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Triplication of the genome saved the tomato

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News in El Punt AVUI  about a study on the sequencing of the tomato plant published in Nature. The study performed by an international consortium included several Catalan researcher centers such as CRG, BSC and IRB Barcelona. 

Read the news in El Punt AVUI (PDF in Catalan)

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The Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) pursues a society free of disease. To this end, it conducts multidisciplinary research of excellence to cure cancer and other diseases linked to ageing. It establishes technology transfer agreements with the pharmaceutical industry and major hospitals to bring research results closer to society, and organises a range of science outreach activities to engage the public in an open dialogue. IRB Barcelona is an international centre that hosts 400 researchers and more than 30 nationalities. Recognised as a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence since 2011, IRB Barcelona is a CERCA centre and member of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).