January 21, 2012 - The image showing the structures of arachidonic acid and prostaglandin G2 that featured in the Home/Intro pages since the site's inception is now gone. Its place is taken by a 3D representation of our logo. Inspired by the chorus of a song by Madrilian rock and roll legends Topo, we could well say that we live in the era of brand identity.

January 12, 2012 - Following up on the previous entry, a Papers of the Year page was added today to the site. The idea is to have together in the same place all the articles that deserved distinction.

January 11, 2012 - In the September 2011 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, Norris et al. published a comprehensive study of the eicosanoid profile and protein and gene expression of enzymes of eicosanoid metabolism in various types of macrophages responding to bacterial lipopolysaccharide. This work establishes a near-complete view of the differences in various macrophage phenotypes regarding arachidonic acid metabolism, and is the one we have selected as Paper of the Year 2011.

January 4, 2012 - "They laugh at me because I’m different; I laugh at them because they’re all the same" (Kurt Cobain, American icon). Winter 2012 group meeting schedule here.

January 2, 2012 - New year, new government in Spain. And with it, once again, the Spanish National Research Council moves to another ministry. This time it is the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (whatever that means to basic science). While updating letterheads and so on, we wonder what the shortened name of the ministry will be.

2011

December 17, 2011 - A little nice page listing our grant support history was added today. It will be permanently available from a link on the bottom of the Research page.

December 7, 2011 - Directorial Quote #5: "I'm pretty tired... I think I'll go home now" (Forrest, Forrest Gump).

December 1, 2011 - Times of crisis are said to be the best to stimulate creativity and inventiveness. Working on a sextuple quadrupole approach to lipidomics.

November 24, 2011 - Another poem of the Spanish Middle Ages to illustrate some recent happenings: "Abenámar, Abenámar, Moor of the Moorish land, on the day you were born there were mighty signs. Calm was the ocean and full was the moon. A Moor who is born under these signs ought never tell a lie..."

November 18, 2011 - Juan Pablo Rodríguez, from Corrientes, Argentina, joins today the Eicosanoid Research Division as a postdoctoral research associate.

November 17, 2011 - Eugene P. Kennedy, one of the biggest icons of the lipid field, passed away last September at the age of 92. He will be remembered as the discoverer of the de novo biosynthesis pathway of major glycerophospholipids. In a way, Eugene Kennedy was our scientific grandfather, since he mentored our mentor on lipid research.

November 5, 2011 - One of our pictures of macrophages full of lipid droplets was chosen as the image for the Diabetes Awareness Campaign of CIBERDEM. Good.

October 25, 2011 - Yesterday we had the pleasure of receiving the visit of Makoto Murakami, old friend, colleague and former competitor. Great science and great time too.

October 23, 2011 - The 4th Workshop European Lipid Mediators, again a trans-pyrenaic enterprise, is walking its first steps.

October 20, 2011 - Yesterday, after the dust had finally settled, the following thought stuck to our minds for no apparent reason: "What a good vassal if he only had a good lord!” (Poem of Mio Cid, Castilian Middle Ages). Pic here.

October 16, 2011 - Many changes to the website. There should be a few more in the near future. This is version 4.5.

October 7, 2011 - Directorial Quote #4: "In a multicolored country a honey bee was born under the sun. She became famous in that place due to her happiness and kindness" (author unknown).

September 29, 2011 - "Only the uninhibited use inhibitors" (anonymous adage). Fall 2011 group meeting schedule here.

September 27, 2011 -  Cell Signaling in Barcelona, Lipidomics in Bilbao and Eicosanoids in Seattle, making for interesting times.

September 1, 2011 - Martín Valdearcos has finally moved to the vicinity of Ashbury and Haight to initiate his postdoctoral training in the US. We are sure he's gonna meet some gentle people there and wish him the best (we are counting the days to his first paper in Nature).

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