{"id":655,"date":"2016-01-24T15:54:25","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T23:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quintanalab.org\/?p=655"},"modified":"2025-05-28T13:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T11:28:07","slug":"historieseu-showing-the-impact-the-eu-has-had-on-society-and-the-quintana-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/mitochondrial-neuropatology\/2016\/01\/24\/historieseu-showing-the-impact-the-eu-has-had-on-society-and-the-quintana-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"#HistoriesEU: Showing the impact the EU has had on society (and the Quintana Lab)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/quintanalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2016\/01\/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-05-28-a-las-13.27.10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2391\" style=\"width:130px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/mitochondrial-neuropatology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2016\/01\/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-05-28-a-las-13.27.10.png 592w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/mitochondrial-neuropatology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2016\/01\/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-05-28-a-las-13.27.10-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>To celebrate that it has been 30 years since Spain joined the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/index_en.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Union<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>its <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/spain\/barcelona\/index_es.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barcelona Office<\/a><\/strong> has decided to look at twelve personal stories that highlight the impact the EU has had on them (as a proxy for society).<\/p>\n<p>The stories range from funds to promote local agriculture, film making to, as in our case, <strong>research\u00a0<\/strong>and one of them will be showcased\u00a0every month, and the <strong>Quintana lab<\/strong>, as an <strong>ERC-funded lab<\/strong>, was selected to talk about the research grant EU programs.<\/p>\n<p>We were also\u00a0invited to the program\u00a0presentation, along with EU Barcel<a href=\"http:\/\/www.quintanalab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/HistoriesUE.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-657\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-657 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quintanalab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/HistoriesUE.jpg\" alt=\"HistoriesUE\" width=\"430\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/mitochondrial-neuropatology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2016\/01\/HistoriesUE.jpg 852w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/mitochondrial-neuropatology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2016\/01\/HistoriesUE-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/mitochondrial-neuropatology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2016\/01\/HistoriesUE-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a>ona Office President, <strong>Ferran Tarradellas<\/strong>, acclaimed film maker <strong>Isabel Coixet<\/strong> who told us about her EU-funded project <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paris,_je_t%27aime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paris je t&#8217;aime<\/a><\/strong> and\u00a0 engineer\/enterpreneur <strong>Marc Rovira<\/strong>, \u00a0from the company <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.0ll00.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zero to infinity\u00a0<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>who told us about flying and shipping cargo to the stratosphere (so cool) in the near (present)-future using helium balloons.<\/p>\n<p>We had\u00a0a chance to highlight our research and to explain the importance that EU-funding policies had on our lab, on mitochondrial disease research, and on society as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>More information on the different programs can be obtained <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/spain\/barcelona\/actualitat-i-premsa\/notes-de-premsa\/160120_ca.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong> <\/a>(in catalan, but google translate does work \ud83d\ude42 ).<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8DOgzaaY8t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">teaser<\/a><\/strong> is also available and just keep an eye for a new story every month&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And look for us this coming <strong>April<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate that it has been 30 years since Spain joined the European Union,\u00a0its Barcelona Office has decided to look at twelve personal stories that highlight the impact the EU has had on them (as a proxy for society). 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