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July 2026

ESPA2026 in Salamanca

Àngels was invited to the biennial conference “Electronic Structure Principles and Applications” in Salamanca, where she presented the work entitled: Allosteric regulation by 12-LOX of two competitive pathways in maresin-1 biosynthesis: epoxidation versus oxygenation

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July 2026

10EWLM in Paris

Pedro attended the 10th European Workshop of Lipid Mediators in Paris, where he presented his work In Silico Investigation of Human ALOX12 Allosteric Regulation: Competitive Catalytic Pathways of 14S-HpDHA, which won the best poster award.

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July 2026

9EWLM in Edinburgh

Álex presented our ongoing research on the activation of the EP4 receptor by prostaglandin E2 at the 9th European Workshop in Lipid Mediators in Edinburgh.

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April 2026

5th ISPP in Sète

Alba and Álex attend the 5th International Symposium on Photopharmacology in Sète, France, where they presented their latest work in photopharmacology.

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March 2026

New researcher in the group

L’Ahmed Munawir Albarkani joins the group as a predoctoral researcher.

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July 2025

Susana and Guillem’s bachelor’s theses

Last week, Susana and Guillem successfully defended their bachelor’s theses in Chemistry. We are very proud of their work and dedication. Congratulations to both on this great achievement!

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July 2025

EuChemS ChemBioLife School

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July 2025

XL Bienal de la RSEQ

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April 2025

New researchers in the group

Pedro Martínez Zaragoza joins as a predoctoral researcher and Dr. Alba Villar Yanez joins as a postdoctoral researcher

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February 2025

JI2FAM 2024 in València

Álex explains his latest work on the importance of COX-2 in inflammatory diseases and cancer.

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January 2025

Pedro Martínez’s master’s thesis

Today Pedro Martínez Zaragoza defended his master’s thesis at the University of Barcelona, entitled Allosteric regulation of hALOX12 catalysis in the competing epoxidation/oxygenation pathways of 14S-HpDHA

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June 2024

ESPA2024 in Tarragona

L’Álex presented our ongoing research on the activation of the EP4 receptor by prostaglandin E2 at ESPA2024.

The study explores the implications for inflammation and possible therapeutic contributions.

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January 2024

13th JIPC Meeting

Álex presents his work entitled: “Understanding COX-2 for the design of new anticancer drugs: a computational study using a specific fluorogenic compound”.

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December 2023

Miquel’s PhD defence

Miquel Canyelles-Niño defends his PhD thesis entitled “Theoretical and experimental study of the reaction mechanism of several lipoxygenases and hydrolases: governing their product pattern by mutagenesis”.

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August 2023

EuChemSCompChem 2023

Álex Pérez Sánchez presented his poster, entitled “Illuminating the Dark Side of COX-2: Insights from Computational Simulations and Fluorescent Probes in Cancer Research”, at EuChemS CompChem 2023 (Greece)

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July 2023

Pedro Martínez’s bachelor’s thesis

Pedro Martínez defended his bachelor’s thesis entitled: “Exploring 14S-HpDHA binding modes and its negative allosteric modulation in hALOX12-catalyzed MaR1 biosynthesis”.

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January 2023

1st Theoretical Chemistry Meeting

Group member Josep M. Lluch attended the 1st RQTC, organised by the Catalan Chemical Society, as an invited plenary speaker. 

In his talk he presented our research on computational modelling aimed at understanding and exploiting inflammatory processes. 

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July 2022

Alejandro’s PhD defence

Alejandro Cruz Sáez defends his PhD thesis entitled: “Simulaciones biomoleculares de algunas enzimas relevantes en procesos inflamatorios: 15-LOX, 5-LOX y COX-2. Aplicación al estudio de mecanismos y al diseño de inhibidores”.

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July 2022

8EWLM in Stockholm

Miquel Canyelles presented a poster entitled “Study of the conversion of leukotriene A4 into leukotriene B4 driven by leukotriene A4 hydrolase”, which won the best poster award of the conference.

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June 2022

ESPA2022 in Vigo

Group member Àngels González Lafont attended ESPA2022 as an invited speaker, where she presented part of our research results.

In addition, our colleague Alejandro Cruz Sáez presented his results as a poster.

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