Research – Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology – BIST

Research CRG

August 24, 2026

First 3D map of ovary throughout reproductive lifespan reveals it counts its own eggs

As mice age, their total egg reserve collapses around tenfold. Yet, according to a new…

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Research ICN2

August 19, 2026

A new strategy to improve the effectiveness of clinical nanotherapies against glioblastoma

Researchers from the BIST Community centre ICN2 and the University of Manchester have identified specific…

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Research CRG

August 5, 2026

Life speaks one universal language to activate genes. It speaks many more to silence them

The signals that cells use to switch genes on have remained almost unchanged across two…

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Research IBEC

July 22, 2026

IBEC-led consortium develops light-activated drugs that restore sight in blind mice

A consortium led by the BIST Community centre IBEC developed this approach based on photopharmacology, a…

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Research CRG

July 17, 2026

ENCODE maps more than 92 million DNA elements that control human genes

The BIST Community centre CRG is part of the ENCODE consortium, which has produced the…

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Research IBEC

July 3, 2026

New study reveals how protein behaviour drives blood–brain barrier specialization

A team led by researchers at IBEC, in collaboration with the Proteomics Platform from IRB…

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Research BIST ICN2

July 1, 2026

A new flexible neural interface to “speak and listen” to the brain

A study led by the BIST Community centre ICN2 and the Institute of Microelectronics of…

Zoila Babot

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Research IFAE

June 26, 2026

New quantum experiment overcomes major obstacle in search for dark matter and gravitational waves

Diego Blas, ICREA researcher at the BIST Community centre IFAE, participates in the AION collaboration,…

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Research ICIQ

June 25, 2026

Biomarkers found in milk enable earlier detection of bovine mastitis

A team at the BIST Community centre ICIQ, led by Prof. Beatriz Prieto‑Simón, has developed…

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Research IRB Barcelona

June 16, 2026

A study by IRB Barcelona and the BSC rethinks the origin of our cells as a story of microbial alliances

• A team led by Dr. Toni Gabaldón at the BIST Community centre IRB Barcelona…

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Research CRG

June 12, 2026

Collagen, the human body’s most abundant protein, is liquid-like inside cells

Collagen, the protein that builds skin, bones, tendons and organs, exists inside cells as a…

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Research IFAE

June 5, 2026

The new LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Catalog sets new records in precision gravitational astronomy

The LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration has published a new catalog including 161 gravitational wave events detected between…

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