Contributions to Science

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  Año 2013, Vol. 9, Número 1

  • Distinguished lectures. Ramon Margalef Award for Ecology 2012

    • Daniel Simberloff: Creative and devastating

      Joan Lluís Pretus Real

      • Texto completo

      págs. 5-6

      

    • Biological invasions: Much progress plus several controversies

      Daniel Simberloff

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 7-16

      

  • The Nobel Prizes of 2011

    • Crystallography and the Nobel Prizes: On the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded to Dan Shechtman

      J. Francesc Piniella

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 17-23

      

  • The Nobel Prizes of 2012

    • Smart cell-surface receptors: On the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded to Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka

      Rafael Franco, Marisol Aymerich Soler

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 25-32

      

    • The Gedankenexperimente of quantum mechanics become reality: On the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded to Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland

      Jordi Mompart

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 33-41

      

  • Celebration of the Centennial of the Catalan Society for Biology, 1912?2012

    • First International Conference of Biology of Catalonia (CIBICAT), ‘Global questions on advanced biology’ (Barcelona, 9–12 July, 2012)

      Josep Clotet

      págs. 43-49

      

    • Bacterial pathogenesis as an imperfect symbiosis

      Josep Casadesús Pursals

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 51-56

      

    • Multidisciplinary approaches towards compartmentalization in development: Dorsoventral boundary formation of the Drosophila wing disc as a case study

      Javier Buceta

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 57-66

      

    • Anti-angiogenic therapy for cancer and the mechanisms of tumor resistance

      Gabriela Jiménez Valerio, Oriol Casanovas i Casanovas

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 67-73

      

  • Research reviews

    • Temperament and tuning of early 19th century Hispanic keyboard instruments: A study of the monochord integrated into a fortepiano made by Francisco Fernández (1828)

      Romà Escalas Llimona

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 75-88

      

    • The contribution of the Barcelona World Race to improved ocean surface information. A validation of the SMOS remotely sensed salinity

      Jordi Salat, Marta Umbert, Joaquim Ballabrera Poy, Pedro Fernández Velandia, Kintxo Salvador, Justino Martínez

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 89-100

      

  • Forum

    • The United Nations University Institute on Globalization, Culture and Mobility (UNU-GCM) in Barcelona: Mission and vision

      Parvati Nair

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 101-106

      

    • The Institute for Catalan Studies and the International Women’s Day, 2006–2013

      Carme Puche

      • Texto completo

      págs. 107-108

      

  • Historical Corner

    • The American dream of Rafael Guastavino (1842–1908)

      Mercè Piqueras

      • Texto completo

      págs. 109-112