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The CNAG-CRG participated in the Pan-Cancer genome project by sequencing about 100 samples of chronic lymphatic leukaemia.
Research  06.03.2020

Ivo Gut (CNAG-CRG): “Pan-Cancer has been the world’s biggest cancer genome sequencing project”

Accelerated lung function decline occurs in any adult who gains weight, regardless of their body mass index. | Picture by I Yunmai from Unsplash.
Research  05.03.2020

Weight changes affect lung function in adulthood

Moving our body following the beat of a song requires great coordination from our brain. | Picture by Alexander Popov on Unsplash.
Public engagement  04.03.2020

Music rhythm on the brain

Wolbachia bacteria uses a number of strategies to manipulate cockroach reproduction to its own benefit.
Research  03.03.2020

Studying the evolution of unisexuality in beetles

Protein aggregates that appear in Schizosaccharomyces pombe yeast cells exposed to high temperatures. | Picture by Margarita Cabrera.
Research  02.03.2020

Scientists identify the main strategy of cells to deal with the accumulation of misfolded proteins

60-90% of the adult world population is infected by cytomegalovirus. It is a latent and asymptomatic infection. | Picture by Qimono from Pixabay.
Research  27.02.2020

New protection biomarker against cytomegalovirus in kidney transplant patients

The pre-registration for the 19th edition of the Beach Volleyball Championship of the PRBB opens on March 9. | Picture by Adrià Salido.
Community  26.02.2020

PRBB Beach Volley: 19 years linking passion for science and volleyball

PARP inhibitors are considered a potential treatment for cancer. | Picture by National Cancer Institute from Unsplash.
Research  24.02.2020

Designing PARP-specific inhibitors would enhance their effectiveness against cancer

Students tend to have a more solid position towards the scientific-technological path once they get older than 10-14 years old | Picture by NeONBRAND on Unsplash.
Public engagement  20.02.2020

“We must awake aspirations, not vocations, among youth”

Exposure to green spaces has been associated with a later age of menopause. Photo by Klimkin on Pixabay,
Research  19.02.2020

Spending time in green spaces could delay your menopause

Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo, researcher at IBE, was the mission commander of the latest 'trip to Mars' in Astroland, where he collected environmental samples to analyse.
Research  18.02.2020

A scientific field trip to Mars… on Earth

During the last 10 years, eating disorders cases have doubled globally. | Picture by Tom Sodoge on Unsplash.
Research  13.02.2020

Food addiction exists, and shares common features with drug addiction

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