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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

The competition aims to analyze the data set that Florence Nightingale used to determine the causes of death of the British Army during the Crimean War.

Public engagement 15.06.2020

Rladies host contest to commemorate Florence Nightingale’s 200th anniversary

Ulises Gonzalez Herrera excavating Playa del Mango in 2018. | Picture by Luis Viera Sanfiel.

Research 12.06.2020

New study illuminates the history of the pre-Columbian settlement of the Caribbean

The way in which chromosomes occupy a 3-D space is crucial for regulating genome function and processes essential for life, such as DNA replication, transcription and DNA-damage repair.

Research 11.06.2020

New tool to film dynamic genome changes

Joaquín Arribas became the new IMIM director in March 2020 - just in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.

Community, Scientific life 09.06.2020

Joaquín Arribas (IMIM’s director): “We want to be the bridge between the research close to the patient and the PRBB high-tech”