Emma is the first author of an article published in Nature Communications about the existing differences among neurons expressing dopamine D2 receptors in the striatum. It is an international collaboration in which Albert and Eli also participated. The striatum is a brain region involved in motor control, habit formation, decision-making, motivation and reinforcement, among other […]
Last Tuesday was the Women in Science Day, a day to put the focus on female researchers, whose contributions in Science have been silenced across the History. Even today, male scientists occupy higher positions, receive more funding and have more visibility. One of the consequences is the lack of referees for girls, who might be […]
Generació d’Idees is a program organized by Parc de Recerca UAB, to promote entrepreneurship among researchers. Communications, mental health, environment… They focus on a different topic in each edition, and this time, it was the turn of biotechnology. During 17 sessions, researchers were given the tools to develop innovative solutions in the biotechnology field. They […]
The Quintanalab-Calçotada 2019 took place on a super sunny April day in El Priorat de Banyeres, a tiny village near Vilafranca. Thanks, Andrea, for offering the house! It is already a tradition that the whole group gathers together one day to eat calçots with salsa romesco and have fun. (Please, note Albert’s Salt Bae position…) […]
Last 24th and 25th of April, Andrea, Pablo, Elisenda and Albert went to Zurich to attend the Swiss Light-sheet Microscopy Workshop. It was a two days meeting in which researchers from all over the world gathered together to share the observational techniques they are using. Users and developers discussed newest advances in the […]
Elisenda and I (Roser) went to L’Olivera School, in Sant Cugat, yesterday, to talk about neuroscience to 8-year-old children. They celebrate the Science Week this week and bring researchers to the school to explain what they do in their labs. We talked about the brain, about neurons and glial cells, about neurotransmitters and about emotions. […]
It’s been a while since the last post, and for a good reason! It has been a really hectic couple of months… But first things first… During these months the lab space has taken shape, there is still some construction going on, but the main lab space is done. You can take a look at […]
This past Thursday the Quintana lab was honored to share a wonderful night at the Círculo Ecuestre of Barcelona to raise awareness for mitochondrial disease research. The event was organized by Isabel Lavín (and her husband Valero), the parents of Mencía, a really wonderful 7 year-old girl, and gathered a large audience of friends, mito families […]
It has been an eventful couple of months for the Quintana lab. It all started when we received a great offer to locate the lab at the Institute of Neurosciences at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, in the outskirts of Barcelona, Spain and have our research funded by one of the prestigious ERC Starting Grants (NEUROMITO: […]
This past Saturday we had the opportunity to share our research with a select group of members and friends of the NW Mitochondrial Research Guild. The event, aptly named Mito Science Night, included a tour around the different labs in the Mitochondrial Program: the Morgan/Sedensky lab, the Hahn lab and the Quintana lab. Guests were […]