Genome Archives - El·lipse

06.08.2020

Insights from third phase of ENCODE: just five groups of cells make up the human body

Studying CTCF, an architectural protein that provides three-dimensionality to the genome, helps to understand the role of 3D genome architecture in several fundamental cellular processes.

18.06.2020

3-D shape of human genome essential for robust inflammatory response

Ulises Gonzalez Herrera excavating Playa del Mango in 2018. | Picture by Luis Viera Sanfiel.

12.06.2020

New study illuminates the history of the pre-Columbian settlement of the Caribbean

The way in which chromosomes occupy a 3-D space is crucial for regulating genome function and processes essential for life, such as DNA replication, transcription and DNA-damage repair.

11.06.2020

New tool to film dynamic genome changes

IBE researchers have developed a method to determine the chimpanzee subspecies with affordable genomic analysis that can be used to conserve endangered species.

08.06.2020

When genomics helps save chimps

Txema's drawing.

27.05.2020

Chimps and gorillas’ genomes could help better understand human tumours

Male lion at the Copenhagen Zoo in April 2014. | Picture by Ross Barnett, researcher at the GLOBE Institute and co-author of the study.

18.05.2020

Researchers analyze the evolutionary history of the lion, key to its conservation in the future

Both modern and ancient DNA analysis shows a clear separation of Basques, Gascons and Bretons from the rest of French populations. | Picture by slon_dot_pics from Pexels.

24.04.2020

Insights into the genetic history of France

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

06.03.2020

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

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

27.01.2020

EGA: repository, distributor and science accelerator

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.

17.01.2020

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

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.

13.12.2019

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