In this episode our hosts chat to Dr Juan González Valdivieso, a researcher at Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV). A former colleague of CeMi, this year Juan received a Marie Curie postdoctoral grant for the development of a new project that aims to contribute to improving treatments for patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). We hope you are all having a lovely time over the holiday period and a happy new year when it comes!