biologists. The award will recognize the
best work presented in the thematic field of «Diabetes, obesity and metabolic regulation» at the SEBBM Congress an Open Access Journal by MDPI
by young members with a maximum of fifteen years since Doctoral Thesis Defence. The prize will be awarded by the
president of the SEBBM and a representative of the Lilly Foundation in a plenary session of the SEBBM Congress 2021,
Genes (ISSN 2073-4425; IF 3.759) an international open access journal by MDPI, covering all the field of genetics and genomics and
where the winner will deliver a 25-minute lecture. indexed in major scholarly databases, including SCIE, PubMed, and Scopus.
Leticia Herrera-Melle. CNIC, Madrid.
(First Prize).
“Muscle p38 MAPKs: novel targets for the regulation of inter-organ communication in obesity
1529
Papers Published 2020
37 days 500+
MPT Editorial Board Members
and type 2 diabetes”
Marina Martín-Taboada. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid. 53%
Rejection Rate
3.822 60+
(Accesit) 5-year Impact Factor Authors Countries
“Understanding the role of circulating levels of adipose tissue-derived molecules in the renal
dysfunction of obese patients”
Genes Editorial Office Tel: +41 61 683 77 34
MDPI Fax: +41 61 302 89 18
St. Alban-Anlage 66 genes@mdpi.com
4052 Basel ▶ www.mdpi.com/journal/genes
www.mdpi.com Switzerland @Genes_MDPI
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CONGRESS PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
Monday July 19th Tuesday July 20th Wednesday July 21st Thursday July 22nd
09:30 1.1 09:30
2.1 3.1
Epitrans 1.2 1.3 2.2 2.3 3.3
10:00 10:00 Cellular Chromatin 3.2
Introductory criptomics Micro Structural 3D Biomolecular RNA/DNA
Undergraduate & proteome biology
reprogram-
Genomics condensation
plasticity mTOR
transactions
10:30 Course to 10:30 ming
and RNA editing
11:00 Research in 11:00
postgraduate Merck Best article award lecture SEBBM Meet the Bio-
11:30 Biochemistry Round
Meet the SEBBM ALBA 11:30 entrepreneur
teaching in speakers Coordinators synchrotron Consuls speakers
Table
12:00 & Molecular 12:00 Young investigator IBUB award lec.
Biosciences Niemeyer lecture: Awards ceremony Sponsors
12:30 Biology Cell biology 12:30
seminary
Lilly-Margarita Lorenzo lecture Ramón Areces Foundation
13:00 13:00 Closing lecture: Bioenergetics
IUBMB-M. Salas lecture: Sponsors
13:30 13:30 Sponsors Seminars
SEBBM Autophagy seminary
Sponsors Seminars
14:00 Teaching 14:00 Closing ceremony
Workshop on working Leloir lecture: Plants biology lecture
14:30 14:30
Professional group
15:00 15:00
Development meeting SEBBM
SEBBM
15:30 15:30 working group
working group
16:00 meetings 16:00 meetings
16:30 Opening ceremony 16:30
José Tormo award
L’Oréal-UNESCO Sponsors SEBBM
17:00 BBVA Foundation opening lecture Seminars 17:00 General
17:30
lecture: Splicing & muscular 17:30 Assembly
FEBS lecture: Microtubules
dystrophy
18:00 18:00
Biochemistry in the city:
18:30 18:30 Biochemistry in the city:
“Ellas en ciencia” Biochemistry in the city: Biochemistry in the city:
19:00 Molecular plasticity Human genome editing 19:00 Evolution & cancer / Pseudotherapies
19:30 en COVID-19 Round table 19:30 Fasting diets
20:00 20:00
1843rd Annual Meeting of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology BARCELONA, 19-22nd JULY 2021
CONGRESS PROGRAMME
MONDAY, July 19th 2021 TUESDAY, July 20th 2021 (II)
TIME ROOM ACTIVITY SESSION’S LINK TIME ROOM ACTIVITY SESSION’S LINK
Introduction to Research in Biochemistry & 17:15 - 18:00 h Virtual 1 FEBS National Lecture (Anna Akhmanova) LINK
09:30 - 13:00 h Zoom 1 LINK
Molecular Biology Course
18:30 - 20:00 h Virtual 1 Biochemistry in the city (2) LINK
Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in
09:30 - 13:30 h Virtual 1 LINK
Biosciences
WEDNESDAY, July 21st 2021
14:00 - 16:30 h Zoom 1 Workshop on professional Development LINK
