{"id":64121,"date":"2023-11-08T09:30:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T08:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/?p=64121"},"modified":"2024-03-22T11:18:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T10:18:52","slug":"genes-cells-and-embryos-in-development-and-evolution-pere-alberch-25-years-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/events\/genes-cells-and-embryos-in-development-and-evolution-pere-alberch-25-years-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Genes, cells, and embryos in development and evolution: Pere Alberch, 25 years on"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<article class=\"vf-card vf-card--brand vf-card--bordered vf-u-margin__bottom--800\" default>\n  <div class=\"vf-card__content | vf-stack vf-stack--400\">\n      <h3 class=\"vf-card__heading\">\n      Summary    <\/h3>\n                <p class=\"vf-card__text\"><ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The symposium \u2018Genes, cells and embryos in development and evolution: Pere Alberch, 25 years on\u2019 is being organised by scientists from the MELIS department at UPF and EMBL Barcelona and will bring together around 15 speakers from around the world working on topics related to evolutionary biology and development.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The keynote lecture will be given by the American paleontologist, Neil Shubin, who was the first PhD student of Alberch and later discovered <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tiktaalik<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a remarkable fossil fish that represents the missing link between ancient sea creatures and the first creatures to walk on land.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This symposium aims to celebrate the life and ideas of Catalan scientist Pere Alberch.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event will be held at the PRBB Auditorium on 9-10 Nov and is supported by Fundaci\u00f3 Catalana Per a la Recerca, Museu de Ci\u00e8ncies Naturals de Barcelona and Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul><\/p>\n      <\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The last 40 years have witnessed a deep transformation in our views of animal development. From seeing development a multicellular black box where over time a mass of cells acquires shape to form organs and tissues, we now have a detailed account of this process in terms of gene expression, multicellular activity, and morphogenesis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new point of view has raised questions about the relationships between genes, cells, and organisms. These questions are impacting our thinking about evolution, echoing ideas expressed in a visionary manner by Catalan evolutionary biologist Pere Alberch, who died in 1998 at the age of 43, leaving an intellectual trail that has withstood the passage of time.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists from the MELIS department at UPF and EMBL Barcelona have organised a symposium to discuss Alberch\u2019s work. Alberch studied the relationship between genes, cells, and organismal evolution from both an experimental and a theory-based perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Present and past will meet at the symposium, titled \u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/eventum.upf.edu\/94510\/tickets\/genes-cells-and-embryos-in-development-and-evolution-pere-alberch-25-years-on.html\">Genes, cells and embryos in development and evolution: Pere Alberch, 25 years on<\/a>\u2019 and to be held on 9 and 10 November at the Auditorium of the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe meeting stemmed from our discussions with <strong>Denis Duboule<\/strong>, EPFL Switzerland, and <strong>James Sharpe<\/strong>, Head of EMBL Barcelona, on the relative contributions of cells and genes to the development of an organism and the realisation that these ideas had already been discussed by Alberch in the 1990s,\u201d <strong>Alfonso Martinez-Arias<\/strong>, ICREA and UPF researcher, said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the symposium organisers, the 25th anniversary of Alberch\u2019s premature death presented an opportunity to get a vista of the field and see how his ideas are at the root of current ideas of evolutionary developmental biology. To this end, the symposium will bring together a group of internationally renowned speakers, some of whom are direct intellectual descendants and collaborators of Alberch, to celebrate his work and legacy at the interface of evolution, genetics, and cell biology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Particularly exciting is the participation of <strong>Neil Shubin \u2013 <\/strong>Alberch\u2019s first PhD student, now a well-known paleontologist from the University of Chicago. Shubin discovered an organism called <em>Tiktaalik<\/em> \u2013 the missing link between ancient sea creatures and the first creatures to walk on land. Also participating are <strong>Frieston Galis<\/strong> from the Biodiversity Center in Leiden, who follows Alberch&#8217;s legacy by studying the role of developmental constraints and selection in shaping the evolution of body plans, and <strong>Cliff