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How the transmission of forces between cellular networks explains the expression of transcriptional regulators by Pablo Sáez

Pablo Sáez (LaCàN, IMTech) Cells engage in continuous interactions with the extracellular matrix (ECM). This connection between cells and the ECM is responsible for various cellular and tissue responses, including tissue morphogenesis, repair, and organ development [1]. However, when unregulated, this cell-ECM connection can lead to pathological conditions. Among the factors influencing cell-ECM behavior, the […]

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The circular restricted three-body problem: a modern symplectic viewpoint by Agustín Moreno

Agustín Moreno (Heidelberg University, Germany) Introduction The three-body problem is the dynamical system corresponding to three masses under gravitational interaction, as described by Newton’s law. It is one of those ancient conundrums that has withstood the ages, maturing like a complex wine. Its study goes back at least to the times of Newton, and its

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Research that changed the dynamic of fluids turns 100 by Jezabel Curbelo

Jezabel Curbelo (DMAT, IMTech) Reprinted with permission from El País (international edition), published on December 25, 2023, in the “Café y Teoremas” series. In 1923 Stability of a viscous liquid contained between two rotating cylinders was published, a revolutionary text written by mathematician and physicist Geoffrey Ingram Taylor (1886, London – 1975, Cambridge). The research

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How to construct experiments: The quest for random combinatorial designs by Patrick Morris and Guillem Perarnau

(GAPCOMB) and (DMAT/UPC, IMTech). Received on 13 December, 2023. From Biology to Economics, experiments play a crucial role across the sciences. In many cases one has a lot of freedom in how to design an experiment. How do you design it well? How do you make sure it is fair and efficient? For answers to

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My role in the development of LIGO and the detection of gravitational waves by Kip Thorne

(Caltech). Thank you, Enrique, for your much too generous description of me and my contributions to science. This honorary doctorate from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya is of great significance to me. It honors, especially, my contributions to LIGO’s discovery of gravitational waves. For this reason, I regard myself as sharing it with the large