14:00 - 15:30 h Virtual 1 SEBBM Education working group meeting LINK TIME ROOM ACTIVITY SESSION’S LINK
16:30 - 17:00 h Virtual 1 Opening ceremony LINK Simposia 2.1: Cellular reprogramming beyond
09:30 - 11:00 h Virtual 1 LINK
pluripotency
17:00 - 17:45 h Virtual 1 BBVA opening Lecture (Adrian Krainer) LINK
Simposia 2.2: In memoriam:
18:00 h Cosmo Caixa (presencial) Biochemistry in the city: “Ellas en ciencia” LINK 09:30 - 11:00 h Virtual 2 LINK
J. L. Gómez-Skarmeta
Biochemistry in the city: 09:30 - 11:00 h Virtual 3 Simposia 2.3: Biomolecular condensation LINK
19:00 h Cosmo Caixa (presencial)
Molecular plasticity in COVID-19 LINK
11:00 - 11:30 h Virtual 1 Best article SEBBM award Lecture LINK
TUESDAY, July 20th 2021 (I)
11:30 - 12:30 h Virtual 1 Young Investigator IBUB Award Lecture LINK
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09:30 - 11:00 h Virtual 1 Simposia 1.1: Epitranscriptomics & RNA editing LINK 13:45 - 14:15 h Virtual 3 Sponsors’ seminars (Agilent seminar II) LINK
09:30 - 11:00 h Virtual 2 Simposia 1.2: The hidden microproteome LINK 14:15 - 15:00 h Virtual 1 Leloir Lecture (Raquel Chan) LINK
Simposia 1.3:
09:30 - 11:00 h Virtual 3 LINK 15:00 - 16:30 h Virtual 1 Cell Death and Inflammation LINK
Novel approaches in structural biology
Merck Round Table:
15:00 - 16:30 h Virtual 2 Cell Signalling LINK
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Biomedical Research in Spain
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11:00 - 12:00 h Virtual 3 SEBBM Groups Coordinators Meeting LINK
15:00 - 16:30 h Zoom 2 Molecular Parasitology & Emerging Infections LINK
11:00 -12:00 h Zoom 1 ALBA Synchrotron LINK
15:00 - 16:30 h Zoom 3 Free Radicals and Oxidative Stress LINK
12:00 - 12:45 h Virtual 1 Niemeyer Lecture (Nicole Tischler) LINK
15:00 - 16:30 h Zoom 4 Protein Structure and Function LINK
13:00 - 13:30 h Virtual 1 Sponsor’s Seminar (Merck) LINK
16:30 - 17:00 h Zoom 4 José Tormo Award (Rafael Ciges) LINK
14:00 - 14:30 h Virtual 1 Sponsor’s Seminar (Bio-Rad) LINK
16:30 - 17:15 h Virtual 2 SEBBM General Assembly LINK
14:30 - 15:00 h Virtual 1 Sponsor’s Seminar (Agilent I) LINK
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15:00 - 16:30 h Virtual 1 Molecular Basis of Pathology LINK 17:00 - 18:00 h Zoom 1 LINK
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Course
15:00 - 16:30 h Virtual 2 Metabolic Regulation and Nutrition LINK 18:30 - 20:00 h Virtual 1 Biochemistry in the city (3) LINK
Developmental Biology and
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Genomic Modifications
15:00 - 16:30 h Zoom 1 Omic Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics LINK
15:00 - 16:30 h Zoom 2 Chemical Biology LINK
15:00 - 16:30 h Zoom 3 Synthetic Biology and Molecular Biotechnology LINK
15:00 - 16:30 h Zoom 4 Biomembranes LINK
16:30 - 17:15 h Virtual 1 L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Lecture LINK
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Simposia 3.1: Chromatin plasticity and barrera segura para la salud, y ahora gracias al
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11:00 - 12:00 h Virtual 1 SEBBM Consuls meeting LINK
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11:00 - 12:00 h Virtual 3 Bio-entrepreneur forum LINK
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12:00 - 12:30 h Virtual 2 Sponsors’ seminars (PHC) LINK
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2243rd Annual Meeting of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology BARCELONA, 19-22nd JULY 2021
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MONDAY, JULY 19th 2021
12:10 - 13:00 h: Practical workshop in biomedical research: Search for new therapeutic targets
09:30 - 13:00 h: ZOOM ROOM 1 Introductory Course to Research in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and strategies.
