This morning we hosted David Brückner (Biozentrum, Univ. Basel) — chaired by James Sharpe (EMBL Barcelona) — for a tour of self-organization in development via dynamical systems + information theory, with concrete case studies on organoids and gastruloids.

En un món ple de dades i titulars cridaners, cal una mirada analítica per interpretar-los amb criteri. Com podem, doncs, aprendre a llegir les dades amb pensament crític? Activitat gratuïta amb inscripció: www.crg.eu/en/event/cor... @noeliaferruz.bsky.social @jamesasharpe.bsky.social

🧬 How do cells know what shape to take? Join us ar at the Barcelona Collaboratorium to meet David Brückner (Biozentrum Basel) on information flow in self-organized developmental systems. 🗓️ 6 Nov – 10:00 CEST

Today, Timothy Saunders (University of Warwick) explored how complex 3D structure emerges in skeletal muscle — revealing chiral twists, cell rearrangements and glass-like transitions shaping organ morphogenesis! Timothy was hosted by James Sharpe. #EMBL #CRG #Collaboratorium

Thank you to Anne-Florence Bitbol (Lausanne) for her inspiring seminar at the BCN Collaboratorium! Today was on how protein language models reveal coevolution, generate new proteins, and map interactions across the tree of life. 🧬#BCNCollaboratorium #Bioinformatics

Fancy a trip to scenic Barcelona? ☀️ Or maybe to historic Heidelberg? 🏰 You're in luck: #EMBLDataCarpentry lets you combine hands-on data carpentry training with the destination of your choice. Apply by 27 Oct 👉 s.embl.org/dtc26-01-bl 📆 2 – 6 Feb 🌍 EMBL Heidelberg and @barcelonacollaboratorium.com

Anne-Florence Bitbol (EPFL, Switzerland) will present a seminar on protein language models for predicting interactions and generating sequences. @n-martin.bsky.social hosts! Join us at the Collab on Thu 23 Oct. We are waiting for you! #Proteins #Bioinformatics #AI #BCNCollaboratorium

🧬 1 month to go! Join us at the Collaboratorium Annual Symposium: Causality in Biology & AI. 12 speakers, big questions. #CRG #EMBL #EMBLBarcelona #BCNCollaboratorium

Opportunity for a Master’s/Bachelor’s student: - Join us for up to 5 months 🗓️ - Build computational/mathematical models 💻 - Learn about genotype-phenotype maps and evolution 🧬 - Work closely with PhD student Manuela Giraud - full info here: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...

Great seminar today by Tyler Shendruk on mobile inclusions in active turbulence! Thanks to our Group Leader Kristina Haase and the many of you who joined at the Collaboratorium today. #BCNCollaboratorium

Nora Martin from the Collaboratorium continues her commitment to science outreach at the PRBB Open Doors event, last Saturday, October 4th. Thanks @n-martin.bsky.social !! #PRBB #BCNCollaboratorium #Scienceoutreach

Tyler Shendruk from the University of Edinburg will be joining us at the Barcelona Collaboratorium next week for a seminar titled: "Dynamics of Mobile Inclusions in Active Nematic Turbulence" The talk will take place on October 9th at 10:00 and will be hosted by Kristina Haase (EMBL Barcelona).

Excited to welcome Eli Weinstein, DTU & ELLIS, to Collaboratorium Symposium Nov 10-11! His work on AI & causal biology is groundbreaking, advancing how we understand molecular systems and drug discovery. Join us! #Collaboratorium2025 #AI #Biology

We were pleased to host a charismatic speaker at the Collab today, Markus Deserno / Carnegie Mellon Uni. The presentation provided a thoughtful exploration of ternary asymmetric lipid membranes. Thank you to everyone who attended! #Collaboratorium2025 #Collaboratorium2025 #LipidMembranes

EMBL COO Michael Milne honored us with his visit to EMBL Barcelona and the Collaboratorium at Fundación Pasqual Maragall, earlier this month. #EMBL #Barcelona #BCNCollaboratorium

Last week, Lendert Gelens gave an inspiring seminar at the Collaboratorium: a clear and insightful talk on how temperature influences biological timing. Thank you for visiting us! Join us at our next Seminar (Oct 02): Markus Deserno, from Carnegie MellonUniversity, will be our Speaker on Thursday!

