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Scientific life  10.07.2020

First Virtual Symposium on Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics

About 95% of pancreatic cancer patients die within 5 years. Scientists at the DCEXS-UPF may have found a solution. Picture taken from science4life.
Scientific life  06.07.2020

Nanotarg: nanocapsules against pancreatic cancer

Picture by Cocoparisienne from Pixabay.
Research  02.07.2020

Researchers find the origin of current sled dogs in Siberia, 9500 years ago

The findings provide further evidence that modifying environmental exposures early in life can limit the risk of obesity and associated complications. | Picture by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay.
Research  30.06.2020

Air pollution, smoking and built environment are associated with an increased risk of childhood obesity

The coronavirus pandemic has aggravated and increased the cases of mental health disorders in certain population groups. | Picture by Tumisu from Needpix.
Research  29.06.2020

Two projects to study the impact of COVID-19 on mental health

Community  26.06.2020

The PRBB choir and orchestra, rehearsals during lockdown

Detecting cancer in human tissues, LM. Credit: Aamir Ahmed, Jane Pendjiky and Michael Millar. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Public engagement  25.06.2020

Cancer: a problem of brakes and accelerators

We know that animals support people in difficult times, but this benefit has never been measured in a context where the whole population has been exposed to the same problem, on the scale of the COVID-19 epidemic. | Picture by Bruno Cervera from Unsplash.
Research  23.06.2020

Companion animals have been key for emotional support during lockdown

Scientific life  22.06.2020

How to be a researcher and a mum in times of Covid-19

Nearly half of the parets believe the physical and emotional health, as well as the quality of life of children will be affected after lockdown.
Research  21.06.2020

Lockdown has affected the health of children in Spain

Studying CTCF, an architectural protein that provides three-dimensionality to the genome, helps to understand the role of 3D genome architecture in several fundamental cellular processes.
Research  18.06.2020

3-D shape of human genome essential for robust inflammatory response

From left to right, Tomàs Marquès-Bonet and Salvador Carranza, former and new IBE director, respectively.
Community  17.06.2020

Face to face: the outgoing and incoming directors of the IBE reflect on the centre

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