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Eulàlia Belloc, associate researcher in Raúl Méndez’s lab, explains to “Què Qui Com” (TV3) how they make use of eggs from the frog Xenopus laevis. The scientist describes the care taken when handling the frogs, extracts eggs live on the programme, and explains how they study the proteins in the eggs with the aim to further elucidate fundamental processes such as cell division.
See Què Qui Com: Ous al laboratori (TV3), from 2'10" to 7'20". In Catalan
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The Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) pursues a society free of disease. To this end, it conducts multidisciplinary research of excellence to cure cancer and other diseases linked to ageing. It establishes technology transfer agreements with the pharmaceutical industry and major hospitals to bring research results closer to society, and organises a range of science outreach activities to engage the public in an open dialogue. IRB Barcelona is an international centre that hosts 400 researchers and more than 30 nationalities. Recognised as a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence since 2011, IRB Barcelona is a CERCA centre and member of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).
