News

• 19 November 2008
  Researchers at IRB Barcelona produce new data on key genes in diabetes

  They discover the relation between genes that affect the capacity of a cell to generate energy.

• 4 November 2008
  New genetic control "machinery"

  Researchers discover that the binding of three proteins is required to activate the programme of genes that are involved in the development of the nervous system of the fruit fly.

• 4 November 2008
  Science Week'08: Biological bytes

  IRB Barcelona and BSC open up the Experimental Bioinformatics Laboratory to explain the research into the life sciences performed by the supercomputer MareNostrum.

• 24 October 2008
  Experiments for all

  Researchers at IRB Barcelona collaborate with the Barcelona Science Park and the Caixa Catalunya in the workshop called "“Do research!", which is aimed at the general public.

• 14 October 2008
  Design of a compound that stabilizes the main natural suppressor of tumours

  The study performed by IRB Barcelona and ICIQ on the p53 protein opens up a new strategy for the development of antitumor drugs.

• 6 October 2008
  Shape does matter

  The development of organisms, the first step towards understanding human disease.

• 8 September 2008
  A new strategy to speed up drug discovery

  Multicomponent reactions revolutionizes the long and costly process of drug synthesis

• 4 September 2008
  Navas appointed director of the Instituto de Salud Carlos III

  IRB Barcelona Executive Board president main's mission is to boost research in biomedicine and health sciences in Spain

• 5 August 2008
  Study questions validity of anti-inflammatory target

  Researchers at IRB Barcelona participate in Harvard University study, published in Nature Immunology

• 21 July 2008
  Why are there fewer female scientists at the top?

  Four women experts offer practical advice on how to maintain leadership positions in science in a Forum organized by IRB Barcelona and the BBVA Foundation.