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| Edited picture from the National Cancer Institute on Unsplash.
Research  07.04.2020

On Covid-19 research at the PRBB

Increases in aridity such as those expected from climate change could dramatically alter and even endanger ecosystems in arid areas of our planet. | Picture by Parsing Eye from Unsplash.
Research  06.04.2020

A global map of the planet’s desertification

It is revealed for the first time how neurons carry essential genetic code for their growth and movement, thus promoting the formation and storage of long-term memories. | Picture by Anita Jankovic from Unsplash.
Research  03.04.2020

Closer to figuring out the molecular mechanisms responsible for creating memories

Miki Ebisuya arrived to the EMBL Barcelona, at the PRBB, in 2018 to lead her group on synthetic developmental biology.
Scientific life  01.04.2020

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".
Scientific life  27.03.2020

The new book of the insect metamorphosis expert, Xavier Bellés, is out

In Spain, around 41% of children aged 6 to 9 years were overweight and/or obese in 2015. | Picture by Kevin Gent from Unsplash.
Research  24.03.2020

Childhood overweight trend shows a slight decrease, but increases in disadvantaged environments

Picture of the debate that took place after the screening of the documentary "Scientifilia".
Scientific life  22.03.2020

A gender perspective on the scientific career

Pilar Rivera runs the DCXES-UPF nanomedicine laboratory.
Scientific life  19.03.2020

Pilar Rivera (DCEXS-UPF): “University is where knowledge is generated; you’re learning today what will be tomorrow’s news”

A new study explains the evolution of virus-plant interactions in Mediterranean ecosystems by considering environmental fluctuations in each case. | Picture by Dengrz from Unsplash.
Research  16.03.2020

Researchers model the role of the environment on the spread of viral infections in plants

Microomics, the second CRG spin-off, has just received two important grants.
Scientific life  13.03.2020

Microomics: next-generation sequencing to analyze the microbiome

The BALSAC database contains the genealogical relationships that links five million individuals, the majority married in Quebec in the last four centuries. | Picture by David Anderson from Unsplash.
Research  11.03.2020

Combining genetics with genealogy to identify the dead in unmarked graves

The mechanisms shown in this study are not specific to the two species of bacteria and the antibiotics used. | Picture by Anna Shvets from Pexels.
Research  10.03.2020

Bacteria might help each other to resist antibiotics better

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