After all these years of having Pati around, she left the lab 🙁 🙁 🙁 We are very sad for ourselves, but also very happy for her, as she started a new life as a project manager at IDIBELL, and we are sure she will enjoy it and do an excellent job. We celebrated a […]
Weren’t you missing a post about Thanksgiving? We celebrated it, OF COURSE! Almost all of us gathered together in Albert and Eli’s house, to eat delicious food and drink delicious wine. The hosts prepared the main dish: a huge turkey (14-pounder) that went into the oven at 10 in the morning so it could be […]
At the beginning of the month, the Institut de Neurociències celebrated its 7th Scientific Conferences, and we were -obviously- there! The event was held in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, by the sea, in the nicest hotel, and gathered together more than 120 students and institute members. Albert was the conference coordinator and worked very hard […]
Albert, Eli, Álex and Irene are a bit nostalgic of their lives in USA, and they celebrate every North-American festivity they can. This time, we met at Andrea’s house in el Penedès (thank you again for offering the house) to honour the USA independence on the 4th of July. Cold beers in the swimming pool, […]
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 week three research centers at UAB celebrated an Elevator Pitch contest. Students and researchers had 2 minutes to explain their research projects to the audience, in a fun and understandable way. There were 20 participants from the IBB, the ICTA-UAB and INc (our institute), and all of them talked about what they are doing […]
The Quintana-Sanz house was transported back to the USA last week. A huge turkey presided a big table around which the Quintanalab team sat to celebrate Thanksgiving. Albert and Eli feel nostalgia for their years in the States, and they try to maintain the best traditions (especially those involving food). There was a delicious pumpkin […]
Last Thursday 15th was the Open Doors day at the institute. 90 students from the Institut Torras i Bages and the Lycée Français de Barcelone visited the facilities of the center and learned about what we do in the laboratories. We had the opportunnity to talk to them about how our research can help understand […]
Last 10th and 11th of October, the INc celebrated its VI Scientific Conferences, and we were obviously there. It was fantastic! More than 130 researchers and students gathered together in a beautiful hotel, in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, to present their research and foster collaborations. PhD students of 2nd year gave scientific communications explaining their […]
Again this year, Researchers, Students and Administrative Staff of the Institut de Neurociències (INc) were called to participate to the 2nd edition of the HALLOWINc PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST 2017!! The topic of this year was to decorate a pumpkin about something related to Science History. So we got creative!!!… and showed the evolution from monkeys […]