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CRG welcomes the new Head of Advanced Light Microscopy Unit, Dr. Nadia Halidi
Nadia holds a PhD degree in Biophysics from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and has over 10 years of experience teaching microscopy and using quantitative live-cell imaging techniques. She

EMBO Young Investigator Programme chooses 30 new scientists and 2 are CATCAT members!
Congratulations to Verena Ruprecht from CRG (left) and Nuria Montserrat from IBEC (right), who have been selected as EMBO Young Investigators this year. “We are delighted to welcome the new

20 million euros to unlock secrets of cell division and test ‘liquid crystal’ hypothesis
Pictured: Thomas Surrey (left) and Vivek Malhotra (right), both recipients of a 2020 ERC Synergy Grant.

CATCAT is officially launched!
We hosted our first CATCAT morning on November 5th and it was huge success! More CATCAT mornings will follow in 2021 where we will continue to feature the exciting Cell

Membrane trafficking virtual community and seminar series
A new initiative organized by some CATCAT members (Ishier Raote, CRG; and Felix Campelo, ICFO; together with Francesca Bottanelli, Freie Universität Berlin), to foster remote collaborations and organize online seminars

When feeling the pinch, nuclei instigate cells to escape crowded spaces
When feeling the pinch, nuclei instigate cells to escape crowded spacesThe threat of serious deformation triggers a rapid escape reflex that enables cells to move away and squeeze out of