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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

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

The sleep-awake cycle is the classic example of circadian rhythm, but not the only one. Photo by Levi Guzman in Unsplash.

Public engagement 27.11.2019

Dancing to the circadian rhythms

Amongst the 6,216 most influential scientists in the world, we find seven scientists from the PRBB centers | Picture by Patrick Tomasso in Unsplash.

Community 22.11.2019

Seven PRBB researchers amongst the most cited international scientists

Jaw of a Gigantopithecus blacki (P1-M2=74mm). Credit image: Prof. Wei Wang; Edit: Theis Jensen.

Research 20.11.2019

Paleoproteomics takes us back 2 million years and solves the mystery of a giant extinct ape

Joana Porcel, research manager at ISGlobal.

Scientific life 30.10.2019

Joana Porcel (ISGlobal): “My scientific and admin experiences help me link two worlds that tend to go separately”

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