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In 2017, the first seed of what would become EMBL Barcelona was planted in the PRBB campus in Spain. Today, this seed has grown into a tree with a solid trunk sustained by more than 70 researchers and many branches supported by wide-reaching collaborations. Beginning with its earliest conceptualisation in 2005<\/a>, to the celebration of its fifth anniversary in October 2022, EMBL Barcelona\u2019s story has been one of triumph, innovation, and growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We present below a short voyage through the first five years of EMBL Barcelona, through challenges and breakthroughs, through early mornings and late evenings, through great science and greater camaraderie. And throughout this process, every member of the site has felt and contributed to fun and excitement of creating a new EMBL family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

April<\/strong>: EMBL and the Spanish Ministry for Foreign Affairs sign EMBL Barcelona\u2019s host site agreement to establish a new site within the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May:<\/strong> James Sharpe is appointed Head of EMBL Barcelona<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September:<\/strong> Amaranta Amador Bernal, Head of Administration and Senior Legal Advisor, together with a small administration team, joins EMBL Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October:<\/strong> EMBL Barcelona officially starts its operations. James Sharpe and his research group, previously in the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), continue to work in their old lab spaces in the PRBB for a while. The administration team also starts its initial work within the PRBB. Both teams later relocate to their current locations upon completion of refurbishments to accommodate EMBL Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing privilege to set-up a new EMBL Site from scratch. Truly, I didn\u2019t imagine quite how many moving parts there would be to coordinate \u2013 from the lab layout to the equipment needed, budgetary planning, and administrative challenges, not to mention my main role: to define a unique scientific vision for a new research site! But working with so many wonderful and talented colleagues, both researchers and admin, has made it a joy.\u201d <\/p>James Sharpe, Head of EMBL Barcelona<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Ceremony of the signature of the EMBL Barcelona Host Site Agreement. From left to right and titles at the moment of the signature: Patrick Kramer (Chair, EMBL Council), Jordi Baiget Cantons (Minister of Business and Knowledge, Government of Catalonia), Luis de Guindos (Minister of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, Spain), Iain Mattaj (Director General, EMBL), Mar\u00eda Carmen Vela Olmo (Secretary of State of Research, Development and Innovation, Spain), Jordi Cam\u00ed (General Director, PRBB), Juan Maria V\u00e1zquez Rojas (General Secretary of Science and Innovation, Spain), Luis Serrano (Director, CRG). Credit: Ivan Paulick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is the first known photo of EMBL Barcelona colleagues. The Sharpe group and Admin team organised a small get together to celebrate the official opening of the site. Credit: Simone Walther\/EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2018<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

February<\/strong>: EMBL and the University Pompeu Fabra sign the Framework Agreement laying the foundation for hosting PhD students at EMBL Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

July<\/strong>: Refurbishments to PRBB\u2019s 4th floor are completed and this becomes EMBL Barcelona\u2019s new home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also in July, EMBL\u2019s Summer Council Meeting is held in Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October<\/strong>: An Inauguration Symposium for EMBL Barcelona takes place<\/a> on 15 October, with keynote lecture by Don Ingber, Founding Director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the same month, two new group leaders join: Miki Ebisuya<\/a> and Vikas Trivedi<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cWhen I first arrived in EMBL Barcelona, there was no lab in the unit’s space, as the Sharpe Group were still located in their previous lab at the CRG. Now EMBL Barcelona is full of people. I particularly like our open lab space design where our unit members naturally and constantly see each other irrespective of individual group affiliations. Thanks to these frequent interactions, we have many collaboration projects ongoing in the unit, and I am proud of that.\u201d <\/p>Miki Ebisuya, Group Leader at EMBL Barcelona<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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EMBL Barcelona refurbished the entire 4th floor during 2018. Credit: Alex Robert\/EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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During the Council Meeting held in Barcelona, the Council representatives did a tour of the newly refurbished laboratories. Credit: EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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James Sharpe, Head of EMBL Barcelona, during the inauguration symposium of the site in October 2018. Credit: EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The first members of the Ebisuya Group. From left to right: Guillermo Mart\u00ednez-Ara, Miki Ebisuya, Nuria Taberner and Casandra Villava. Credit: Ebisuya Group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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 Trivedi (right), with the first two members of his lab, Krisztina Arat\u00f3 (middle) and Kerim Anlas (left). Credit: Carla Manzanas\/EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

June: <\/strong>James Sharpe is elected EMBO Member<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September<\/strong>: The Tara Ocean Foundation<\/a> is one of EMBL\u2019s key partners. As part of Tara\u2019s Mission Microplastics, the schooner docks in Barcelona for four days. The same year, EMBL Barcelona joins Tara to promote science and interdisciplinarity<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October<\/strong>: Group leaders Maria Bernabeu<\/a> and Kristina Haase<\/a> join EMBL Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also in October, EMBL and IBEC sign a Framework Agreement<\/a> to join forces and organise the EMBL-IBEC Winter Conference on a regular basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt has been a privilege being entrusted with setting up the operational side of EMBL Barcelona from scratch, together with my team and with advice from colleagues from all EMBL sites and departments, fully implementing its status as intergovernmental organisation in Spain. The process of seeing it grow from a project to a fully operational site has been especially satisfying because of the strong community \u2013 I\u2019d say family \u2013 feeling at the site, where everybody was happy to contribute to its successful set up.\u201d <\/p>Amaranta Amador Bernal, Head of Administration and Senior Legal Advisor at EMBL Barcelona.<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The schooner TARA docked in the Barcelona harbor in October 2019. Credit: EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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EMBL Barcelona organised a Lab Warming Party for the neighbours in the PRBB. Credit: Montserrat Coll Llad\u00f3\/EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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EMBL DG, Edith Heard and Director of IBEC, Josep Samitier sign a framework agreement between the two institutions. Credit: IBEC-EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Maria Bernabeu (right) and Silvia Sanz, Lab Manager, in the tissue culture room of EMBL Barcelona.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kristina Haase (right) and her group. From left to right: Akinola Akinbote, Carmen Moccia, Defne Cobanoglu, Violeta Beltran and Marta Cherubini. Most of the lab members joined the group in the middle of the pandemic. Credit: Haase Group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