This course is a four-day program, consisting of one-day Introductory Course to Ana V. Villar (IBBTEC, Universidad de Cantabria-CSIC)
Research in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and three days of assistance to the
43rd SEBBM Congress. This course will provide undergraduate students insight into the This workshop will focus on the search for pharmacological targets and their possible
latest research in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and information for future career therapeutic strategies within the pathology of cardiac fibrosis. The students will
planning in this field. participate in an interactive group activity that will show them the dynamic process
of the scientific method.
Organizer: María Lucas (IBBTEC, Universidad de Cantabria-CSIC, Santander)
Co-organizers: David Sebastián (IRB), Rosalía Rodríguez (UIC), 14:00 - 16:30 h: ZOOM ROOM 1 Workshop on Professional Development
Joan-Marc Servitja (IDIBAPS)
14:00 - 14:05 h: Welcome reception
09:30 - 09:40 h: Course Welcome and Introduction
Manuel Serrano, Co-organizer of the SEBBM Congress (IRB, Barcelona) 14:05 - 15:15 h: Oral presentations: how to prepare the best slides and a terrific talk.
Laura Herrero, Co-organizer of the SEBBM Congress (IBUB, CIBEROBN, Barcelona) Speaker: Brian McCarthy www.performing-ideas.com
Session moderators: David Sebastián (IRB), Rosalía Rodríguez (UIC), Joan-Marc
15:15 - 16:00 h: Predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships:
Servitja (IDIBAPS) and María Lucas (IBBTEC)
overview on different fellowships and grants to develop a scientific career.
Speaker: Marta López (IMIM)
09:40 - 10:10 h: PhD degree manual
María Lucas (IBBTEC, Universidad de Cantabria-CSIC)
16:00 - 16:15 h: MDPI Editorial: projects and journals.
Speaker: Marcos Arranz
Why do a PhD? What requirements do I need to meet? What skills should I acquire?
Where can I get PhD funding in Spain and abroad? What problems can I find? These
16:15 - 16:30 h: Closing workshop
and other issues related to the completion of a PhD thesis will be addressed.
09:30 - 13:30 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Biosciences
10:10 - 10:50 h: “Scientific research in the clinical field”
Ramón Gomis (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic) XXI Meeting “Coordinators study program of Degrees and Masters in Biochemistry,
Biotechnology and Biomedicine”
Ramón Gomis is an endocrinologist and currently, director of the Health Sciences
Studies of the Open University of Catalonia and emeritus researcher at the August Session organizing committee:
Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) linked to the Hospital Clinic of Pablo M. Garcia-Roves, Susanna Bodoy, Dolors Serra, Annabel Valledor,
Barcelona. He was director of IDIBAPS from 2008 to 2018. Ramón Gomis will talk Natalia Ricco y Mª del Pilar Ramos
about the translational research carried out in Spain and the possibilities of starting a
research career in the clinical field. 09:30 - 09:40 h: Welcome and opening session.
Organizing committee members.
