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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

The leftover biological material that is donated is stored in biobanks, installations that keep collections of blood, urine, DNA and tissues, as well as all its associated information. | Pictures by Markus Spiske and Creators Collective from Unsplash.
Research  03.01.2020

The Spanish Biobank Network, 10 years coordinating the collection of samples for research

Research  20.12.2019

ERC grants and genomics hints into bird extinctions

In this book, the researcher Carles Lalueza-Fox brings us the possibility of 'reviving' extinct species, such as mammoths. | Picture from Pixabay.
Public engagement  19.12.2019

“De-extinctions”, a book by Carles Lalueza-Fox

Our health depends on the health of the planet. This was the focus of the round table organized at COP25 by ISGlobal.
Public engagement  16.12.2019

Planetary Health Debate at COP25 Climate Change Conference

Picture obtained by the NASA Hubble telescope. The new algorithm, designed by the Notredame laboratory, does for the genome the same as this telescope to the space.
Research  13.12.2019

A Hubble telescope for our genes: a new algorithm compares almost 1.5 million DNA sequences

The young researcher from Olot, Marc Güell, head of the laboratory of Translational Synthetic Biology at the DCEXS-UPF in the PRBB, has been distinguished by the Catalan Foundation for Research.
Community  10.12.2019

Marc Güell (DCEXS-UPF) receives the National Research Award for Young Talent

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