Tabin<\/strong> from Harvard University, who studies the evolution of complex characters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another side of Alberch\u2019s science was his involvement in improving the public understanding of science through museums. When he returned to Spain, he took up a role directing the Museo de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid, where he began working on its modernisation. This aspect of his career will also be represented in the symposium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is supported by the Fundaci\u00f3 Catalana Per a la Recerca, Museu de Ci\u00e8ncies Naturals de Barcelona, and Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For further information and enquiries please contact:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marta Vila Cejudo &#8211; science communication at UPF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a>marta.vila@upf.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(+34) 93.316.08.36 &#8211; 689.20.47.61<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Lisa Vollmar &#8211;&nbsp; Press Officer at EMBL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a>lisa.vollmar@embl.org<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sp\"><strong>Genes, c\u00e9lulas y embriones en desarrollo y evoluci\u00f3n:&nbsp;<\/strong>Pere Alberch, 25 a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cient\u00edfics del departamento de MELIS de la UPF y EMBL Barcelona han organizado este simposio para discutir el trabajo del cient\u00edfico catal\u00e1n Pere Alberch <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-card vf-card--brand vf-card--bordered vf-u-margin__bottom--800\" default>\n  <div class=\"vf-card__content | vf-stack vf-stack--400\">\n      <h3 class=\"vf-card__heading\">\n      Sumario     <\/h3>\n                <p class=\"vf-card__text\"><ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El simposio \u2018Genes, c\u00e9lulas y embriones en desarrollo y evoluci\u00f3n:\u00a0<\/span>Pere Alberch, 25 a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s\u2018, organizado por cient\u00edficos del departamento MELIS de la UPF y del EMBL Barcelona, re\u00fane a una quincena de ponentes de todo el mundo que trabajan en temas relacionados con la biolog\u00eda evolutiva y el desarrollo.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La conferencia principal ser\u00e1 a cargo del paleont\u00f3logo estadounidense Neil Shubin, quien fue el primer estudiante de doctorado de Alberch y m\u00e1s tarde descubri\u00f3 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tiktaalik<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, un notable pez f\u00f3sil que representa el eslab\u00f3n perdido entre las antiguas criaturas marinas y las primeras criaturas que caminaron sobre la tierra.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Este simposio pretende celebrar la personalidad y las ideas del cient\u00edfico catal\u00e1n Pere Alberch.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El evento se celebrar\u00e1 en el Auditorio del PRBB los d\u00edas 9 y 10 de noviembre y cuenta con el apoyo de la Fundaci\u00f3 Catalana per a la Recerca, el Museu de Ci\u00e8ncies Naturals de Barcelona y el Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul><\/p>\n      <\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Los \u00faltimos 40 a\u00f1os han sido testigos de una profunda transformaci\u00f3n en nuestra visi\u00f3n del desarrollo animal, desde una caja negra multicelular donde, con el tiempo una masa de c\u00e9lulas adquiere forma en forma de \u00f3rganos y tejidos, a una descripci\u00f3n detallada de este proceso en t\u00e9rminos de expresi\u00f3n gen\u00e9tica, actividad multicelular y morfog\u00e9nesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Este nuevo punto de vista ha planteado preguntas sobre la relaci\u00f3n entre genes, c\u00e9lulas y organismos que est\u00e1n impactando nuestro pensamiento sobre la evoluci\u00f3n. Un argumento que se hace eco de ideas y preguntas, expresadas de manera visionaria por Pere Alberch, el bi\u00f3logo evolutivo catal\u00e1n que falleci\u00f3 en 1998 a los 43 a\u00f1os, dejando una estela intelectual que ha resistido el paso del tiempo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cient\u00edficos del departamento MELIS de la UPF y del EMBL Barcelona han organizado un simposio para debatir el trabajo de Alberch. Alberch estudi\u00f3 la relaci\u00f3n entre genes, c\u00e9lulas y evoluci\u00f3n de los organismos desde una perspectiva tanto experimental como te\u00f3rica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presente y pasado se encontrar\u00e1n en el simposio \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/eventum.upf.edu\/94510\/tickets\/genes-cells-and-embryos-in-development-and-evolution-pere-alberch-25-years-on.html\">Genes, c\u00e9lulas y embriones en desarrollo y evoluci\u00f3n: Pere Alberch, 25 a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s<\/a>\u201d<strong> <\/strong>los d\u00edas 9 y 10 de noviembre en el Auditorio del Parc de Recerca Biom\u00e9dica de Barcelona (PRBB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEl simposio surgi\u00f3 de nuestras conversaciones con <strong>Denis Duboule<\/strong>, EPFL