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Xavier Trepat
@XavierTrepat
Scientist of Living Matter, Professor @icreacommunity, Group Leader @ibecbarcelona, Jazz trombone @lalocojazz. The need to know.
Barcelona, Spain
ibecbarcelona.eu/integrative
Joined January 2015
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    Xavier Trepat
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    Feb 7, 2025
    New paper from the lab🎈. Introducing Micro Immune Response On-chip (MIRO), a device that replicates tumors and their microenvironment to better understand responses to immunotherapies (cyan=immune cells, red=cancer, green=CAFs). @IBECBarcelona
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    Xavier Trepat
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    Jul 10, 2020
    Yesterday I went to this panel interview for a major grant. When I arrived back home, I found out that my 5-year old had left 10€ under my pillow (most of her savings) so that I could continue my research if the application failed. 😍
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    Xavier Trepat
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    Apr 20, 2022
    Just when I thought I had seen everything, reviewer 3 decided to quote Buddha.
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    Xavier Trepat
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    Feb 4, 2020
    In case you’ve missed it, here’s a beautiful example of a closed mechanochemical feedback loop by Tsuyoshi Hirashima’s lab. Collective migration, waves, FRET sensors, #optogenetics... and some mechanical tools from our lab! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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    Xavier Trepat
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    Jan 14, 2021
    Understanding a cell without physics is like trying to write a book with only half the letters of the alphabet. nature.com/articles/d4158…
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    Xavier Trepat
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    Mar 30, 2022
    Our new paper already contains plethora, myriad and albeit. I’m working on squeezing in conundrum. Do you have any suggestion of other vestigial words that would be long dead without scientific papers? We’ll do our best to include them too.
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    Xavier Trepat
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    Jun 21, 2021
    Our paper on the mechanobiology of the intestinal epithelium is now out @NatureCellBio. We report high-resolution time-evolving maps of 3D traction forces in intestinal organoids. nature.com/articles/s4155… @icreacommunity @IBECBarcelona
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    Xavier Trepat
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    Sep 24, 2020
    Cancer is remarkable at hijacking the tumor microenvironment to progress. See how cancer cells use a fibroblast (red) to escape a tumor spheroid. We continue to study the biophysical interaction between a tumor and its microenvironment. #WorldCancerResearchDay @IBECBarcelona
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    Xavier Trepat
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    Jun 28, 2023
    Nearly all cells in our body have an autonomous circadian clock that controls ~40% of the genome. We show, at the single cell level, that the clock is mechanically controlled through YAP/TAZ. rupress.org/jcb/article-ab… @IBECBarcelona
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    Xavier Trepat
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    Oct 4, 2019
    No matter how many papers you publish, how much funding you attract, how many plenary talks you give, and how many awards you get, the most rewarding moment of your academic life is the graduation of your PhD students. #mentorship
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    Xavier Trepat
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    Mar 31, 2020
    GOT AN ERC ADVANCED GRANT! We want to develop synthetic morphogenesis to power biohybrid robots. Hiring fearless students and postdocs soon! Very grateful to @ERC_Research for many years supporting our basic science. Best possible news in the most uncertain times. @IBECBarcelona
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    Mar 31, 2020
    📣ERC Advanced Grants results are out! €450 million in funds for 185 researchers. Full details: bit.ly/2xAPWbm #ERCAdG 🇪🇺#EUfunded
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    Xavier Trepat
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    Jul 14, 2021
    Mechanical forces in organoids is the cover story of @NatureCellBio. Back to back papers by @priscaliberali @EdouardHannezo and our lab! Cover image crafted by @gerardoceada @PerezGonzalezCa and @QiutanYang 😀🎈 @IBECBarcelona @icreacommunity
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    Xavier Trepat
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    Sep 21, 2020
    Our preprint on the mechanobiology of intestinal organoids is out! Led by @PerezGonzalezCa and @gerardoceada. Collaboration with @DMVlab and Marino Arroyo. @IBECBarcelona biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 👇
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    Xavier Trepat
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    Mar 7, 2019
    A Deblais presents bounded assemblies of rod-like robots made motile through self-vibration. Wonderful model to understand the emergence of persistent motion. #APSmarch journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/1…
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