16th EPI and 4th GEQB Conferences

Dr. Carolina Estarellas and Elnaz attended the “16th Iberian Peptide Meeting (16EPI)/4th Chemical Biology Group Meeting (4GEQB) in Barcelona from 5thto 7th of February. They presented two posters with the titles “Thermodynamics of binding energy vs. ligand binding affinity: the case of CRBPs” and “Searching for novel targets in tuberculosis: Potential reductase partner in the…

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18th Congreso of SEQT

Prof. Javier Luque, Dr. Carolina Estarellas and Dr. Tiziana Ginex participated in the “18º Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Química Terapéutica” that took place in Salamanca from 23rd to 26th of January. Carolina and Tiziana gave two flash presentations: “Molecular dynamics simulations of AMPK mechanism of allosteric regulation by direct activators” and “Natural polyphenols…

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Antoni Caparros Award to Prof. Luque

The ceremony for the Awards of the Board of Trustees and Bosch i Gimpera Foundation was held at Aula Magna of the Historical Building of the UB. In this ceremony, the rector of the UB, the acting president of the Board of Trustees, Joan Corominas, and the director of Bosch i Gimpera Foundation, Carme Verdager,…

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New publication from William Zamora

Congratulations to William, Campa, Curu and Javi for the recent accepted paper in JPCB entitled “Prediction of pH-Dependent Hydrophobic Profiles of Small Molecules from Miertus–Scrocco–Tomasi Continuum Solvation Calculations”. In the link (below) you can access to the supporting video of the paper: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b08311

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Computational Gastronomy

Telefónica R+D and the University of Barcelona apply big data to the field of gastronomy with Appetit. Telefónica R+D and the University of Barcelona signed a collaboration and technology transfer agreement which will promote research on big data in the field of gastronomy and culinary sciences. The agreement includes the ceding of Appetit, the first…

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