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Carla Manzanas
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Communications Officer at EMBL Barcelona - @embl.org
Science, books and villancicos
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We are happy to show one ourt first exciting papers. We have developed a blood-brain barrier model to study the disruptive effects caused by the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum.

First, congratulations to the fearless @liviapiatti.bsky.social and @alinabatzi.bsky.social

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Plasmodium falciparum egress disrupts endothelial junctions and activates JAK-STAT signaling in a microvascular 3D blood-brain barrier model
Nature Communications - Here the authors show that Plasmodium falciparum egress products disrupt endothelial barrier and activate JAK-STAT and interferon type response in a 3D blood-brain barrier...
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August 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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We share beautifully imaged neurofilaments in a mouse embryo acquired with a combination of two optical imaging techniques #Lightsheet and #OPT 💡🔬

Acquired by Jim Swoger @crg.eu @embl.org on a custom built OPTiSPIM setup, sample provided by Glenda Comai @institutpasteur.bsky.social

#lightday2025
May 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Metabolism shapes life
EMBL Barcelona & @mpi-cbg.de researchers reveal how glycolysis drives early embryonic cell decisions.

The studies, published in Cell Stem Cell (@cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social), uncover the instructive potential of glycolysis.

www.embl.org/news/science...
April 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Latest from the lab!
I've been seeking the ultimate modulator that regulates the tempo of multiple developmental processes simultaneously, and metabolism has been an attractive candidate for such a global tempo modulator.
However, I was wrong. 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Metabolic activities are selective modulators for individual segmentation clock processes - Nature Communications
Metabolism has been considered an attractive candidate as a global modulator of the tempo of multiple developmental processes, including somite segmentation timing. Here they demonstrate that metaboli...
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January 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Welcome to Bluesky @barcelonacollaboratorium.com! 🦋

The BCN Collaboratorium, a joint initiative between EMBL Barcelona and @crg.eu, is a space for interaction of computational biology - promoting researchers to collaborate, share ideas and synergize across disciplines and scales.
January 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Mesoscopic Imaging Facility @embl.org @prbb.org is now on Bluesky Social!

We offer state-of-the-art imaging, image processing and analysis services to research labs, companies and hospitals in Barcelona and beyond. Follow us to know more about the technologies and applications we work with.
January 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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✅ El grup liderat per @mariabernabeu.bsky.social a l’ @embl.org ha creat microvasos cerebrals en un xip per provar anticossos contra proteïnes virulentes de la malària 🦟 i observar els seus efectes.

Llegeix la notícia sencera aquí 👇
Microvasos cerebrals per entendre els anticossos contra la malària - El·lipse
El grup liderat per Maria Bernabeu a l’EMBL Barcelona ha creat microvasos cerebrals en un xip per provar anticossos contra proteïnes virulentes i observar els seus efectes.
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December 16, 2024 at 11:56 AM
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Meet Laura Marin, Head of Administration at EMBL Barcelona.

In this interview, she talks about returning home, what success means for her, and the history of the colour blue.

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We are EMBL: Laura Marin on moving back to Barcelona, success, and the colour blue  | EMBL
Laura Marin, Head of Administration at EMBL Barcelona, talks about how finding joy at work is true success, and how she feels in her new role.
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December 2, 2024 at 1:37 PM
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EMBL is Europe’s life sciences laboratory. 🧬🧪

At our sites in Barcelona,​​ Grenoble, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Hinxton, and Rome, we seek to understand life in context, from molecules to ecosystems. 🔬🌍

Follow us for our latest news and updates about research, training, services and more. www.embl.org
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
With 29 member states, laboratories at six locations across Europe and thousands of scientists and engineers working together, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory is a powerhouse of biological e...
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November 21, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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So exciting! Studying malaria infection in vitro! The human malaria parasite is specific to humans: you can't study the same parasite in animal models. The lab of @mariabernabeu.bsky.social build beautiful human blood vessels in vitro, & do the experiments there: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 21, 2024 at 11:25 AM