February: <\/strong>The first EMBL-IBEC Conference on Engineering Multicellular Systems<\/a> is held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May<\/strong>: EMBL Barcelona signs an agreement with the Barcelona Blood and Tissue Bank<\/a>. Both Bernabeu and Haase Groups will receive blood samples to study how vascular dysfunction can lead to diseases like cerebral malaria or cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September<\/strong>: Maria Bernabeu<\/a> is awarded the ERC Starting Grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October<\/strong>: EMBL and CSIC sign a Framework Agreement<\/a> to strengthen Spanish national research collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December<\/strong>: Miki Ebisuya<\/a> is awarded the ERC Consolidator Grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EMBL Barcelona and IBEC organise the first EMBL-IBEC Winter Conference at the beginning of February. From left to right: Nuria Montserrat (IBEC), James Sharpe (Head of EMBL Barcelona), Ada Colau (Mayor of Barcelona), Josep Samitier (Director of IBEC), Xavier Trepat (IBEC). Credit: IBEC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Few weeks before the pandemic hit the world, EMBL Barcelona colleagues enjoyed a Cal\u00e7otada, a traditional meal in Catalonia. Credit: EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In October 2020, EMBL and CSIC sign a Memorandum of Understanding in Madrid. Credit: EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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EMBL Barcelona colleagues kept on meeting via zoom after the pandemic lockdown started in March 2020. Credit: EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

April: <\/strong>Due to the pandemic, EMBL Barcelona sets up the Social Interaction Working Group. Colleagues from several groups organise online and in-person activities to promote social contact among site members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June<\/strong>: EMBL Barcelona and the University of Barcelona sign a Traineeship Agreement to foster collaboration and offer internships to local students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the same month, EMBL Barcelona and IBEC jointly organise an online satellite session for the M-CELS workshop<\/a> \u2013 Multi Cellular Engineered Living Systems. In this session, speakers from both EMBL and IBEC discuss the technical, ethical, and societal challenges of building M-CELS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August \u2013 October<\/strong>: First EIPOD fellows<\/a> start at EMBL Barcelona. Four new colleagues join the Bernabeu, Ebisuya, Haase, and Trivedi groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2021, slowly, the lab activities restarted, and colleagues could perform experiments again. Credit: EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In November 2021, the entire unit went on a one day retreat. Credit: EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Social Interaction Working Group organised a treasure hunting activity outdoors to foster contact among colleagues at EMBL Barcelona. Credit: EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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James Sharpe gave an introduction to the Hola Barcelona Cocktail event organised by Barcelona Global. Credit: EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

January<\/strong>: Kristina Haase<\/a> is awarded the ERC Starting Grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May<\/strong>: The first EMBL-CSIC workshop<\/a> takes places in Madrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

July<\/strong>: Miki Ebisuya is elected EMBO Member<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October<\/strong>: The Barcelona Collaboratorium<\/a> for Modelling and Predictive Biology is inaugurated. This project is led by EMBL Barcelona and the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG). It aims to be a new space for computational biology-related interactions, enabling researchers to collaborate, share ideas, and synergise across disciplines and scales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the same month, Group Leader Talya Dayton<\/a> joins EMBL Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December<\/strong>: Group Leader Alejandro Torres-S\u00e1nchez<\/a> joins EMBL Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also in December, Vikas Trivedi<\/a> is awarded the ERC Synergy Grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cThe PRBB has been the perfect place to host scientific meetings and bring together researchers from across the globe. We hosted the 2022 EMBO workshop Building networks: engineering in vascular biology<\/em> and brought together scientists from tissue engineering and vascular biology communities. We aim to continue this series every two years in this beautiful setting and highlight the work of European researchers to the broader global community.\u201d <\/p>Kristina Haase, Group Leader at EMBL Barcelona<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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James Sharpe, Head of EMBL Barcelona, presented the project of the Barcelona Collaboratorium, located in the Fundaci\u00f3 Pasqual Maragall building. Credit: CRG-EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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After the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding, EMBL and CSIC organised the first workshop in Madrid. Credits: CSIC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In 2022, many activities and events were in-person again. The Open PRBB is an science outreach day in the PRBB building. Many researchers and residents welcome citizens to the campus to share with them the research performed at EMBL Barcelona and other institutes. In the image, Marina Matsumiya, Jia Le Lim and Laura Salam\u00f3 from EMBL Barcelona. Credit: PRBB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

EMBL Barcelona underwent its first unit review in 2022, which evaluated its scientific achievements over its first five years. Internal and external reviewers congratulated the site for an excellent start to its journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We look forward to continue flourishing in the coming years. Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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