The Annual Symposium : Causality in Biology & AI is set to be a success! 🎉 We’re proud to welcome more than 250 researchers for this exciting event on November 10-11!!

📢 Join us at the Barcelona Collaboratorium on October 2, 2025! Markus Deserno will present “On the thermodynamics of ternary asymmetric lipid membranes”. A deep dive into the physics behind lipid rafts and membrane complexity.🧬 #Biophysics #BarcelonaCollaboratorium

On Thursday, Sept 25, we host Lendert Gelens (KU Leuven) for a seminar: "Beyond Arrhenius: How temperature scales biological time". He will show how biological timing changes across temperatures. barcelonacollaboratorium.com #seminar #KULeuven #EMBL #BCNCollaboratorium

🚨 Last call! Today's the final day to submit your poster abstract for the 2025 Collaboratorium Symposium! Don't miss your chance to be part of it: it's a great opportunity to showcase your work and get noticed in the community. #Collaboratorium2025 #CallForPosters

Excited to share the Barcelona Collaboratorium’s Fall 2025 Seminar Calendar with you all! You can register using the QR code or directly through our website. #BarcelonaCollaboratorium

We had the pleasure of opening the academic year yesterday with a fantastic lecture by Kunihiko Kaneko, that was a great success! 🎉 Join us for our upcoming seminars; we look forward to seeing you at the Collaboratorium, in Barcelona! #SeminarSeries #ComputationalBiology #BarcelonaCollaboratorium

On Monday, Sept 8, we welcome Kunihiko Kaneko (Bohr Institute) for a seminar. Author of Complex Systems: Chaos and Beyond (Springer), he will present a unifying theory of living systems, from cellular adaptation to evolution/development. barcelonacollaboratorium.com #seminar #Kaneko #BohrInstitute

We’re expecting many talented contributors! Don’t miss the chance to be part of the discussion on Causality in Biology and AI, and join us at the Symposium on 10-11 November 2025 at the PRBB Auditorium! Register using the link below. You have until 15 Sep to submit abstracts. #CallForAbstracts

Today we were pleased to listen to Jamie Malone from Oxford, who spent two months at the Collab in 2024. His research focuses on using computational models to understand how development affects evolutionary outcomes for morphological traits. Great to see how far it’s come! @james-malone.bsky.social

🔬Yesterday at Festa Major de Gràcia, Nora Martin explained how maths and simulations help us understand biology through the lens of high-dimensional fitness landscapes. 😌We are very happy to see our research explained in this setting! 🎁Making science accessible to everyone is key.

In a session at 17h on Wed 20th, Nora Martin will discuss The complexity of adaptive landscapes at the Festa Major de Gràcia. You are welcome to attend! -Event info: lacienciaalteumon.cat/evolucio-gra... -Nora is a CRG Independent Fellow at the Collab: barcelonacollaboratorium.com/fellow/nora-...

Our 2025 symposium will take place on November 10-11. It will be dedicated to Causality in Biology and AI and will focus on causal inference from biological data and mathematical methods, including how machine learning and AI reveal causal links. Register from now: apps.crg.es/content/inte...

🧩 Day 5! Agent-based modeling took center stage today with Alexandria Volkening 🐟🌀 From swarming to zebrafish stripes, participants explored how cells self-organize. ✨ Flash talks & a keynote by Katie Bentley wrapped up the day! #EMBOMulticellModeling

🧠 Day 4 was all about 🧬 noise in biology — from master equations to stochastic simulations, led by Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo! 🔬 Group projects continued, and the day ended with a fascinating keynote by @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social on morphogen mediated tissue patterning! #EMBOMulticellModeling

🧬 Day 3! From spatial models and Turing patterns to the interplay of gradients and self-organisation, today was packed with insights and hands-on work. Participants also began their group projects and wrapped up the day with an inspiring keynote by @bertaverd.bsky.social! #EMBOMulticellModelling 💡🧠

🧪 Day 2 of the EMBO Practical Course at the Collaboratorium! From solving ODEs in Python to applying them to gene regulatory networks and diving into object-oriented programming with VEDO. #EMBOMulticellModelling 💻🧬

🔬 Day 1 of the EMBO Practical Course on Computational Modelling of Multicellular Systems kicks off at the Collaboratorium! Participants were welcomed by @jamesasharpe.bsky.social, setting the stage for a week of exploring how computational tools help us understand tissue and organ dynamics. 💻🧬

