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Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)
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Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)
@CRGenomica
We are an international biomedical research lab based in Barcelona, a unique and interdisciplinary centre at the forefront of life sciences. We are @icerca
- Happy DNA Day! 🧬 Today we commemorate the day in 1953 when #JamesWatson #FrancisCrick #MauriceWilkins #RosalindFranklin and colleagues published papers in the journal @Nature on the structure of #DNA
00:00 - Gracias @angelmartin_nc por acordarte de la ciencia en tus informativos 🙌🙌🙌 Aquí la explicación algo ampliada de "las movidas que evitan que te venga el cáncer de piel": bit.ly/33cE2V1Informativo matinal para ahorrar tiempo 12/01/22
00:00 - 📚 Creadas por primera vez células beta pancreáticas funcionales a partir de células madre El estudio demuestra que estas células pueden controlar eficazmente el metabolismo de la glucosa, “incluso mejor que los islotes pancreáticos aislados de donantes de órganos”
- 🔵We are seeking a new director! The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) is an independent research institute located on the shores of the sunny beaches of Barcelona. It is part of the public @iCERCA research system of Catalonia. We have one clear mission: to understand the
- KRAS is a notorious oncogene, found mutated in 1 in 10 human cancers. A study in @Nature by researchers at the CRG and @sangerinstitute reveals the protein's secret vulnerabilities. The work presents the first complete control map for any protein.
- Three #CRG scientists receive €5m from #ERC Starting Grants to research cancer, ageing and evolution. This funding will help them build their own teams and conduct pioneering research. This year #Spain received 20 grants, with half the funding destined for centres in #Barcelona.
- Hoy es el #DíaDelADN, un día para conmemorar el descubrimiento de la estructura de doble hélice del ADN en 1953. También celebramos la presentación del primer borrador del genoma humano. Roderic Guigó (@GuigoLab) y su entonces estudiante de doctorado Josep Abril fueron...1/2
00:00 - Orfeu project running at the #CRG 💪 Leonor Ávila, Carlo Carolis and Anna Puig finishing the first set of RNA isolations; we aim to run a total of 170 thousand tests in six weeks.
- .@toni_gabaldon has been awarded #President of the Spanish Society for Evolutionary Biology #SESBE. We wish him all the best in his new responsibility! bit.ly/Gabaldon_SESBE
- “I am honoured to receive an #ERCAdG, which is a recognition of the research excellence that occurs in Spain. It is quite exceptional to receive three advanced @ERC_Research grants in a row and it would not have been possible without...." 1/2
- Los 35 kits de extracción de RNA que hemos recogido entre los labs del #CRG ya están camino de @parctauli para ayudar al diagnóstico de #COVID19 ¡Cada granito de arena cuenta! #EsteVirusLoParamosEntreTodos
- We are excited to announce that researchers led by @BenLehner have created the first comprehensive maps of allosteric sites on human proteins, also known as the "second secret of life". nature.com/articles/s4158…
- Congrats to #CRG junior PI #ElvanBoke who has been awarded an @ERC_Research Starting Grant! #ERCStG #womeninscience ow.ly/w1gO30eXj4H
