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Molecular biology

It is revealed for the first time how neurons carry essential genetic code for their growth and movement, thus promoting the formation and storage of long-term memories. | Picture by Anita Jankovic from Unsplash.
03.04.2020

Closer to figuring out the molecular mechanisms responsible for creating memories

The IMIM research group studies tumor invasion and Snail's role in cell dedifferentiation.
30.03.2020

Designing inhibitors of tumor evolution to make cancer a chronic disease

How we are is not just determined by our genes. The environment and epigenetics play crucial roles. Image by Patrick Neufelder in Pixabay.
10.04.2019

Epigenetics, beyond the genes

Torre de telecomunicaciones Collserola en Barcelona (Imagen de Pexels)
20.03.2019

Cells also “speak” to each other

Vikas Trivedi group at EMBL-Barcelona, doing research on bioengineering, organoids and developmental biology
07.02.2019

“To understand how cells form embryos, we build embryos”

Depiction of RNA Polymerase II
21.10.2017

From genes to proteins… or to non-coding RNA

Four female mouse blastocyst embryos are arranged in the shape of an X, symbolising the changes happening to the X-chromosome at this stage. Bernhard Payer’s lab at the CRG
10.06.2017

Dealing with Gender Balance

The Nobel Prize Sydney Brenner during his speech at the PRBB Auditorium. Photo by Frederic Camallonga.
10.05.2014

Sydney Brenner: “I’m interested in the science of solving problems”

Signal transduction in the cell is still a topic of intense research (Image from Skeeze at Pixabay).
21.05.2012

Signal transduction: How the cellular communication network works

17.11.2009

DNA, the molecular basis of life

Ion channels play an essential role in the synapses. Without them, the nervous system would not be able to send or receive signals (Picture by ZEISS Microscopy at Wikipedia).
13.03.2008

Crossing the channels

Alternative splicing helps to increase protein diversity by using genetic elements of a gene in different constellations. Plattenbau.store images
18.06.2007

What’s splicing?

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