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New advances in the study of megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy
Some types of leukodystrophies, that are neurodegenerative hereditary myelin disorders, are characterized by the presence of vacuoles in which myelin lamellae isolate CNS axons . The megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy (MLC), caused by mutations in the gene MLC1 and GlialCAM is a rare disease with appearance of this type of vacuoles, and currently there is no treatment […]
Jaume Reventós, new director of IDIBELL
The Board of trustees of IDIBELL has approved on Tuesday March 18th in a extraordinary meeting on appointment of Dr. Jaume Reventós as IDIBELL’s director. Jaume Reventós (Barcelona, 1953) is a doctor (1977, UAB). He attended and received his specialty of Biochemistry (1982) in the MIR at the Vall d’Hebron Hospital in Barcelona. So far, […]
Excess in the protein that causes Rett Syndrome damages neurons
The MECP2 protein controls the activity of hundreds of genes in neurons. When mutations cause loss of its activity appears Rett syndrome, a disease of neurodevelopment which is the second most common cause of mental retardation in females after Down syndrome. An increased activity of MECP2 could also alter neurons as men with extra copies […]
I2:INNOVACIÓ IDIBELL
On March 12th, the small hall of the University Hospital of Bellvitge hosted the conference ” I2: INNOVATION IDIBELL ” organized by the Tech Transfer Office at IDIBELL . The session was an opportunity to present the different stages of the innovation process from the idea to the market. The conference, which opened the Medical […]
Exposure to snuff smoke in non-smokers fell by 90 % in Spain after the implementation of tobacco control laws
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Predoctoral representatives’ new committee
On Friday March 14th the election for electing the new IDIBELL predoctoral committee took place. After counting up, these are the new predoctoral representatives for the next two years: The turnout was 51.75% of a total census of 114 voters. The 59 votes cast were in favor of the list, 0 blank votes and 0 […]
Horizon H2020 Session. Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions
On Wednesday 5 March, the small hall of the University Hospital of Bellvitge (HUB) hosted a briefing on Sklodowska Marie Curie Actions of Horizon 2020 program of the European Union organized by the TTO IDIBELL. Aida Diaz, part of the team of European and International Service Projects AGAUR (SPEI-AGAUR) explained the different financing schemes for […]
Idibell study part of first Transbio Sudoe collaboration project
The first Transbio Sudoe collaboration project has just been approved. It will be led byJulián Cerón, of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (Idibell), and Denis Dupuy, of the European Institute of Chemistry and Biology (IECB). The project is entitled Functional genomic analysis of the SM-like protein family in C. elegans and over the coming four […]
Manel Esteller,Vanguardia Science Award
The researcher Manel Esteller, Director of Epigenetics and Cancer Biology program at the Institute of Biomedical Research of Bellvitge (IDIBELL ), ICREA researcher and professor of Genetics at the University of Barcelona has won the Vanguardia Award for Science 2013. The selected research work has been published in 2013 in the journal Genome Research and […]