10:50 - 11:30 h: “Scientific research in the private sector” Chairwomen: Dolors Serra and Annabel Valledor
Marc Martinell (CEO de Minoryx Therapeutics)
09:40 - 10:20 h: “European Research University Networks: Harmonizing Biomedical Education”.
Marc Martinell is the executive director of the biotechnology company Minoryx. He will Francisco Ciruela Alférez, PhD. Departament de Patologia i Terapèutica Experimental,
present the research lines he leads for the development of new therapeutic solutions for Universitat de Barcelona. EUROLIFE Steering Committee member - network of
rare diseases of the central nervous system, often characterized by neurodegeneration. European universities in life sciences and Universitat de Barcelona delegate in
He will also talk about the job opportunities of bioscience researchers in biotechnology CHARM-EU Alliance.
companies.
11:30 - 12:10 h: “Scientific publishers: of necessity … business”
Ismael Mingarro (Universidad de Valencia)
Scientific discoveries are published in scientific journals in the form of articles. For
publication, articles are submitted to an unpaid peer review process. But scientific
2443rd Annual Meeting of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology BARCELONA, 19-22nd JULY 2021
10:20 - 11:00 h: “Neuroeducation: focusing on the brain to improve educational attainment”. 18:00 h: COSMO CAIXA Biochemistry in the City
David Bueno, PhD. Chair of Neuroeducation UB-EDU1ST, Section of Biomedical, Actividad
Evolutionary and Developmental Genetics, Universitat de Barcelona. presencial “Ellas en Ciencia”
11:00 - 11:30 h: Coffee break 19:00 h: COSMO CAIXA Biochemistry in the City
Chairwomen: Susanna Bodoy and Natalia Ricco Actividad
presencial “Molecular Plasticity en COVID-19”
11:30 - 12:10 h: “After my PhD: The Garden of the Forking Paths”. Inmaculada Yruela
Estación Experimental de Aula Dei (CSIC), Zaragoza
Salva Ferre, PhD. Eduscopi.
12:10 - 12:50 h: “Science becomes entertainment: new formats in science communication”. TUESDAY JULY 20th 2021
Helena González-Burón, PhD. Director, Big Van Ciencia.
09:30 - 11:00 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 Symposia 1.1 Epitranscriptomics and RNA editing
12:50 - 13:30 h: Round table and open debate. Chair: Diana Guallar
Chairs: Mª del Pilar Ramos and Pablo M García-Roves
09:30 h Michael Jantsch, Center of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Vienna, Austria
“Innovation in current curricula in Spain: analysis of results”
“From RNA-editing to smooth muscle contraction: Biomedical implications of
“How do we evaluate the training activities that require reasoning by the student?
RNA modification”
Evaluation of “problem-based learning”, “case method”, …
10:00 h Francesca Aguiló, Wallenberg Center for Molecular Medicine, Umeå, Sweden
“The epitranscriptome: a new era for cancer research”
14:00-15:30 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 SEBBM Education working group meeting
10:30 h Diana Guallar, Center for Research in Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases
Coordinator: Néstor Torres
(CiMUS), Santiago de Compostela
“Diverse functions of RNA modifications in pluripotency and somatic cell
“Molecular Games: una App para docencia de Biología Molecular”
reprogramming”
Josep Saura (Invited), Marco Straccia, Tomàs Santalucía, Eulàlia Martí.
Universitat de Barcelona-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, ES josepsaura@ub.edu 09:30 - 11:00 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 2 Symposia 1.2 The hidden world of small ORF-encoded microproteins
Chair: María Abad, VHIO, Barcelona
“Combinación de metodologías de aprendizaje autónomo y aprendizaje
cooperativo para el análisis crítico de la literatura científica”
9:30 h: Juan Pablo Couso, Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo CSIC-UPO, Sevilla.
María José Calzada, Departamento de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
“Small ORFs: from sequence to function”
mariajose.calzada@uam.es
10:00 h: Mar Albà. IMIM, Barcelona.
