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Researchers find that NFAT5 helps control the levels of interferons during the immune response. Image by allinonemovie from Pixabay.
Research  12.02.2020

New key element to control interferons during the immune response

Toni Celià-Terrassa's research, in the IMIM, is focused on the mechanisms of breast cancer metastasis.
Scientific life  10.02.2020

Toni Celià-Terrassa (IMIM): “More than 90% of cancer deaths are due to metastasis”

Picture of the last edition of the Open Day at the PRBB. | © Jordi Casañas.
Scientific life  05.02.2020

The reality of the gender gap in science: debates, activities and campaigns for February 11

EMBL Barcelona and IBEC found it interesting to use their synergy to start a collaboration and they decided to do it with a symposium that will bring together international experts in multicellular systems.
Research  03.02.2020

EMBL Barcelona co-organizes a Conference on Engineering in Multicellular Systems

The only intervention that has been proved to work in order to live longer is caloric restriction. | Pictures by Priscilla Du Preez and Otavio Matos from Unsplash.
Research  29.01.2020

Ana Maria Cuervo (Albert Einstein College of Medicine): “Food clocking helps clean our cells”

The EGA (European Genome-Phenome Archive) is a kind of showcase for genomic studies worldwide. | Picture by Daniel von Appen from Unsplash.
Research  27.01.2020

EGA: repository, distributor and science accelerator

Antibiotic resistance is becoming a huge public health problem. Researchers at ISGlobal are playing all their cards to help solve the problem. Photo by CDC on Unsplash.
Public engagement  24.01.2020

Want to help solve the antibiotic resistance crisis? Play your cards right

Attendees of the event organized by the SciTech DiploHub during the guided tour of the PRBB facilities. | Picture by SciTech DiploHub.
Scientific life  22.01.2020

Catalan scientists living abroad meet in Barcelona

Every 4 seconds a new case of Alzheimer's is diagnosed in the world. The PENSA Study aims to stop cognitive impairment in stages prior to the onset of dementia.
Research  20.01.2020

PENSA Study: a commitment to primary prevention in Alzheimer’s

Women have two copies of chromosome X, while men have one X and one Y. This little Y chromosome holds the key to why men have higher risk of cancer. Photo by Kate Whitley CC-BY.
Research  17.01.2020

Six Y chromosome genes could explain men’s increased risk of cancer

Scientific life  16.01.2020

A matter of gender (or gender matters)

Scientific life  10.01.2020

A transversal office: from strategy and scientific policy, to projects and training

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