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Next BBDG Seminar: "Scaling laws in cancer and some clinical applications"

January 21, 2026

🗓️ January, Wed 21, 2026, 12:00h

🗣️ Víctor M. Pérez García (Laboratorio de Oncología Matemática, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real)

BioForo Seminar: "Divergent Effects of APOE3 and APOE4 Human Astrocytes on Key Alzheimer's Disease Hallmarks in Chimeric Mice"
January 13, 2026
IBF Doctoral Thesis: "Design and Development of Engineered Antibody Formats for Targeted Cancer Therapy"
January 13, 2026
BBDG Seminar: "Avidity and multi-specificity combined for antibodies against infectious diseases"
January 12, 2026
**Cancelled** BBDG Seminar: “How to publish in the Nature Portfolio: tips and tricks for a successful publication”
January 9, 2026
Biofisika Institute contributes to uncovering the dynamic inner workings of nuclear pore complexes
December 18, 2025
IBF Doctoral Thesis: "Structural insights into a conserved mechanism of choline translocation and a distinct chaperonin-mediated protein folding cycle"
December 18, 2025
The IBF participates in the CSIC's Second Conference on Large Researching Infrastructures
December 11, 2025
IBF Doctoral Thesis: "Epithelial response to stretch during Drosophila dorsal closure: Emergence and control of deformation and polarization patterns"
December 11, 2025
IBF joins Elhuyar Zientzia Azoka
December 10, 2025
BBDG Seminar: "Revealing Native Cellular Landscapes through Correlative Cryo- 3DSIM, Cryo-SXT, and Cryo-ET"
December 10, 2025

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