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Metastasis under siege
Scientists Sofia Araújo (left) and Elisenda Butí presented the results in Plos One (Photo: O. Martorell, IRB)
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A study using Drosophila flies reveals new regulatory mechanisms of cell migration
Image of a Drosophila embryo showing the tracheal branches in green (Image: Gaëlle Lebreton, IRB Barcelona)
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A study on cell migration provides insights into the movement of cancer cells
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Uses of the fruit fly
Drosophila melanogaster is a very valuable model to study human diseases (Photo:IRB)
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Barcelona hosts major European conference on Drosophila research
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Jordi Casanova interviewed in "L'Observatori", Ràdio 4, about Drosophila
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This fly may save your grandson's life
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IRB Barcelona sponsors the first symposium of leading Spanish scientists who use Drosophila in their biomedical studies
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The "top model" of laboratories
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Stem cells "by default"
The cells to the right of the line, which have lost adhesion and are more rounded, will form the Drosophila intestines.
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Researchers describe a new genetic programme that converts static cells into mobile invasive cells
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More information about how biological networks develop
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Key found to how Hedgehog regulates the embryonic cell
Photograph of embryonic Drosophila cells showing cell nuclei (in blue) and microtubules (in green). They are all organised from the apical zone of the cells, which delimit the microtubules. (©Jordi Casanova Lab)
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How are transport pathways controlled inside cells?
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How capillaries get formed
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Half a century of first protein structures
A tube-cell image. In red, the tube. in blue, the cell nuclei. in green, cell shape. (electron microscopy). © IRB Barcelona. J. Casanova
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A study reveals how respiratory tubes and capillaries form
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Scientists and the knowledge economy
Two wings of Drosophila. While the smaller corresponds to the wild type version (non modified), the bigger one corresponds to a wing in which the Wingless pathway is hyperactivated.
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New data shed light on Drosophila wing development
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The fly, a model for medicine
A section of a Drosophila embryo with somatic cells (red) and germinal cells (green). The left image shows a healthy context while the right shows cells affected by failure of the protection mechanism. Image: Jordi Casanova, IRB Barcelona
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Protecting cells from their neighbours
Sketch by researcher Enrico Coen of the IEC courtyard where the Barcelona BioMed Conferences are held. © E. Coen
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Meeting Report: Shaping Embryos in Barcelona
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Deciphering the mysteries of living beings
Developmental phase of the Drosophila wing. Image ©: M Milán, IRB Barcelona
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Shape does matter
Confocal microscope image of a fragment of Drosophila trachea. Red shows the accumulation of the E-Cadherin protein, responsible for cell-cell binding
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Discovery of a mechanism that regulates cell movement
A group of cells express torso-like gen (tsl) (pink arrow). While they are moving to the center of the egg chamber, another group of cells starts expressing tsl (orange arrow). Both cellular groups meet at the same site, from where in a more advanced stag
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A new system for collaboration in cell communication
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Identifican como una capa plana de células se dispone en 3D
Cells in the epithelial sheet begin to invaginate in order to initiate the development of the tracheal tube of <i>Drosophila</i>
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Identification of new cellular mechanisms involved in organ development