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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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