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BIST and UPF launch the first Master of Multidisciplinary Research in Experimental Sciences
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Innovation
Innovating against cancer
Tumour (red) covered by collagen (green), which is being deposited by cells of the immune system (cyan). (Image: Mariana Muzzopappa, IRB Barcelona)
Scientific - Published in the Proceedings of the National Academic of Sciences
Internal mechanism found to be responsible for the limitless growth potential of epithelial tumours
Fran Supek has been awarded with an ERC Starting Grant
Institutional - ERC Starting Grants support young talented researchers over 5 years
Europe gives a boost to Supek’s research in cancer genomics
Drosophila polytene chromosome. In yellow, the chromocenter region where heterochromatin is accumulated. Image: Jordi Bernués, IRB Barcelona.
Scientific - Published in Nature Communications
Histone 1, the guardian of genome stability
Image representing the effects of the circadian clock in ageing (Author: Iris Joval Granollers)
Scientific - The two studies are published in Cell
Ageing is exacerbated by alterations of stem cell circadian rhythm
Eduard Batlle, head of the Colorectal Cancer laboratory at IRB Barcelona
Institutional
Exploring new frontiers in colorectal cancer research
Fran Supek is the first author of the study published today in Cell. Supek developed this work while he was working with Ben Lehner at CRG (Photo: M Minocri, IRB Barcelona)
Scientific - Published in Cell
Errors made by 'DNA spellchecker’ revealed as important cause of cancer
3D structure of the protein relaxase bound to a DNA fragment. The histidine residue that performs the DNA nicking, is shown in blue (bottom right) (Radoslaw Pluta, IRB Barcelon
Scientific - Published in PNAS
Researchers identify the component that allows a lethal type of bacteria to spread resistance to antibiotics

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