“The birth of new proteins from scratch”
“La enseñanza y el aprendizaje en tiempos de la COVID19. Lecciones aprendidas
10:30 h: Maria Abad, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona.
y visión del futuro.”
“The microproteome as a source of novel cancer players”
Marina Lasa Benito (Invited), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Instituto de
Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” Madrid, ES marina.lasa@uam.es.
09:30 - 11:00 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 3 Symposia 1.3 Novel approaches in structural biology
Néstor Torres Darias Departamento de Bioquímica, Microbiología, Biología Celular y
Chair: Damien Devos / Oriol Gallego
Genética. Instituto de Tecnología Biomédica. Universidad de La Laguna. ntorres@ull.
edu.es.
09:30 h: Maya Topf, Birkbeck, University of London. United Kingdom.
Pedro Álvarez Pérez (Invited). Departamento de Didáctica e Investigación Educativa
“Modeling protein structures in (cryo-)EM maps”
Universidad de La Laguna. palvarez@ull.edu.es
10:00 h: Damien Devos, Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo CSIC-UPO, Seville
16:30 - 17:00 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 Opening Ceremony “In vivo architecture of the Exocyst and beyond”
Isabel Varela. President of SEBBM 10:30 h: Ben Lehner, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), ICREA, Barcelona
Félix Goñi. Ex-President of SEBBM “Solving protein structures using deep mutagenesis”
Manuel Serrano (Organizer 43rd SEBBM Congress). IRB, Barcelona
Laura Herrero (Co-Organizer 43rd SEBBM Congress). IBUB, CIBEROBN, Barcelona
17:00 - 17:45 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 Alberto Sols - BBVA Foundation. Opening lecture
Adrian Krainer, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, USA
“A cure for spinal muscular atrophy”
2643rd Annual Meeting of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology BARCELONA, 19-22nd JULY 2021
11:00 - 12:00 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 Merck Round Table: Biomedical Research in Spain 14:00 - 14:30 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 Sponsors´ seminars SPONSORED BY BIO-RAD
Moving to the future: Rebuilding relations between Academia-Companies “Detección por ddPCR de la expresión alelo-específica de una mutación
dominante negativa en COL6A1 en fibroblastos derivados de pacientes editados
Topics for discussion: con CRISPR/Cas9”
• Current situation after Covid pandemic.
• New ways of collaboration. Arístides López-Márquez, Matías Morín, Carmen Badosa, Alejandro Hernández-
• New future: Going deeper into a digital world. Delgado, Daniel Natera-de Benito, Carlos Ortez, Andrés Nascimento,
• Ideas and chellenges. Daniel Grinberg, Susanna Balcells, Mónica Roldán, Miguel Ángel Moreno-Pelayo,
Cecilia Jiménez-Mallebrera.
Participants:
• Isabel Varela (Madrid), researcher, President SEBBM 14:30 - 15:00 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 Sponsors´ seminars SPONSORED BY AGILENT
• Félix Goñi (Bilbao), researcher, Ex-President of SEBBM “The Central Role of Immune Cell Metabolism in Building Next-Generation Cell
• Luis Serrano (Barcelona), researcher, President of SOMMa Therapies”
• Xosé Bustelo (Salamanca), researcher, President of ASEICA
• Lluis Montoliú (Madrid), researcher, Member of the Ethics Panel of the ERC Alfredo Caro Maldonado, Product Specialist of Seahorse XF Consumables, Spain,
• Montserrat Vendrell (Barcelona), ALTA Life Sciences Portugal, Agilent Technologies
• Ana Maria Cuervo (Nueva York), researcher, Member of the National Academy of
