Five women scientists from Spain. Source: http://www.muyinteresante.es/ciencia/fotos/cientificas-espanolas-que-deberias-conocer/montse-calleja-biomecanica

The NANOFORCELLS team has studied the correlation between cytoskeleton organization and stiffness of three epithelial breast cancer cells lines with different degree of malignancy: MCF-10A (healthy), MCF-7 (tumorigenic/non-invasive) and MDA-MB-231 (tumorigenic/invasive). Peak-force modulation atomic force microscopy was used for high-resolution topography and stiffness imaging of actin filaments within living cells. In healthy cells, local stiffness…

El Pais organizes an event to help decide your future career. Source: http://elpaiscontufuturo.com/speakers/

Round table and presentations around the subject of Breakthrough Technologies and their Economic Impact. Organized by CSIC, KPMG, Fundación Bankinter and DCN will gather scientists, technology tranfer agents and investors. Source: http://www.madridaerospace.es/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/FORO-TECNOLOGIAS-DISRUPTIVAS.pdf

Spanish scientists in this number and attending the presentation include María Mittelburn, Susana Marcos and Montserrat Calleja. Source: http://www.elmundo.es/yodona/mujeres-influyentes-espana.html

Coinciding with World Day against Lung Cancer, the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) cites in its press release the project, coordinated by Javier Tamayo and co-led by Priscila Kosaka, whose objective is the early detection of Lung cancer through a blood test with a much more sensitive technique than that currently used for the detection…