Join our next Collaboratorium Seminar on 23 April, 10:00 at PRBB, Barcelona. Pau Formosa-Jordan (Max Planck Institute) will speak on plant multicellular dynamics and Arabidopsis development. Hosted by Nora Martin. #Collaboratorium
We were delighted to welcome Félix Campelo (UPF) to the Collaboratorium Seminar Series on 26 March for a talk on the biophysical principles of ER cargo export.
Many thanks to Félix for this insightful seminar, hosted by Eric Latorre Crespo.
#BCNCollaboratorium
Kye Hunter and @n-martin.bsky.social from the Collaboratorium have some results to share!
Access this preprint: "Using a simplified Rough Mount Fuji model to disentangle how multi-peaked fitness landscapes can be highly navigable"
We were pleased to welcome Thomas Surrey (CRG) to today’s Collaboratorium seminar.
His talk offered a compelling perspective on mitotic spindle architecture through minimal self-organizing microtubule networks.
Thank you, Thomas.
Hosted by our Senior Fellow Eric Latorre!
#BCNCollaboratorium
Thomas Surrey (CRG) at the Barcelona Collaboratorium, 19 March: bipolar spindle self-organization in cell division. Join us for this seminar!!
Welcome Pietro Gadaleta!
Pietro is a sabbatical visitor at the Collaboratorium until June. He is working on ecological feedbacks in the evolution of antibiotic resistance in E. coli, using mathematical modelling.
#BCNCollaboratorium
Today, Meike Wortel (Univ. of Amsterdam) gave a clear and thought-provoking dive into a central question in microbial ecology and evolution: how can multiple species — and even very closely related genotypes — coexist over time despite strong competitive pressure?
Hosted by @n-martin.bsky.social !
📅 26/02 | Meike Wortel (U Amsterdam/Collaboratorium) on frequency-dependent selection — trade-offs sustaining microbial diversity.
Join us at the Collaboratorium! This year our seminar series is a success: come and you will meet the community, create synergies.
#Microbiome #BCNCOllaboratorium
Jeremy Green’s seminar today (King’s College London), hosted by James Sharpe (Head of EMBL Barcelona), was a real success.
See you next week with Meike Wortel (University of Amsterdam).
#BCNCollaboratorium #EMBLBarcelona #CRG #SeminarSeries #SystemsBiology #DevelopmentalBiology
Thu 19 Feb 2026, 10:00: Collaboratorium Seminar Series: Jeremy Green (KCL) “Nematics and Dipoles in Embryonic Self-Organisation”, hosted by James Sharpe (EMBL BCN). #Morphogenesis
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🔭🧪💻
Thanks to Manuela and Larissa for sharing their perspectives!
Read their interview here 👇
barcelonacollaboratorium.com/news/2026-in...
This year’s #EMBLDataCarpentry course is taking place across two hubs, so here are a few highlights from our Barcelona Collaboratorium location 📸
Yesterday, we hosted a great talk by Sara Andreis (PhD, IQS) on multiscale modeling of polymeric nanoparticles for mRNA delivery. Rich discussion + thoughtful questions. Thanks, Sara, for making the trip! #BarcelonaCollaboratorium #Nanoparticles #mRNADelivery #ComputationalBiology
Join us for the second edition of 'AI and biology'! 🤖🧬
Explore how AI transforms biological research – from foundation models for biology to generative modelling.
10 – 13 March 2026
EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
Submit your abstract by 2 Dec: s.embl.org/ees26-02-bl
#EESAIBio #AI
🎙️To mark World Science Day, we ask: What does it really mean to understand a living cell? In this #PRBBPodcast #ScienceWithAView episode, Alfondo MartinezArias and Vikas Trivedi explore the mysteries inside cells 🧬 and the art of great research supervision.
🎧Listen here 👉 https://tuit.cat/T7ueI
Today’s talk was a visual feast and genuinely fascinating. Gratitude to Dr. @Tim Liebisch and Prof. Franziska Matthäus for closing on a high note.
“From images to mechanisms: quantitative analysis and modeling of multicellular systems”
#BCNCollaboratorium #Imaging #Modeling #MulticellularSystems
This morning we hosted David Brückner (Biozentrum, Univ. Basel) — chaired by James Sharpe (EMBL Barcelona) — for a tour of self-organization in development via dynamical systems + information theory, with concrete case studies on organoids and gastruloids.
En un món ple de dades i titulars cridaners, cal una mirada analítica per interpretar-los amb criteri. Com podem, doncs, aprendre a llegir les dades amb pensament crític? Activitat gratuïta amb inscripció:
www.crg.eu/en/event/cor...
@noeliaferruz.bsky.social @jamesasharpe.bsky.social
🧬 How do cells know what shape to take?
Join us ar at the Barcelona Collaboratorium to meet David Brückner (Biozentrum Basel) on information flow in self-organized developmental systems.
🗓️ 6 Nov – 10:00 CEST
Today, Timothy Saunders (University of Warwick) explored how complex 3D structure emerges in skeletal muscle — revealing chiral twists, cell rearrangements and glass-like transitions shaping organ morphogenesis! Timothy was hosted by James Sharpe.
#EMBL #CRG #Collaboratorium
Thank you to Anne-Florence Bitbol (Lausanne) for her inspiring seminar at the BCN Collaboratorium!
Today was on how protein language models reveal coevolution, generate new proteins, and map interactions across the tree of life. 🧬#BCNCollaboratorium #Bioinformatics
Fancy a trip to scenic Barcelona? ☀️ Or maybe to historic Heidelberg? 🏰 You're in luck: #EMBLDataCarpentry lets you combine hands-on data carpentry training with the destination of your choice. Apply by 27 Oct 👉 s.embl.org/dtc26-01-bl
📆 2 – 6 Feb
🌍 EMBL Heidelberg and @barcelonacollaboratorium.com
Anne-Florence Bitbol (EPFL, Switzerland) will present a seminar on protein language models for predicting interactions and generating sequences.
@n-martin.bsky.social hosts!
Join us at the Collab on Thu 23 Oct. We are waiting for you!
#Proteins #Bioinformatics #AI #BCNCollaboratorium
🧬 1 month to go! Join us at the Collaboratorium Annual Symposium: Causality in Biology & AI. 12 speakers, big questions.
#CRG #EMBL #EMBLBarcelona #BCNCollaboratorium
Opportunity for a Master’s/Bachelor’s student:
- Join us for up to 5 months 🗓️
- Build computational/mathematical models 💻
- Learn about genotype-phenotype maps and evolution 🧬
- Work closely with PhD student Manuela Giraud - full info here:
www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
Great seminar today by Tyler Shendruk on mobile inclusions in active turbulence!
Thanks to our Group Leader Kristina Haase and the many of you who joined at the Collaboratorium today.
#BCNCollaboratorium
Nora Martin from the Collaboratorium continues her commitment to science outreach at the PRBB Open Doors event, last Saturday, October 4th.
Thanks @n-martin.bsky.social !!
#PRBB #BCNCollaboratorium #Scienceoutreach
Tyler Shendruk from the University of Edinburg will be joining us at the Barcelona Collaboratorium next week for a seminar titled: "Dynamics of Mobile Inclusions in Active Nematic Turbulence"
The talk will take place on October 9th at 10:00 and will be hosted by Kristina Haase (EMBL Barcelona).
Excited to welcome Eli Weinstein, DTU & ELLIS, to Collaboratorium Symposium Nov 10-11! His work on AI & causal biology is groundbreaking, advancing how we understand molecular systems and drug discovery.
Join us! #Collaboratorium2025 #AI #Biology