Sciences USA 15:00 - 16:30 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 Molecular Bases of Pathology
• Jordi Naval (Barcelona), General Director of BioCat Coordinator: Guadalupe Sabio
• Ángela Nieto (Alicante), researcher, 2019 National Research Award
• Paloma Arias (Madrid) Merck, S.L.U.Head of Sales Academia – South Europe “p107 at the intersection between cancer and metabolism”
• Pablo Recacha (Madrid) Sales Manager Academia – Spain and Portugal Sulay Tovar (Invited). CIMUS (Centro de Investigación de Medicina Molecular y
Enfermedades Crónicas) Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de
Chair: Manuel Serrano (Barcelona), Co-organizer of SEBBM-2021 Compostela, (ES) sulay.tovar@usc.es
11:00 - 12:00 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 2 Meet the speakers
“Pro-thrombotic environment and vascular alterations in Alzheimer’s Disease”
You´ll have the chance to directly interact with some of the speakers presenting in this
Marta Cortés (Invited). Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC),
congress. We have scheduled a special session devoted to informal discussions in
Madrid, (ES) marta.cortes@cnic.es
small groups of 10-15 people around a so-called “virtual lunch table”. Discussion will be
focused on different topics, allowing you to mingle and engage in discussion with some 15:00 - 16:30 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 2 Metabolic Regulation and Nutrition
of the most prominent scientists in the field. Coordinator: Nuria Casals
Once the discussion leaders are confirmed, we will publish a list of the available time
frames and their corresponding “virtual tables”, so you can sign-up for your preferable “Impact of astrocyte clock in energy balance”
choice. Olga Barca Mayo (Invited). Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de
Compostela, (ES) olga.barca.mayo@usc.es
11:00 - 12:00 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 3 SEBBM Groups Coordinators Meeting
“Impact on gene expression and metabolic homeostasis of bioactive compounds-
11:00 - 12:00 h: ZOOM ROOM 1 Fitting the major upgrade of ALBA Synchrotron to your needs in structural
molecular biology research: have your say enriched diets”
Joana Relat Pardo (Invited). University of Barcelona (CNIC), Santa Coloma de
Organizer: Judith Juanhuix (ALBA synchrotron)
Gramanet, (ES) jrelat@ub.edu
Co-organizers: Roeland Boer, Damià Garriga (ALBA synchrotron)
12:00 - 12:45 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 Niemeyer lecture
Nicole Tischler, Fundación Ciencia & Vida, Santiago, Chile
“Novel insights into virus-host interactions”
13:00 - 13:30 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 Sponsors’ seminars SPONSORED BY MERK
“3D Cell Culture Systems - Where do I start?”
María Elena López Jiménez, MBA, Field Marketing Project Manager
2843rd Annual Meeting of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology BARCELONA, 19-22nd JULY 2021
15:00 - 16:30 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 3 Developmental Biology and Genomic Modifications 15:00 - 16:30 h: ZOOM ROOM 4 Biomembranes
Coordinator: Javier López-Ríos
Coordinator: Bárbara Olmeda
“Cell behaviours and cell-cell signaling involved in the development of the inner
ear ganglion”. “Heteromeric Amino acid transporters: diseases and structures”.
Berta Alsina (Invited). Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (ES) alsina@upf.edu
Manuel Palacín. (Invited). Institut de Recerca Biomédica, Barcelona, (ES)
mpalacin@irbbarcelona.org
“A bistable reaction-diffusion mechanism for size-independent symmetry breaking
of mouse embryoid bodies”. “How cells secrete collagens and what goes wrong in fibrosis”.
