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The Spanish Health Research Fund will finance 27 IDIBELL research projects
The Instituto de Salud Carlos III has issued a preliminary determination of the grant program in Health Research Projects of the Health Research Fund (FIS), corresponding to the call of 2011. The 27 IDIBELL selected projects will receive three million 400 000 Euros over the next four years.
International experts participate in the Genomic Imprinting Conference, organized by IDIBELL
The “Imprinting and Beyond: Monoallelic expression in Health and Disease” conference, hosted by David Monk (PEBC-IDIBELL) and Robert Feil (CNRS-Montpellier, France) was held on the 21st-23rd September at Institut d’Estudis Catalans. Institut d’Estudis Catalans
Manel Esteller receives the National Genetics Award
The awarded scientifics are the IDIBELL researcher, Manel Esteller, and the professor of genetics at the University of Seville, Enrique Cerdà, in the categories of applications to genetics and basic genetics, respectively.
Andrew Plested: “We want to know how neurons obtain information, how they store it and how they process it
In order to answer these ambitious questions, Andrew Plestan focuses his research on one of the pieces involved in these processes: the glutamate receptors. “By understanding how they work, we understand the neural connections and how the brain processes and stores information.” Plested has explained his progress in a session within the IDIBELL seminar series on September 16th.
IDIBELL brings together outstanding experts on Bioinformatics, Systems Biology and Regulatory Genomics
Outstanding experts in bioinformatics, systems biology and regulatory genomics from around the world will meet from 14 to 19 October at IDIBELL to discuss the latest developments in these fields. DREAM ENGINEERING CHALLENGES President: Gustavo Stolovitzky CANCER CONFERENCE ON RICCI Informatics President: Miguel Angel Pujana RECOMB Systems Biology President: Andrea Califano RECOMB REGULATORY GENOMICS President: Manolis Kells
The course begins at IDIBELL
The new course begins in IDIBELL with the resumption of external seminars. As always, the sessions take place on Friday at one pm in the auditorium of the Duran Reynals Hospital (ICO), the Bellvitge University Hospital and the Bellvitge Campus of the University of Barcelona. More information
IUD reduces by half the risk of cervical cancer
The study involved more than 20 000 women from different countries Intrauterine devices (IUDs) may protect against cervical cancer. This is the conclusion of the broadest epidemiological study to date in which has participated the research group in Viruses and Cancer of IDIBELL, published at The Lancet Oncology. Reduces the risk by half Article’s reference
IDIBELL Researchers discover why tumour cells change their appearance
If environmental conditions of tumors are changed, the process reverses The study is led by Manel Esteller Like snakes, tumour cells shed their skin. Cancer is not a static disease but during its development the disease accumulates changes to evade natural defences adapting to new environmental circumstances, protecting against chemotherapy and radiotherapy and invading neighbouring organs, eventually causing metastasis. Article reference