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Experts in Epigenetics meet in Sheffield to discuss novel strategies in the fight against cancer

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“A cancer cell is smarter than a hundred doctors together” Manel Esteller, researcher at the Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL) in Barcelona, highlights the important role of epigenetics in the development of cancer treatments. The third Christmas Seminar held by the Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom (SRUK) in Sheffield and financially … Experts in Epigenetics meet in Sheffield to discuss novel strategies in the fight against cancer

SRUK highlights the valuable skills that researchers can use outside the academia

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Cuatro, EL DÍA, cienciaplus, La Vanguardia

Researchers are also well prepared to succeed in other professions

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Alternatives to the academic careers and other scientific related jobs have been the focus in the III Edition of the Workshop: Ciencia UK, organised by SRUK and Ramón Areces Foundation, with the collaboration of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT).

The million pound Spanish researcher

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La Razón

Plankton: microscopic marine life; you don’t see them, but they are there

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Do you like the sea? I think so! And if I ask you to tell me about marine animals or vegetables, which ones would you talk about? Let me guess: fishes, sharks, dolphins, whales, crabs, turtles, algae, jelly-fishes… and plankton. PLANKTON? Who said Plankton? I’m sure he/she must be a fan of SpongeBob!! But what … Plankton: microscopic marine life; you don’t see them, but they are there

On the way to innovative Spain: re-designing the R&D concept

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El País

On the way to innovative Spain: re-designing the R&D concept

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In Spain, public budget for Research and Development has been cut off for 4 years, and even longer in the private sector. The lack of investment drowns the system, neither offering competitive conditions nor stability for researchers and foreign companies. Dr Emma Martínez Sánchez, director of the SRUK Scientific Policy Committee, comments how Spain could … On the way to innovative Spain: re-designing the R&D concept

SRUK/CERU awarded with the 2016 Innovation Award from the Business Innovation Forum

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The Business Innovation Forum awards SRUK/CERU as the organization supporting innovation 2016.

Research investment is not a priority in the political agenda of the Spanish government

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ChemistryWorld

Research investment is not a priority in the political agenda of the Spanish government

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Emma Martínez, Director of the Science Policy Committee of the Society of Spanish Researchers in the UK (SRUK) spoke with the Chemistry World about the urgent need for moving up science in the Spanish political agenda, and reach the promised investment on Research and Development to 2% of GDP by 2020. Business Read more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

SRUK and Nimgenetics: Recognised for their support to Innovation 2016

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innovaspain.com, FUNDACION Parque Científico de Madrid

María Jiménez is interviewed in Genética Médica

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Genética Médica

Science Toy Award Ceremony

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Last 7th of November, Code Master received the First Science Toy Award in a ceremony held at the Imperial College of London.

Why do we need to use animals in scientific research?

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I am passionate about protein traffic, so much so that I invested four years of my life to research about it during my PhD in the Netherlands. Being a scientist is like being Sherlock Holmes: each new clue takes you to the next until the mystery is solved. Following the steps of the famous detective, … Why do we need to use animals in scientific research?

Science policy in the new Spanish Government

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In this article, Emma Martínez Sánchez and Fidel Alfaro Almagro, from the SRUK/CERU Department of Science Policy, analyse the predictions and proposals concerning science and science policies of the newly formed Spanish Government. Read more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Green cars of the future

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In recent years we have been witnessing how summer and winter are gradually lengthening while autumn and spring are becoming much shorter. Moreover, the average temperature in the Earth has also increased due to the climate change. This variation on the characteristics of each season has a direct effect on animals and plants, as the … Green cars of the future

Check your bOObies! Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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OCTOBER…it is the tenth month of the year whose name comes from the Roman calendar. It is when leaves start falling off the trees, when the expedition leaded by Christopher Columbus went ashore in the American continent and when United Nations was established. It is also a month of celebrations: Hispanic Heritage Day, World Food … Check your bOObies! Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Pain is a double edge sword

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Last week I was on a terrace having a coffee with some friends enjoying the sun in Alicante when my daughter got close crying and moaning. Apparently she had fell and hit her knee, experiencing an unpleasant feeling. Although she did not understand what was going on, she decided to sit close to me and … Pain is a double edge sword

Understanding our cellular Google

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The same forces that separate oil and water in the remaining liquid of a bowl of salad, shape and hold up the cellular structures and, therefore, life. These forces are responsible of the conformation of the biomolecules (which are the chemical compounds that form the living matter) dissolved in the aqueous environment of the cell, … Understanding our cellular Google

SRUK/CERU promotes the international projection of a young researcher from Guadalajara

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Miriam Cubas, a young researcher from Guadalajara, has been awarded with a Travel Grant from SRUK/CERU to attend the Congress of the European Association of Archaeologists that will take place in Vilnius (Lithuania) in September.

SRUK/CERU promotes the international projection of a young researcher from Alzira (Valencia)

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Javier Monzó, a young researcher from Alzira, awarded with a SRUK/CERU Travel Grant to attend the International Congress of Electrochemistry to be held in The Hague (Netherlands ) in August.

SRUK/CERU contributes to the career development of a young researcher from Cadiz

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SRUK/CERU has awarded a Travel Grant to the PhD student Julio M. Rios de la Rosa to attend the Nanomedicine & Drug Delivery Symposium” on Nanomedicine and Drug Administration (NanoDDS) to be held at the John Hopkins University Baltimore, USA) in September

SRUK/CERU promotes the international projection of a young researcher from Galicia

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Elena Garcia Martin awarded with a SRUK/CERU Travel Grant to participate in the International Congress of Oceanography “Gordon Research Conference” recently held in Hong Kong.

Young researcher from Murcia awarded with a SRUK/CERU Travel Grant

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PhD student Moises Hernandez Fernandez has been awarded a Travel Grant from SRUK/CERU to attend the twenty-second meeting of the Organization of Brain Mapping (Organization for Human Brain Mapping) that recently took place in Geneva (Switzerland).

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