Jelena Raspopovic (Invited). Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo CSIC -
Ishier Raote. (Invited). Postdoctoral fellow with Vivek Malhotra. Department of Cell and
Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla(ES). jras@upo.es Developmental Biology Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona ES,
ishier.raote@crg.eu
15:00 - 16:30 h: ZOOM ROOM 1 Omic Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics
Coordinator: Manuel Fuentes 16:30 - 17:15 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science lecture
Noemí Jiménez Rojo, Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad de Ginebra, Suiza
“The Cancer Genome Atlas Pan-Cancer Analysis Network” “Interdisciplinary approaches to uncover new lipid functions”
Abel David González. (Invited). Institute for Research in BioMedicine (IRB), Barcelona,
ES abel.gonzalez@irbbarcelona.org 16:30 - 17:00 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 2 Sponsors’ seminars SPONSORED BY PROMEGA
“Host-Pathogen Interaction: Proteomics-based identification of immunome “Lumit immunoassay: a versatile bioluminescent approach for probing cellular
biomarkers in Candida albicans infections” signaling pathway regulation, detection of protein degradation and PPI”
Aida Pitarch, (Invited). Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Hicham Zegzouti, Promega Corporation, R&D department, Madison, WI, (USA)
Madrid, ES apitavel@ucm.es
17:00 - 18:00 h: ZOOM ROOM 1 1st Meeting of the Introduction to Research in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
15:00 - 16:30 h: ZOOM ROOM 2 Chemical Biology Course
Coordinator: María D. Mayán
Poster discussion from students of the Introductory Course to Research in Biochemistry
“The EMT factor E2A controls tumor initiating activity and metastasis potential of and Molecular Biology
breast cancer cells”
Amparo Cano (Invited). Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols”, Madrid, 17:15 - 18:00 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 FEBS National Lecture
ES acano@iib.uam.es “The plus-end of microtubules and their relevance in multiple biological processes”
Anna Akhmanova, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
“Supramolecular chemical biology: from molecular recognition to biomedical
application” 18:30 - 20:00 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 Biochemistry in the city
Ignacio Alfonso (Invited). Instituto de Química Avanzada de Cataluña, Barcelona, ES Presentation: Raúl Delgado, Núria Casals, Rosa Gasa
Ignacio.alfonso@iqac.csic.es
Round Table:
15:00 - 16:30 h: ZOOM ROOM 3 Synthetic Biology and Molecular Biotechnology “La revolución de la edición del genoma humano: ciencia y ética”
Coordinator: Miguel Alcalde (The revolution of human genome editing: science and ethics)
Co-Coordinator: Israel Sánchez Moreno
Moderator: Raul Delgado, Institutd’InvestigacióBiomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL) /
“Towards a new protocol for computer assisted biocatalysts design” Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC)
Katarzyna Šwiderek (Invited). Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, (ES) swiderek@uji.es
Lluís Montoliu, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia (CNB-CSIC) /CIBERER-ISCIII
“Structure-guided engineering of a high-affinity and broadly reactive Notch ligand Montserrat Esquerda, Institut Borja de Bioètica, UniversitatRamonLLull (URL)
for biomedical applications”. Itziar de Lecuona, Observatori de Bioètica i Dret, Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
David González (Invited). Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Florida,
(USA). dgonzalezlab2018@gmail.com
3043rd Annual Meeting of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology BARCELONA, 19-22nd JULY 2021
WEDNESDAY, July 21st 2021 11:30 - 12:00 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 Young Investigator IBUB Award Lecture
The Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona (IBUB) recognizes with
09:30 - 11:00 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 Symposia 2.1: Cellular reprogramming beyond pluripotency 2.500€ the scientific work carried out in Spain by a SEBBM member with a maximum of
Chair: Manuel Collado twelve years since Doctoral Thesis Defence The winning candidate will deliver a lecture
during the SEBBM Congress 2021.
09:30 h: Manuel Collado, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela, IDIS, Santiago
de Compostela Maria Dolores Sanchez-Niño. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
“Cellular reprogramming of cancer” “Targeting MAP3Ks to treat kidney disease”
10:00 h: Alejandro Ocampo, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
“Novel epigenetic approaches for the treatment of aging and disease” 12:30 - 13:00 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 Lilly Foundation Margarita Lorenzo Lecture SPONSORED BY LILLY
FOUNDATION
10:30 h: Han Li, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
“Modulating cellular plasticity in tissue regeneration” The SEBBM and the Lilly Foundation offer the Margarita Lorenzo Scientific Prize of
2.000€, in memory of Dr. Margarita Lorenzo, whose work of international prestige in
09:30 - 11:00 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 2 Symposia 2.2: In memoriam: JL Gómez-Skarmeta the field of metabolism and insulin signaling is considered an example to be followed
Chair: Marc Marti-Renom by the new generations of Spanish biochemists and molecular biologists. The award
will recognize the best work presented in the thematic field of «Diabetes, obesity and
09:30 h: Lluís Montoliu, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Madrid
metabolic regulation» at the SEBBM Congress by young members with a maximum of
“Learning from José Luis Gómez Skarmeta: the importance of the non-coding
fifteen years since Doctoral Thesis Defence. The prize will be awarded by the president
genome”
of the SEBBM and a representative of the Lilly Foundation in a plenary session of the
10:00 h: Marc A. Marti-Renom, CNAG-CRG, Barcelona
SEBBM Congress 2021, where the winner will deliver a 25-minute lecture.
