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(from left to right) Dr Castells, Dr Eduard Batlle, Dr Elena Élez, and chair Josep Corbella, health journalist at La Vanguardia (A Ros, IRB Barcelona)
Institutional
Eduard Batlle: “The immune system is incredibly powerful against tumours”
3D respresentation of a transfer RNA (tRNA). These molecules are crucial for the translation of genes into proteins and they are also the reason why the genetic code cannot exceed 20 amino acid. (Author: Pablo Dans, IRB Barcelona)
Scientific - Published in Science Advances
Discovery of a fundamental limit to the evolution of the genetic code
Institutional
Wine-tasting against cancer
Institutional
Maria Macias: “Structural biologists are as meticulous as watchmakers”
Breast tumours have high levels of LIPG expression (F Slebe, IRB Barcelona)
Innovation - Published in Nature Communications
Researchers discover that breast cancer tumour growth is dependent on lipid availability
Outreach
A "Crazy About Biomedicine" student wins an advanced bioinformatics contest
Microscopic structure of mouse testicle tissue (P.Mikolcevic, IRB Barcelona)
Innovation - RingoA, a key regulator in meiosis
Identification of a new protein essential for ovule and sperm formation
Xavier Ayala and Elisabet Carnicé, hosts of Vi per Vida
Institutional
Wine and fund-raising in support of cancer and metastasis research at IRB Barcelona
Drosophila trachea fragment. Externally, there is no difference between the Tr2 segment, where facultative stem cells are found, and Tr3, which indicates the rest of the cells in the tissue. (N.J. Djabrayan, IRBBarcelona)
Scientific - Published in PLoS Genetics
Researchers dig up new molecular details on "the other type" of stem cells

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