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Merus N.V. is a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company developing innovative bispecific antibody therapeutics.
Innovation
IRB Barcelona and Merus form a research collaboration to develop antibodies targeting the tumor microenvironment
Antonio Zorzano, group leader of the Complex Metabolic Diseases and Mitochondria Laboratory at IRB Barcelona.
Institutional
Ramón Areces Foundation funds IRB Barcelona research on obesity
Salvador Aznar Benitah, Group Leader of the Stem Cell and Cancer Lab at IRB Barcelona.
Institutional
Salvador Aznar Benitah awarded the 2016 “Premi Ciutat de Barcelona”
Innovation
Patrick Aloy "We must focus on halting the progression of Alzheimer’s disease"
Aznar Benitah receives the VI "Premio Nacional de Investigación en Cáncer 'Doctores Diz Pintado'" (from left to right) Eugenio Santo, Mª Ángeles Serrano, Salvador Aznar Benitah and Nicolás Rodríguez (USAL)
Innovation
Salvador Aznar Benitah receives the VI National 'Doctores Diz Pintado' Cancer Research Prize
On the left, in vivo image of nanomachines using current microscopy techniques; on the right, the new method allows 3D observation of nanomachines in vivo and provides 25-fold improvement in resolution (O. Gallego, IRB Barcelona)
Scientific - Published in Cell
First 3D observation of nanomachines working inside cells
Staining of mouse liver sections showing steatosis of the liver (fatty liver), with accumulation of fat, lipid droplets (in red), within cells. Cell nuclei stain blue (C. Maíllo, IRB Barcelona).
Scientific - Published in Nature Cell Biology
Researchers discover a protein that protects against fatty liver
Participants of the “Crazy About Biomedicine” 2017 course.
Institutional
24 secondary school students start the 5th “Crazy About Biomedicine” course
Examples of computationally designed proteins made of curved beta-sheets and helices forming cavities with different sizes and shapes (E.Marcos, IRB Barcelona-UW)
Scientific - Published in Science
Scientists reveal how to computationally design artificial proteins for novel applications

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