Beatriz Torres Herrero

[Lluis Montoliu @LluisMontoliu]

¿Acabas de leer tu tesis? ¿Quieres marcharte al extranjero de estancia posdoctoral?
Países destino a los que es recomendable irse (países que invierten >3% PIB en I+D):
Finlandia, Alemania, Austria, Suiza, Bélgica, Japón, Suecia, EEUU, Taiwan, Corea, Israel. Datos de @OECD 2022

[Ibáñez Group @GroupIbanez]

Friday was the last day of #Nanax10 and we had an outstanding program as well. We finish the day with a hike an a wine tasting. @puntes_victor @ngbastus @CherieKagan @GordanaDukovic @RRobinson_ITH @StranksLab

[Ibáñez Group @GroupIbanez]

#nanax10 is finished, and now is time to pass the torch to the next organizers, but first, I would like to thank all the participants, my fellow organizers, the events team at @ISTAustria, and mostly my dear group members. Without all of you, Nanax10 wouldn't have been the same!

[Veera Rajagopal  @doctorveera]

A mind-blowing paper has come out today in @Nature

In 2016, JC Venter Institute scientists trimmed a bacterial genome to its barest minimum required for life to synthesize what they called a "minimal genome" (https://t.co/Rk8oZJ0bUj).

Today, a group of scientists from Indiana University reports how that minimal genome evolved over 2000 generations in comparison to the non-minimal genome.

The authors found that even when you reduce a bacterial genome to its absolute minimum where every nucleotide matters, the genome undergoes mutational events generation after generation as much as the non-minimal genome. One simply cannot stop the evolution.

Just over 300 days of evolution (equivalent to 40,000 years in humans) the minimal cell has gained everything it lacked in fitness on day one in comparison to the non-minimal cell.

When comparing the evolved traits between the minimal and non-minimal cells, the scientists found something striking. The evolutionary process increased the cell size of non-minimal cells but not that of the minimal cell. But that is not the striking part.

The scientists were able to identify the key mutation that resulted in cell size evolution. And it turned out that the mutation that helped the non-minimal cells to grow bigger is the same that helped the minimal cells to stay smaller. Growing bigger had a survival advantage for non-minimal cells and not growing bigger had a survival advantage for minimal cells. So, the mutation had a context-dependent effect. This just demonstrates that the evolutionary effects on traits have no absolute direction. All that matter is what is beneficial for the organism's survival.

The conclusion of the paper is metaphorically a quote from the Jurassic Park movie:

“Listen, if there’s one thing the history of evolution has taught us is that life will not be contained. Life breaks free. It expands to new territories, and it crashes through barriers painfully, maybe even dangerously, but . . . life finds a way". (https://t.co/UlxRlb86CT)

https://t.co/zA9OAqSoAu

[Bionanosurf @bionanosurf]

Our PhD candidate @BeatrizTorresH is presenting her work at NaNaX10 conference at Klosterneuburg!

[Gorka Orive @gorka_orive]

Un alucinante vídeo de un linfocito T citotóxico CD8+ matando a una célula tumoral.
https://t.co/x75OQ8tP1Y

[Dpto. de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de la UCM @BBM_UCM]

Ya están disponibles y actualizados de forma online los datos del factor de impacto, JCR, con fecha de 2022
https://t.co/j0K3vEZwGp

[Carlos @kbalagur]

Summer time!

[Beatriz Torres Herrero @BeatrizTorresH]

Let’s NaNaX10 begin

[Beatriz Torres Herrero @BeatrizTorresH]

I am very happy about the opportunity to present our work at @BQZ2023

[Natalia Esteban-Pérez @natesteb]

Glad to be able to present my work at #BQZ2023.

[Bionanosurf @bionanosurf]

📢 Good news! Check our latest article https://t.co/93g5fBnHQh. Congrats @BeatrizTorresH and the rest of the authors for such a great job 👏🏻

[Beatriz Torres Herrero @BeatrizTorresH]

Photonic and magnetic materials for on-demand local drug delivery https://t.co/Wu25XbCkMN

[NanomedCSIC @Nanomed_CSIC]

#ComunidadNanomedicinaCSIC Jesús Martínez de la Fuente lidera el grupo @bionanosurf en @INMAdivulga Su investigación se ha centrado en el uso de distintas nanopartículas y en el calor que estas pueden generar al aplicar campos magnéticos alternos o luz. Mira lo que hace 👀

[Bionanosurf @bionanosurf]

Congratulations @BeatrizTorresH for the poster prize at the #AMA4MED conference!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