Recent news here.

December 26, 2007 - In the latest issue of JCI there is an essay, or a personal perspective, as they call it, on how to appropriately write a scientific manuscript (117: 3599-3602, 2007). Whether instructive reading or not, it is certainly entertaining.  

November 15, 2007 - St. Albert the Great. A little pastime for a day like today: caption this pic. Of women and mice?

October 11, 2007 - This is a pic of our grad student Javi Casas having fun while talking phospholipases in the annual meeting of the Spanish Biochemical Society, recently held in Málaga. That is one great meeting.

September 19, 2007 - "The skin I'm in is alright with me. It's not old, just older" (Jon Bon Jovi, American singer and philosopher). Fall group meeting schedule here.

September 10, 2007 - We welcome Esperanza Esquinas as a new member of the Eicosanoid Research Division. Esperanza is our second Andalusian graduate student.

August 1, 2007 - Our division currently has two openings for graduate students and other two for postdocs. Pertinent info has been placed on the front page for those who may be interested. We offer a friendly and enthusiastic environment, and excellent working conditions. Do not let this opportunity pass you by!

July 5, 2007 - Good winds for the Eicosanoid Research Division. The scores for our grant applications to various agencies are coming, all of them nothing short of excellent. That means we should be getting quite significant funding for the 2008-2010 period. Hence our labs should expand accordingly.

June 20, 2007 - This pic should have been posted here like six months ago, but hey, never is too late! It corresponds to our 2006 Christmas luncheon.

June 19, 2007 - "Tres conejos en un árbol tocando el tambor, que sí, que no, que sí lo he visto yo" (Sir Paul McCartney remembering his formative years). Summer 2007 group meeting schedule here.

May 28, 2007 - Another city tracker sits on the front page. Not the prettiest thing in the web world, but it seems to get the job done.

May 25, 2007 - The city tracker thing did not work out (city visits were tracked only for the last 24 h). Until we find another gimmick that better suits our tastes, a visit counter has been placed instead.

May 21, 2007 - More for the sake of fun than for anything else, we have placed a city tracker on the bottom of the front page. Yes, we too succumbed to the fashion... Let's see now who's watching us out there.

March 14, 2007 - As a part of his touring of Castile & León, Juanma Zapata, another old San Diego friend, came over to our institute for a one-day visit. So many good memories, so little time.

March 13, 2007 - "It takes the same effort to work on an important problem as on a pedestrian or trivial one" (Julius Axelrod, 1970 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine). Spring 2007 group meeting schedule here.

March 2, 2007 - In the March 2 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry there is a paper by the Shimizu lab reporting, at long last, the cloning of lysoplatelet-activating factor:acetyl-CoA acetyl transferase, the ultimate enzyme in the pathway for platelet-activating factor biosynthesis (Shindou et al., JBC 282: 6532–6539, 2007). Interestingly, the enzyme possesses as well a very significant lysophospholipid:arachidonyl-CoA acyl transferase activity, suggesting that it may also play a role in phospholipid reacylation reactions. Who could have anticipated that.

February 19, 2007 - Heavy site maintenance over the past few days. Our URL is no longer a forwarding one. Among other things, this allows a favicon to show in all and every page of the site. Most other things that have changed, generally more important than the favicon, run in the background.

February 16, 2007 - Today, an old friend of our latter San Diego days. Isabel Varela-Nieto, came to visit us and our institute.  As Mellencamp would say, life goes on long after the thrill of livin' is gone, oh yeah.

February 1, 2007 - A long time coming, we welcome María Alonso as a new member of the Eicosanoid Research Division. María is our first postdoc here in Valladolid.

January 19, 2007 - The eicosanoid research efforts of María Balboa have been recognized by the Diursa Prize and the Royal Academy of Medicine. Cool.

January 12, 2007 - Eicosanoid Baby #4 arrived last week! On Wed 10, Montse Duque gave birth to a baby girl, her second kid. The baby's name will be Nerea.

January 10, 2007 - No corporative pocket calendar this year. Instead, this one, so as to increase the cheesiness quotient of these pages.

January 9, 2007 - "Wisdom pursues me, but I am faster" (Spanish proverb). Winter 2007 group meeting schedule here.

January 8, 2007 - Our Paper of the Year 2006 is a very recent one. It was published in the December issue of BBA Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids by Jon Arm and colleagues (1761: 1489-1497, 2006). In this paper, genetic evidence is provided for the existence of two mice phenotypes regarding the involvement of secreted group V phospholipase A2 in the production of cyclooxygenase-2-derived mediators. This somewhat unexpected finding may help clarify some poorly described aspects in this rapidly-moving field.

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