Suiza, y <strong>James Sharpe<\/strong>, director de EMBL Barcelona, sobre las contribuciones relativas de las c\u00e9lulas y los genes al desarrollo de un organismo y la constataci\u00f3n de que estas ideas ya han sido discutidas por Alberch en los a\u00f1os 90\u201d, afirma <strong>Alfonso Mart\u00ednez-Arias<\/strong>, investigador ICREA del Departamento de Medicina y Ciencias de la Vida (MELIS) de la UPF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seg\u00fan los organizadores, \u201cel 25\u00ba aniversario de su prematura muerte present\u00f3 una oportunidad para obtener una visi\u00f3n del campo y ver c\u00f3mo sus ideas est\u00e1n en la ra\u00edz de las ideas actuales de la Biolog\u00eda Evolutiva del Desarrollo&#8221;. Con este fin, el simposio reunir\u00e1 a un grupo de ponentes de renombre internacional, algunos de los cuales son descendientes intelectuales directos y colaboradores de Alberch, para celebrar su trabajo y legado en la interfaz de la evoluci\u00f3n, la gen\u00e9tica y la biolog\u00eda celular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Es particularmente emocionante la participaci\u00f3n de <strong>Neil Shubin<\/strong>, el primer estudiante de doctorado de Pere Alberch y ahora conocido paleont\u00f3logo de la Universidad de Chicago, que descubri\u00f3 el <em>Tiktaalik<\/em>, el eslab\u00f3n perdido entre las antiguas criaturas marinas y las primeras criaturas que caminaron sobre la tierra. Tambi\u00e9n participan <strong>Frieston Galis<\/strong>, del Centro de Biodiversidad de Leiden, que sigue el legado de Alberch estudiando el papel de las limitaciones del desarrollo y la selecci\u00f3n en la evoluci\u00f3n de los planes corporales y <strong>Cliff Tabin<\/strong>, de la Universidad de Harvard, que estudia la evoluci\u00f3n de caracteres complejos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otro aspecto de la ciencia de Alberch fue su participaci\u00f3n en la comprensi\u00f3n p\u00fablica de la ciencia a trav\u00e9s de los museos. Un trabajo que desarroll\u00f3 cuando regres\u00f3 a Espa\u00f1a para dirigir el Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid, donde inici\u00f3 un trabajo de modernizaci\u00f3n. Este aspecto de su carrera tambi\u00e9n estar\u00e1 representado en el simposio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El evento cuenta con el apoyo de la Fundaci\u00f3 Catalana Per a la Recerca, el Museu de Ci\u00e8ncies Naturals de Barcelona y el Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n y consultas p\u00f3ngase en contacto con:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marta Vila Cejudo &#8211; Comunicaci\u00f3n cient\u00edfica en la UPF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a>marta.vila@upf.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(+34) 93.316.08.36 &#8211; 689.20.47.61<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lisa Vollmar &#8211;&nbsp; Responsable de prensa en EMBL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a>lisa.vollmar@embl.org<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ca\"><strong>Gens, c\u00e8l\u00b7lules i embrions en el desenvolupament i l&#8217;evoluci\u00f3: Pere Alberch, 25 anys despr\u00e9s<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cient\u00edfics del departament MELIS de la UPF i de l&#8217;EMBL Barcelona han organitzat aquest simposi per parlar de la feina del visionari cient\u00edfic catal\u00e0 Pere Alberch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-card vf-card--brand vf-card--bordered vf-u-margin__bottom--800\" default>\n  <div class=\"vf-card__content | vf-stack vf-stack--400\">\n      <h3 class=\"vf-card__heading\">\n      Sumari    <\/h3>\n                <p class=\"vf-card__text\"><ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El simposi, organitzat per cient\u00edfics del Departament de Medicina i Ci\u00e8ncies de la Vida (MELIS) de la UPF i de l&#8217;EMBL Barcelona, reuneix uns quinze ponents de tot el m\u00f3n que treballen en temes relacionats amb la biologia de l&#8217;evoluci\u00f3 i el desenvolupament.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La confer\u00e8ncia inaugural anir\u00e0 a c\u00e0rrec del paleont\u00f2leg nord-americ\u00e0 Neil Shubin, que va ser el primer doctorand d&#8217;Alberch i posteriorment va descobrir el Tiktaalik, un peix f\u00f2ssil excepcional que representa l&#8217;element perdut entre criatures marines antigues i les primeres criatures que van caminar a terra.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aquest simposi t\u00e9 com a objectiu celebrar la personalitat i les idees del cient\u00edfic catal\u00e0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Pere Alberch.