Written by Paula Hernández. It is crucial that Academia and Industry work in collaboration to keep the loop of Technology and Knowledge Transfer going. This was one of the core conclusions reached by the participants in the “Academia vs Industry” Round Table which took place last Wednesday 16th December as […]
Yearly Archives: 2020
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Laura Moro, Ph.D. As you all know, this year Nobel Prize in Chemistry was recently awarded to Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Prof. Jennifer A. Doudna who discovered one of gene technology’s sharpest tools: the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. We spoke with Lorena de Oñate, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher from Barcelona currently […]
Alexandre Bretel In the common imaginary, genetic modifications belong above all to the field of science fiction. But some techniques have already been in use for several decades, and new ones raise unprecedented ethical questions. The CRISPR-Cas9 technique thus allows very precise modifications to be made to the genome, which […]
Some YEBN members had the opportunity to join ESOF’s conferences this past week! Want to know more about this initiative? Read below! The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) is a biennial, pan-European, general science conference dedicated to scientific research and innovation. Each conference aims to deliver stimulating content and lively debate […]
Traditional or conventional vaccines exploit two approaches: either the introduction of live attenuated infectious agents that replicate within the host without causing disease or the introduction of specific antigens that trigger an immune response. Recently, a revolutionary strategy based on gene-based vaccines −either DNA- or RNA-based− has been proposed. This strategy involves the direct introduction of a DNA or RNA sequence encoding the antigen or antigens against which an immune response is sought, and relies on the in situ production of the target antigen (1). This means that the cell’s machinery uses the instructions contained in the introduced genetic material to make virus antigens that the immune system reacts to.
Vaccines are considered one of the greatest successes of public health, as they have guarded many people of deadly or crippling diseases throughout the years. They have a very long history, with old methods describing the inoculation of smallpox as early as 1000 CE.
In these interviews we can meet more deeply the members of the recently established YEBN Board for the period 2020-2021. The next member to be introduced is Oriol Bárcenas, YEBN’s Communication Officer. This is what Oriol wants to tell us about himself. Hi! I’m Oriol Bárcenas, a 2nd year Biotechnology […]
In these interviews we can meet more deeply the members of the recently established YEBN Board for the period 2020-2021. The next member to be introduced is Alexandre Bretel, YEBN’s Networking Officer. This is what Alexandre wants to tell us about himself. I have been Networking Officer at YEBN since […]
In these interviews we can meet more deeply the members of the recently established YEBN Board for the period 2020-2021. The next member to be introduced is Valentina Zinna, YEBN’s Events Officer. This is what Valentina wants to tell us about herself. My name is Valentina and I come from […]
In these interviews we can meet more deeply the members of the recently established YEBN Board for the period 2020-2021. The next member to be introduced is Ela Gralinska, YEBN’s Secretary. This is what Ela wants to tell us about herself. I first heard about the YEBN during my master […]
In these interviews we can meet more deeply the members of the recently established YEBN Board for the period 2020-2021. The next member to be introduced is Amina Frese, YEBN’s Treasurer. This is what Amina wants to tell us about herself. I am currently working in Medical Information and live […]
Last Thursday was the last seminar of the Career Development Programme “Bio-Building yourself” organized by YEBN. The idea of this programme arised from the need of giving our members and scientific audience in general the opportunity to keep growing professionaly and learning how to develop their personal industrial pathway during […]