January 10, 2022
Five researchers from BIST centres receive ERC Starting Grants
The European Research Council (ERC) announced the recipients of the 2021 Starting Grants today. Drs.…
December 16, 2021
One mutation or two? Researchers in Spain discover why some genes require one or two hits to promote cancer
• The finding is equivalent to discovering a new 'grammatical rule' in genetic language, one explaining…
November 26, 2021
IRB Barcelona opens a new laboratory to study the link between inflammation and cancer
Dr. Direna Alonso-Curbelo, who was previously at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New…
November 12, 2021
Palmitic acid promotes cancer metastasis and leaves a more aggressive “memory” in tumour cells
Researchers at IRB Barcelona, a BIST centre, publish in the journal Nature the mechanism by…
November 11, 2021
Centriole instability might contribute to some cases of microcephaly
Researchers at the BIST centre IRB Barcelona identify the γ-tubulin ring complex (or γTuRC) as…
October 29, 2021
Four commonly used medications reverse Alzheimer’s disease in mice
Scientists at IRB Barcelona characterise the molecular features of three distinct stages of Alzheimer's disease,…
October 12, 2021
The future of cancer research debated in Barcelona
This month, the BIST centre IRB Barcelona and the BBVA Foundation organised the Barcelona Biomed…
September 23, 2021
Scientists reveal how the impact of chemotherapy on healthy cells affects the development of blood cells
• By analysing secondary acute myeloid leukaemias, researchers at the BIST centre IRB Barcelona have detected…
September 10, 2021
A new method to understand protein dynamics and the regulation of cellular processes
Scientists at the BIST centre IRB Barcelona propose a new approach based on co-evolutionary information,…
August 5, 2021
Machine learning fuels personalised cancer medicine
The Biomedical Genomics laboratory at IRB Barcelona has developed a computational tool that identifies cancer…