UPF Archives - El·lipse

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.

03.01.2020

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

20.12.2019

ERC grants and genomics hints into bird extinctions

Through the microscope, nanoparticles look like fireworks. | Picture by Pau Riba (Systems Bioengineering Lab, DCEXS-UPF).

01.11.2019

The wonderful world of nanoparticles

The media have a great potential to influence the formation of opinions and attitudes. The Quiral Report has studied the gender perspective in health-related articles in the mass media.

08.07.2019

Women and health in the media, still a pending issue

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

12.06.2019

Rin4′: more than a science talk competition

13.05.2019

Nutrient availability and embryonic growth are connected

09.05.2019

BioJunior and the PRBB Prize fill the Park with more than 2000 students

Il·lustracions de la campanya "La prevenció és cosa de tots. Comença per tu!" (dissenyador: Roger Ametller).

03.05.2019

Award for the occupational health prevention campaign of the PRBB centres

Guadalupe Espadas-Garcia works at the CRG-UPF proteomics unit.

11.02.2019

Getting to know… Guadalupe Espadas-Garcia (Proteomics unit, CRG-UPF)

08.02.2019

Citizen science, respiratory health and the link between microbiota and addictions

The iGEM team after their presentation of the project at the competition in Boston (From left to right: Marc Güell, Avencia Sánchez-Mejías, Marta Vilademunt, Óscar Rodríguez, Laura Sans, Jordi Pla, Dimitrije Ivančić, Eva Gonzalez, Guillem Lopez-Grado, Carla Castignani and Oriol Solà).

01.02.2019

GARGANTUA: the modified bacteria to prevent metastasis

Capsaicin, the substance that gives peppers their kick, was the focus of the winner project. Photo Pixabay.

30.04.2018

“Spice as a disinfectant” wins the XIII PRBB Award