“3DGWAS, genome-wide association studies informed by genome structure”
10:30 h: Jorge Ferrer, CRG & CIBERDEM, Barcelona Leticia Herrera-Melle. CNIC, Madrid.
“3D genomics and diabetes mellitus” (First Prize).
“Muscle p38 MAPKs: novel targets for the regulation of inter-organ
09:30 - 11:00 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 3 Symposia 2.3: Biomolecular condensation communication in obesity and type 2 diabetes”
Chair: Xavier Salvatella
Marina Martín-Taboada. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid.
09:30 h: Xavier Salvatella, IRB Barcelona and ICREA Barcelona (Accesit)
“Biomolecular condensation as a mechanism to regulate gene expression” “Understanding the role of circulating levels of adipose tissue-derived molecules
10:00 h: Benedetta Bolognesi, IBEC, Barcelona in the renal dysfunction of obese patients”
“Understanding Phase Transitions by Deep Mutagenesis”
10:30 h: Avinash Patel, Max Planck Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Germany 13:45 - 14:15 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 3 Sponsors’ seminars SPONSORED BY AGILENT
“Biomolecular condensates for drug discovery in ALS”
“Mitochondrial bioenergetics: Peeking behind the plasma membrane”
11:00 - 11:30 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 UCM-SEBBM Prof. María Teresa Miras Award to the young Alfredo Caro Maldonado, Product Specialist of Seahorse XF Consumables, Spain,
Portugal, Agilent Technologies
SEBBM member’s Best Article SPONSORED BY UCM
14:15 - 15:00 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 Leloir lecture
The Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) offers a first prize of 1,000€ and two
Raquel L Chan, Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL),
second prizes of 500€ to the best scientific article published in 2020-2021 by a young
Santa Fe, Argentina
member of the SEBBM working in Spain. Candidates must be the first author of the
“The continuous crosstalk between fundamental research and biotechnology
article with a maximum of ten years since Doctoral Thesis Defence The winning
aiming at crop improvement involving transcription factors from the
candidate will deliver a lecture during the SEBBM Congress 2021.
homeodomain-leucine zipper family”
Pablo Hernansanz Agustín. Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares
Carlos III (CNIC), Madrid. (First Prize).
15:00 - 16:30 h: VIRTUAL ROOM 1 Cell Death and Inflammation
“Na+ controls hypoxic redox signalling through the mitochondrial respiratory chain”.
Coordinator: Ana Belén Sanz
Nature 2020
Ana Victoria Lechuga. CNIC, Madrid. (Accesit). Ana J. García-Sáez (Invited). University of Cologne, Cologne, (DE)
“A Network of Macrophages Supports Mitochondrial Homeostasis in the Heart” garcia-office@uni-koeln.de
Cell 2020 “Interplay between Bax and mitochondrial dynamics during apoptosis”
Elisa Lozano Esteban. IBSAL, Universidad de Salamanca. (Accesit).
“MRP3-Mediated Chemoresistance in Cholangiocarcinoma: Target for
Esteban Ballestar (Invited). Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, Barcelona,
Chemosensitization Through Restoring SOX17 Expression” (ES) eballestar@carrerasresearch.org
Hepatology 2020 “Linking Extracellular Factors to Epigenetic Control in Inflammation”
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