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L&#8217;esdeveniment se celebrar\u00e0 a l&#8217;Auditori del PRBB els dies 9 i 10 de novembre i compta amb el suport de la Fundaci\u00f3 Catalana per a la Recerca, el Museu de Ci\u00e8ncies Naturals de Barcelona i el Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul><\/p>\n      <\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Els \u00faltims quaranta anys han sigut testimonis d\u2019una profunda transformaci\u00f3 en la nostra visi\u00f3 del desenvolupament dels animals, passant d&#8217;una caixa negra multicel\u00b7lular on, amb el temps, un grup de c\u00e8l\u00b7lules s\u2019organitza en forma d&#8217;\u00f2rgans i teixits, a una explicaci\u00f3 detallada d&#8217;aquest proc\u00e9s en termes d&#8217;expressi\u00f3 g\u00e8nica, activitat multicel\u00b7lular i morfog\u00e8nesi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aquesta nova perspectiva ha generat preguntes sobre la relaci\u00f3 entre els gens, les c\u00e8l\u00b7lules i els organismes que estan influint en la nostra concepci\u00f3 de l&#8217;evoluci\u00f3. Un argument que es fa ress\u00f2 de les idees i q\u00fcestions expressades de manera vision\u00e0ria per Pere Alberch, el bi\u00f2leg evolutiu catal\u00e0 que va morir el 1998 a 43 anys, deixant una empremta intel\u00b7lectual que ha resistit el pas del temps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cient\u00edfics del departament MELIS de la UPF i de l&#8217;EMBL Barcelona han organitzat aquest simposi per parlar de la feina del cient\u00edfic catal\u00e0 Pere Alberch. Alberch va estudiar la relaci\u00f3 entre gens, c\u00e8l\u00b7lules i l&#8217;evoluci\u00f3 dels organismes tant des d&#8217;una perspectiva experimental com des d&#8217;una perspectiva te\u00f2rica. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Present i passat es trobaran al simposi \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/eventum.upf.edu\/94510\/tickets\/genes-cells-and-embryos-in-development-and-evolution-pere-alberch-25-years-on.html\">Gens, c\u00e8l\u00b7lules i embrions en el desenvolupament i l&#8217;evoluci\u00f3: Pere Alberch, 25 anys despr\u00e9s<\/a>\u201d<strong> <\/strong>els dies 9 i 10 de novembre a l&#8217;Auditori del Parc de Recerca Biom\u00e8dica de Barcelona (PRBB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;El simposi va sorgir de les nostres converses amb <strong>Denis Duboule<\/strong>, de l&#8217;EPFL Su\u00efssa, i <strong>James Sharpe<\/strong>, el cap de l&#8217;EMBL Barcelona, sobre les aportacions relatives de les c\u00e8l\u00b7lules i els gens al desenvolupament d&#8217;un organisme i la constataci\u00f3 que aquestes idees ja havien estat debatudes per Alberch a la d\u00e8cada dels noranta&#8221;, declara <strong>Alfonso Mart\u00ednez-Arias<\/strong>, investigador ICREA del Departament de Medicina i Ci\u00e8ncies de la Vida (MELIS) de la UPF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Segons els organitzadors, &#8220;el 25\u00e8 aniversari de la seva mort prematura ofereix l\u2019oportunitat de tenir una visi\u00f3 del camp i veure com les seves idees son a la base de les idees actuals de la biologia evolutiva del desenvolupament&#8221;. Amb aquest objectiu, el simposi reunir\u00e0 un grup de ponents de renom internacional, alguns dels quals s\u00f3n descendents intel\u00b7lectuals directes i col\u00b7laboradors d&#8217;Alberch, per celebrar la seva obra i llegat en la interf\u00edcie de l&#8217;evoluci\u00f3, la gen\u00e8tica i la biologia cel\u00b7lular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c9s particularment emocionant la participaci\u00f3 de <strong>Neil Shubin<\/strong>, el primer doctorand de Pere Alberch, que ara \u00e9s un conegut paleont\u00f2leg de la Universitat de Chicago, i que va descobrir el <em>Tiktaalik<\/em>. L&#8217;element perdut entre criatures marines antigues i les primeres criatures que van caminar a terra. Tamb\u00e9 hi participar\u00e0 <strong>Frieston Galis<\/strong>, del Centre de Biodiversitat de Leiden, que segueix el llegat d&#8217;Alberch estudiant el paper de les restriccions en el desenvolupament i la selecci\u00f3 en la formaci\u00f3 dels plans corporals, o <strong>Cliff Tabin<\/strong>, de la Universitat de Harvard, que estudia l&#8217;evoluci\u00f3 de caracter\u00edstiques complexes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Una altra faceta de la ci\u00e8ncia d&#8217;Alberch va ser la seva implicaci\u00f3 en la divulgaci\u00f3 cient\u00edfica a trav\u00e9s dels museus. Una tasca que va desenvolupar quan va tornar a Espanya per dirigir el Museu de Ci\u00e8ncies Naturals de Madrid, on va iniciar una tasca de modernitzaci\u00f3 despr\u00e9s d&#8217;un per\u00edode als Estats Units. Aquest aspecte de la seva carrera tamb\u00e9 estar\u00e0 representat en el simposi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L&#8217;esdeveniment compta amb el suport de la Fundaci\u00f3 Catalana per a la Recerca, el Museu de Ci\u00e8ncies Naturals de Barcelona i el Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Per obtenir m\u00e9s informaci\u00f3 i consultes, si us plau, contacteu amb:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marta Vila Cejudo, comunicaci\u00f3 cient\u00edfica a la UPF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/marta.vila@upf.edu\/\">marta.vila@upf.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(+34) 93.316.08.36 &#8211; 689.20.47.61<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lisa Vollmar, responsable de premsa de l&#8217;EMBL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lisa.vollmar@embl.org\/\">lisa.vollmar@embl.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists from the MELIS department at UPF and EMBL Barcelona have organised a symposium to discuss the work of the visionary Catalan scientist Pere Alberch, who passed away 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