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Glycogen (black particles) accumulates in large amounts in the muscle due to the absence of the protein glycogenin (Giorgia Testoni, IRB Barcelona)
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"Excess muscle glycogen reduces endurance"
Image: Shbarcelona.
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"Discover IRB Barcelona, a world-class research centre"
Manuel Serrano and part of his team in the new laboratory of the IRB Barcelona. Image: Fundació Bancària "la Caixa".
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"Looking for a drug to kill damaged cells"
Fluorescence microscopy image of the hypothalamus arcuate nucleus with POMC neurons in green (Image: Alicia G Gómez-Valadés).
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Marc Claret: "This discovery may have an implication for diseases such as diabetes"
Joan J. Guinovart. Image: El Periódico.
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Joan J. Guinovart: "The EMA would turn Barcelona into a tremendous focus on well-being"
Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC). Image: IBEC.
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BIST welcomes the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) as a new member
Super computer MareNostrum, (BSC-CNS). Image: La Vanguardia.
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"Science is going for gold"
Andreu Mas-Colell, BIST Founding Conference, 2017. Image: BIST.
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Andreu Mas-Colell: "The juxtaposition of 6 research centres allows us to have a collective identity of presence in the world"
Manuel Serrano, group leader of the Cellular Plasticity and Disease laboratory at IRB Barcelona.
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Manuel Serrano: "Regenerative medicine seeks to generate new cells"