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The new platform COVID-19 Viral Beacon helps navigate the SARS-CoV-2 ocean of data. Photo by Xulong Liu on Unsplash
Research  15.09.2020

A beacon in the ocean of SARS-CoV-2 data

Grants from the European Research Council and the la Caixa Foundation will help carry out research projects on evolution, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer's, brain and malaria.
Community, Scientific life  08.09.2020

Nine million euros go to young scientists at the PRBB centres for cutting-edge research

Cute cats and fake news can be found side by side on social media. The group led by Luc Steel at IBE tries to apply evolution concepts to analyse social media behavious. Image by First Create The Media.
Research  01.09.2020

Cat pics, chonky bois and Charles Darwin: what evolutionary biology can teach us about social media

A study of 1,200 children analyzed the trajectory of weight up to the age of four and its relationship with lung function at age seven. Photo by Kelly Sikkema via Unsplash.
Research  29.08.2020

Weight gain in the first years of life can affect lung function

SEM of red blood corpuscles, close-up. From Wellcome images.
Research  25.08.2020

Phf19 regulates the generation of blood cells

Images of mouse embryos with different cell types marked in different colors. From Saiz N. et al.
Research  22.08.2020

Mechanism of embryo robustness discovered

How do we decide when and if we should use the new genome editing technologies, whose impact may be noticed in future generations?
Public engagement  18.08.2020

Genome editing with CRISPR

Maria Grau, investigadora de l'IMIM, i José Miguel Baena-Díez. investigador de l'IDIAPJGol (Centre d'Atenció Primària La Marina), són els principals autors del treball.
Research  14.08.2020

Covid-19 hits hardest the most deprived

Researchers at ISGlobal have studied the effects of night-time exposure to blue light. Photo by Wyron A via Unsplash.
Research  12.08.2020

Night-time exposure to the light emitted by mobiles and white LEDs linked to higher colorectal cancer risk

Once we have a coronavirus vaccine, will there be people who won't want to get vaccinated? And why? Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash.
Public engagement  10.08.2020

What if… there is a coronavirus vaccine and people don’t want to get vaccinated?

Research  06.08.2020

Insights from third phase of ENCODE: just five groups of cells make up the human body

Marga Sala, general manager of the PRBB, is grateful for the resilience and ability to adapt to the new circumstances shown by all the staff during the coronavirus crisis.
Community  04.08.2020

Marga Sala (PRBB): “We went from 2000 to 200 people in the building in two days”

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