![Joaquín Arribas became the new IMIM director in March 2020 - just in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.](https://ellipse.prbb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Joaquin_Arribas_2000x1125px_edited-398x224.jpg)
Scientific life
![Joaquín Arribas became the new IMIM director in March 2020 - just in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.](https://ellipse.prbb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Joaquin_Arribas_2000x1125px_edited-398x224.jpg)
![The speed with which research results about the coronavirus are going from bench to publication is like nothing we've ever seen before. But it has risks.](https://ellipse.prbb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/covid_preprints_v02-398x224.jpg)
The coronavirus that accelerated science like nothing before
![Picture by AS_Appendorf from Pixabay.](https://ellipse.prbb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/videocall_2000x1125_no_edited-398x224.jpg)
Research life in times of the coronavirus pandemic
![Miki Ebisuya arrived to the EMBL Barcelona, at the PRBB, in 2018 to lead her group on synthetic developmental biology.](https://ellipse.prbb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Miki-Ebisuya2000x1125-398x224.jpg)
Miki Ebisuya (EMBL Barcelona): “Research is a privilege; I can spend my life studying what I find interesting”
![Metamorphosis is considered one of the most innovative processes in the evolution of insects. | Picture taken from the cover of the book "Insect Metamorphosis: From Natural History to Regulation of Development and Evolution".](https://ellipse.prbb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2000x1125px-398x224.png)
The new book of the insect metamorphosis expert, Xavier Bellés, is out
![Picture of the debate that took place after the screening of the documentary "Scientifilia".](https://ellipse.prbb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Scientifilia_2000x1125px-398x224.jpg)
A gender perspective on the scientific career
![Pilar Rivera runs the DCXES-UPF nanomedicine laboratory.](https://ellipse.prbb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Pilar-Rivera_1_2000x1125-398x224.jpg)
Pilar Rivera (DCEXS-UPF): “University is where knowledge is generated; you’re learning today what will be tomorrow’s news”
![Microomics, the second CRG spin-off, has just received two important grants.](https://ellipse.prbb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Microomics-398x224.jpg)
Microomics: next-generation sequencing to analyze the microbiome
![Toni Celià-Terrassa's research, in the IMIM, is focused on the mechanisms of breast cancer metastasis.](https://ellipse.prbb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Toni-Celià-Terrassa-2000x1125-398x224.jpg)
Toni Celià-Terrassa (IMIM): “More than 90% of cancer deaths are due to metastasis”
![Picture of the last edition of the Open Day at the PRBB. | © Jordi Casañas.](https://ellipse.prbb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/11F-398x224.jpg)
The reality of the gender gap in science: debates, activities and campaigns for February 11
![Attendees of the event organized by the SciTech DiploHub during the guided tour of the PRBB facilities. | Picture by SciTech DiploHub.](https://ellipse.prbb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Ellipse-398x224.jpg)
Catalan scientists living abroad meet in Barcelona
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