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Roger Gomis, head of the Growth Control and Cancer Metastasis Lab
Institutional
IRB Barcelona researcher Roger Gomis receives an award for his work on cancer
The AECC ceremony was held in Madrid yesterday, 25th September, the World Cancer Research Day
Institutional
The Spanish Association Against Cancer awards funding to five projects at IRB Barcelona
Roger Gomis, head of the Growth Control and Cancer Metastasis Lab
Media mentions
Metastasis Cell Fate Mapping
Roger Gomis, head of the Growth Control and Cancer Metastasis Lab
Media mentions
Mapping tumour development
Institutional
Mapping tumour development
Image: BIST
Institutional
Gabby Silberman: “We have the obligation to give our scientists the tools to change the world"
Image: BIST
Institutional
300 researchers to meet at CosmoCaixa to explore the frontiers of scientific knowledge
Guiomar Solanas, research associate at the Stem Cells and Cancer Lab
Institutional
Three scientists from IRB Barcelona receive BIST’s "To the Mothers of Science" fellowship
Roger Gomis, head of the Growth Control and Cancer Metastasis Lab
Media mentions
Roger Gomis: The tumour defines the metastasis
Roger Gomis, head of the Growth Control and Cancer Metastasis Lab
Media mentions
Researchers at IRB Barcelona identify a protein that keeps metastatic breast cancer cells dormant
Interview on "Tarda Oberta"
Media mentions
Interview with researcher Roger Gomis on "Tarda Oberta"
Nuclei of metastatic breast cancer cells showing the protein MSK1 in green (Author: Cristina Figueras-Puig, IRB Barcelona)
Scientific
Researchers identify a protein that keeps metastatic breast cancer cells dormant
Roger Gomis, head of the Growth Control and Cancer Metastasis Lab
Media mentions
Roger Gomis on Radio Kanal Barcelona
Picture showing the metastasis of a primary breast tumour to bone (Author: Formas Naturales by Inbiomotion, IRB Barcelona)
Innovation
An international consortium identifies the breast cancer patients who would benefit from a treatment to prevent metastasis
Picture showing the metastasis of a primary breast tumour to bone (Author: Formas Naturales by Inbiomotion, IRB Barcelona)
Media mentions
New study to prevent metastasis of breast cancer
Innovation
Three innovation projects at IRB Barcelona are granted funding for market development
WIN.O non-alcoholic wine
Media mentions
Non-Alcoholic Wine to Fight Cancer
Aleix Prat (IDIBAPS), Roger Gomis (IRB Barcelona) and Juan Miguel Cejalvo (PhD student in the joint programme PhD4MD)
Scientific
A study reveals the biological changes in breast cancer between the primary tumour and metastases
Media mentions
"Thanks to research, cancer mortality rate declines 1% each year"
Media mentions
IRB Barcelona's research project on colon cancer has received AECC funding for five years
WIN.O non-alcoholic wine
Media mentions
WIN.0, a non-alcoholic wine by AECC to support cancer research
Media mentions
Roger Gomis: "We need to be one step ahead of metastasis"
Roger Gomis, head of the Growth Control and Cancer Metastasis Lab
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Inbiomotion against bone metastasis
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From research to product
34 researchers have been awarded in the 2016 edition. Today, all the attendees at the ceremony in the AECC institutional act held in Barcelona (Picture: AECC)
Institutional
The AECC supports cancer research at IRB Barcelona
Media mentions
The growth of breast cancer tumours relies on the availability of fat
Media mentions
Fat availability determines breast cancer growth
Breast tumours have high levels of LIPG expression (F Slebe, IRB Barcelona)
Innovation
Researchers discover that breast cancer tumour growth is dependent on lipid availability
Innovation
”la Caixa” leads an investment round in IRB Barcelona's spin off Inbiomotion
Innovation
Inbiomotion receives funding through the EU's Horizon 2020 programme