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Research

Picture obtained by the NASA Hubble telescope. The new algorithm, designed by the Notredame laboratory, does for the genome the same as this telescope to the space.
13.12.2019

A Hubble telescope for our genes: a new algorithm compares almost 1.5 million DNA sequences

11.12.2019

Observing the effect of pollution in children’s brains

The IMIM organised a course on the latest advances on Immunotherapy. | Picture by Daniel Frank from Unsplash.
29.11.2019

Moving forward in immunotherapy research

Jaw of a Gigantopithecus blacki (P1-M2=74mm). Credit image: Prof. Wei Wang; Edit: Theis Jensen.
20.11.2019

Paleoproteomics takes us back 2 million years and solves the mystery of a giant extinct ape

Image of Stroke Brain Blood Circulation. © Geralt (pixabay.com)
12.11.2019

High traffic noise is associated with more severe stroke

Poster created by Rocío Saravia, from the Laboratory of Neuropharmacology in the DCEXS-UPF.
08.11.2019

The PRBB holds the DCEXS-UPF annual symposium about biomedical research

A new study by IMIM researchers will help design safer drugs. Image by Joshua Coleman at Unsplash.
05.11.2019

Inside out: looking within our bodies improves drug design

Neurodegenerative diseases often run with protein aggregation; but is that aggregation the cause of the disease? Researchers at the CRG have used deep mutagenesis to get closer to the answer. Photo by pan xiaozhen on Unsplash.
22.10.2019

New insights into protein aggregation and neurodegenerative diseases 

Two postdocs, a PhD student and a technician have joined Miki Ebisuya and her custom made microscope at the PRBB.
16.10.2019

Recreating developmental biology in a dish

A portrait of a 80,000 year old Denisovan girl, recreated solely from molecular data. Art by Maayan visuals.
10.10.2019

The oldest portrait

The members of the laboratory are biomedical engineers and biologists. The head of the group, Javier Macías, is a physicist.l.
07.10.2019

“We don’t do biology; we do engineering with biological pieces”

The group at IMIM have discovered a key piece to treat metastatic, chemotherapy resistant tumours. Photo by Ryoji Iwata on Unsplash.
01.10.2019

A key piece discovered that would allow treating the most aggressive cancers

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