The director of the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, Luis Serrano, explained the latest developments of his research group on Systems Biology in a conference of the series of seminars IDIBELL on February 24. One of the highlights of the Serrano team is to study proteins, not as single molecules, but as parts […]
The researcher of the Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM Research in New York, Pablo Meyer, explained in a special seminar on 16 February his research on the regulation of cellular metabolism based on the distribution of enzymes and mitochondria in the cytoplasm. Meyer and his team have shown in E.coli that the location and
The research group New Therapies on Genes and Transplantation at the IDIBELL first studied the response of human NK cells (Natural Killer) against porcine chondrocytes (cartilage cells). The results of the research, published in The Journal of Immunology, indicate that these cells, characteristic of the innate immune system play an important role in the rejection
Factors influencing Citomeglaovirus infection (CMV) and how to prevent it focused the conference of the researcher at the Institute for Biomedical Research Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre in Madrid, Jose Maria Aguado, in IDIBELL seminar series on 17 February. CMV is an herpes virus that affects the vast majority of patients with solid organ transplantation.
The director of IDIBELL, Emilia Pola, was the first protagonist of a series of interviews that the scientist program Eureka! at COM Ràdio will make to the directors of major research centers in Catalonia. Listen to the interview: www.comradioblocs.com/eureka
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The Newpaper El Mundo ranks the IDIBELL researcher Manel Esteller as one of the most influent health professionals in Spain of 2011. Other relevant personalities of the ranking are Joan Rodés, Josep Baselga and Anna Veiga. Manel Esteller is the Director of the Cancer Epigenetics and Biology program of IDIBELL, ICREA (Catalan Institute for Research
On Saturday February 18 the second Workshop on Rett syndrome will be held. The event is organized by the Teknon Foundation and the Catalan Association of Rett syndrome. The IDIBELL researcher Manel Esteller will take part in the seminar. The event will be followed on live via IDIBELL website and it will be possible to
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The director of the genetics service at the Hospital de Sant Pau, Montserrat Baiget, explained the latest developments of her research group in pharmacogenetics. It was on February 10 under the IDIBELL seminar series. Starting from the premise that the future of medicine and new therapies involve applying genomics, the group led by Montserrat Baiget
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The proficiency that a bilingual person has of both languages, the context in which he speaks them or unconscious changes in their use are the factors that make people who speak Spanish and Catalan switch from one language to another. The group of Cognition and Brain Plasticity at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led
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The researcher Jesus Garcia Foncillas has recently joined the Institute of Health Research ‘Fundación Jiménez Díaz’ as director of the Cancer Research Unit. There he continues his research in the field of microRNA, how they control the expression of genes and how they can be useful in clinic. He explained his progress in the seminar