Tomorrow, Philip Maini (University of Oxford) will be the next speaker at the Seminar Series! 🦠 “A multidisciplinary investigation of collective cell motion” 📅 29/05/2025 – 10:00 🗳️ Registration: t.ly/jPOlc 👨‍🏫 Host: @jamesasharpe.bsky.social

On Thursday, Klaus Wimmer will be the next speaker at the Seminar Series! 🧠 "Flexible integration of sensory evidence in perceptual decision making" 📅 15/05/2025 – 10:00 🗳️ Registration: t.ly/jPOlc 👨‍🏫 Host: Eric Latorre

Last Thursday, @stephangrill.bsky.social was our speaker at the Seminar Series! 🌀 "Chiral Morphogenesis" 📅 08/05/2025 👨‍🏫 Host: @jamesasharpe.bsky.social

On Thursday, Yolanda Schaerli (UNIL, Switzerland) will be the next speaker at the Seminar Series! 🧫 “Synthetic Biology Meets Dynamics: Synthetic Oscillators for Spatiotemporal Gene Expression Control” 📅 24/04/2025 – 10:00 🗳️ Registration: t.ly/jPOlc 👩‍🏫 Host: @jamesasharpe.bsky.social

On Thursday, Jacobo Aguirre (CSIC-INTA) will be the next speaker at the Seminar Series! 🌌 “Emergence of complexity in the origin and early evolution of life” 📅 03/04/2025 – 10:00 🗳️ Registration: t.ly/jPOlc 👩‍🏫 Host: @n-martin.bsky.social

🚨 Final call! 🚨 Time is running out! ⏳ Applications for #EMBOMulticellModelling close TODAY – don’t miss your chance to join us at EMBL Barcelona this June! Apply now before the deadline passes! ➡️ s.embl.org/mmc25-01-bl

On Thursday, Francis Corson (CNRS/ENS) will be the next speaker at the Seminar Series! 🌌 “Geometric models for fate patterning” 📅 20/03/2025 – 10:00 🗳️ Registration: t.ly/jPOlc 👩‍🏫 Host: @torres-sanchez.bsky.social

🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 The Barcelona Collaboratorium is looking for a Project Manager to lead projects, events & outreach in a dynamic research environment. More details in the link below! 📍 Barcelona | Apply now! 🔗 t.ly/ZatMG #JobOpening #ProjectManager #EMBLBarcelona

🚨 Deadline extension alert 🚨 You have until 21 March to apply for #EMBOMulticellModelling ➡️ https://s.embl.org/mmc25-01-bl#EMBOMulticellModelling Join us as we explore the dynamics of multicellular systems, covering both the molecular and the mechanical sides in 2D and 3D. 🗓️ 14 – 20 June 2025 📍 EMBL Barcelona

Next Thursday, @ricardsole.bsky.social will be the next speaker at the Seminar Series! 🌌 “Is There a Universal Logic for Living Systems?” 📅 13/03/2025 – 10:00 🗳️ Registration: t.ly/jPOlc 👩‍🏫 Host: @n-martin.bsky.social

This Thursday, Jerome Solon (CSIC-UPV/EHU) will be the next speaker at the Seminar Series! 🧫 “Closing the gap: Mechanosensing and control of tissue mechanics for epithelial sealing and tissue repair” 📅 06/03/2025 – 10:00 🗳️ Registration: t.ly/jPOlc 👨‍🏫 Host: @jamesasharpe.bsky.social

This Thursday, Nacho Molina will be the next speaker at the Seminar Series! 🌌 “Unraveling Spatio-Temporal Regulation of Gene Expression During the Cell Cycle” 📅 20/02/2025 – 10:00 🗳️ Registration: t.ly/jPOlc 👩‍🏫 Host: @rmartinezcorral.bsky.social

This Thursday, @karenalim.bsky.social will be the next speaker at the Seminar Series! 🦠 “Lessons from smart slime” 📅 13/02/2025 – 10:00 🗳️ Registration: t.ly/jPOlc 👩‍🏫 Host: @jamesasharpe.bsky.social

Tomorrow, Johannes Berg (University of Cologne) will be the speaker at the Seminar Series! 🧬 “Early and late tumour evolution: from spatial mutation tracking to the emergence of resistance” 📅 12/02/2025 – 10:00 🗳️ Registration: t.ly/jPOlc 👩‍🏫 Host: Nora Martin

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