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Institutional IRB Barcelona

April 29, 2026

More than 500 people celebrate IRB Barcelona’s 20th anniversary

More than 500 attendees took part in an international scientific conference that culminated in a…

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Society IBEC IRB Barcelona

March 19, 2026

Learning science by doing it – with the support of BIST researchers

Students from Angeleta Ferrer High School present their research projects developed in collaboration with the…

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Research IRB Barcelona

March 5, 2026

The key to attacking “undruggable” proteins: IRB Barcelona reveals a breakthrough drug mechanism

Researchers led by Dr. Xavier Salvatella at the BIST Community centre IRB Barcelona have uncovered…

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Research IRB Barcelona

January 16, 2026

A new study reveals how cholera virulence is activated

A study led by the BIST Community centre IRB Barcelona and the IBMB-CSIC shows how…

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Institutional CRG IBEC ICFO IRB Barcelona

December 22, 2025

Four BIST Community projects awarded funding under Catalonia’s Singulars Institucionals call

The call, launched by the Catalan Department of Research and Universities and co-funded by the…

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BIST Community IBEC IRB Barcelona

November 21, 2025

The “la Caixa” Foundation funds two health research projects in the BIST Community

Two researchers in the BIST Community, Zaida Álvarez Pinto from IBEC and Maria Macias from…

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Research IRB Barcelona

October 9, 2025

Smoking and biological sex shape healthy bladder tissue evolution, offering clues to cancer risk

A study published in Nature by researchers at the BIST Community centre IRB Barcelona and…

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Research IRB Barcelona

October 3, 2025

A key genetic safeguard works differently across tissues and individuals

A new study finds that the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay pathway, a key mechanism responsible for…

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Research IRB Barcelona

September 5, 2025

New strategy to tackle obesity by activating brown fat

A research team from the BIST Community centre IRB Barcelona has found that Neuritin 1,…

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Innovation IRB Barcelona

July 22, 2025

Top Spanish hospitals adopt the MAF Test to improve breast cancer treatment

This groundbreaking test, which is now available in Spain, Portugal, Italy, South Africa and the…

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Research IRB Barcelona

July 9, 2025

New approach to decoding mutational signatures improves prediction of prognosis in ovarian cancer

Researchers at the BIST Community centre IRB Barcelona and BRIC Copenhagen present a method that…

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BIST Community IRB Barcelona

June 6, 2025

Dr. Núria López-Bigas awarded the 2025 Rei Jaume I Award for Medical Research

Dr. Núria López-Bigas, Head of the Biomedical Genomics lab at IRB Barcelona, ICREA Research Professor,…

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BIST is an institution of scientific cooperation of seven top research centres committed to creating a collaborative environment of multidisciplinary scientific excellence: CRG, IBEC, ICFO, ICIQ, ICN2, IFAE i IRB Barcelona

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