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The fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), a means to model and study human disease.
Outreach
A summer camp full of scientific challenges for young students
Teachers and scientists working together.
Outreach
Secondary school teachers and IRB Barcelona scientists are on to “the fly”
Marco Milán.
Institutional
M. Milán: “To study how cells communicate with each other, perhaps the best model organism is the fruit fly”
Media mentions
JAK/STAT pathway signalling in Drosophila Melanogaster
Ectopic wings upon ectopic activation of JAK/STAT (Carles Recasens-Alvarez and Ana Ferreira, IRB Barcelona)
Scientific
The fly reveals a new signal involved in limb growth
Media mentions
Research into growth. Fruit fly reveals a new signal involved in limb growth
The "Create your own monster" workshops aims to teach children about the genetic code
Outreach
The Science Fair hits Barcelona
Media mentions
Scientists shed light on how cells with an incorrect number of chromosomes lead to tumour development
In the picture, precursor cells of fly wing tissue, labelled for various proteins. This fly model has been used to perform experiments addressing the relationship between chromosome instability, aneuploidy, and tumorigenesis (Lara Barrio, IRB Barcelona)
Scientific
Scientists shed light on how cells with an incorrect number of chromosomes lead to tumour development
Media mentions
A new molecular mechanism that can regenerate tissue has been identified
Media mentions
Tumour suppressor genes restrain cell growth
Depletion of the PTEN tumour suppressor gene induces tissue overgrowth and reduces the growth of the neighbouring cell population in Drosophila wing primordia (Image: Marco Milán’s Lab).
Scientific
Tumour suppressor genes curb growth in neighbouring cells
Media mentions
Supporting the excellence of outstanding students
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The avatar fly arrives to fight cancer
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A conference on Drosophila as a model in cancer held in Barcelona brings together more than 150 experts
Drosophila melanogaster is a valuable model for cancer research
Innovation
Two wings against cancer
Image of the last "On the fly" programme (2012)
Outreach
The fifth edition of the course for secondary school teachers starts at IRB Barcelona
Awarding of prizes at La Pedrera for the best research projects of the "Tutoring for Secondary School Students" PCB program (Photo: PCB)
Institutional
The three prizes for “Secondary Research” projects given to work mentored by IRB Barcelona researchers
Media mentions
p53 protein adjusts power consumption
Image of the fat body tissue. In red, structures responsible for storing lipids (Lara Barrio, IRB Barcelona)
Scientific
Researchers identify a key molecule in flies that adjusts energy use under starvation conditions
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Media mentions
"Drosophila" is consolidated as a valid model in cancer and autoimmune syndromes
Drosophila melanogaster is a very valuable model to study human diseases (Photo:IRB)
Institutional
Barcelona hosts major European conference on Drosophila research
bantam mutant animals (right) show reduced body size as a result of abnormally high steroid hormone levels. © M. Milán lab, IRB Barcelona. Author: Laura Boulan
Scientific
IRB Barcelona researchers discover mechanism that regulates steroid hormone production in Drosophila
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Scientists in Catalonia study how a cell becomes cancerous
Epithelial tumor (in grey), expressing the Matrix Metalloproteinase MMP1, that helps degradate the membrane (in green) © M. Milán lab, IRB Barcelona. Author: Mariana Muzzopappa
Scientific
Researchers create a fly to study how a normal cell turns cancerous
Media mentions
The "top model" of laboratories
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Glycogen accumulation in neurons causes damage
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IRB Barcelona demonstrates the harmful effect of glycogen accumulation in neurons
Comparative microscope images. The lower picture shows a cerebellum sample from a healthy mouse. Above, the same tissue after glycogen accumulation. (Jordi Duran. IRB Barcelona)
Scientific
Glycogen accumulation in neurons causes brain damage and shortens the lives of flies and mice
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Media mentions
Marco Milán: "75% of the genes associated with human diseases are also present in Drosophila"