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Neurodegenerative diseases often run with protein aggregation; but is that aggregation the cause of the disease? Researchers at the CRG have used deep mutagenesis to get closer to the answer. Photo by pan xiaozhen on Unsplash.

Research 22.10.2019

New insights into protein aggregation and neurodegenerative diseases

The 'Severo Ochoa' Center of Excellence distinctive aims to fund and accredit highly competitive research centers worldwide. | Picture by Ibrahim Boran from Unsplash.

Scientific life 18.10.2019

ISGlobal is the third PRBB centre to receive an accreditation of excellence

The PRBB residents during the 10-minute stop due to the Climate Emergency.

Community 03.10.2019

Fridays For Future: PRBB researchers join the cause

The brain consists of very complicated cells called neurons and they build up very complex networks (Picture by Juniorbolivar at Wikipedia).

Public engagement 19.09.2019

Biochemistry: from destroying to creating

Without having to give up the summer pleasures, some of the PRBB centres offer some courses to young people to enter the scientific world (Images form Wikipedia and Pixabay).

Public engagement 08.08.2019

Students dive into the scientific world of the PRBB

The PRBB centers commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci with a visual installation at the Ciutadella/Vila Olímpica subway station.

Public engagement 24.07.2019

“Leonardo da Vinci at the PRBB”, a mural decoration in the metro

Mar Albà collaborates with the BSC to organize Advances in Computational Biology conference

Research 21.06.2019

Advances in Computational Biology, a conference with a feminine touch

Artem Komissarov studies the molecular transport within neurons. Illustration by David S. Goodsell, the Scripps Research Institute.

Public engagement 12.06.2019

Rin4′: more than a science talk competition

Quorum sensing, a type of bacterial communication, is the regulation of gene expression in response to fluctuations in cell-population density (Picture by qimono at Pixabay).

Scientific life 30.05.2019

Things you need to know before going into science

Example of urban gardening in the rooftop of a building in Barcelona.

Research 17.04.2019

Urban gardening and the health of socially vulnerable people

The session on breast cancer brought together doctors, researchers and patients. Photo by Charles via Unsplash.

Research 03.04.2019

Life after breast cancer

Erythrocytes are the majority of the blood cells, and give the blood its red colour. In leukemia, the proportions of blood cells are reversed.

Public engagement 12.03.2019

What is leukaemia and why does it appear?