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Picture showing the metastasis of a primary breast tumour to bone (Author: Formas Naturales by Inbiomotion)
Innovation
IRB Barcelona identifies the gene responsible for metastasis of breast cancer to the bone
Scientific
A technique dating back to 1935 is recovered for cancer research in flies
Inntags is a new tool for protein tagging (Image: Dr Aldea's laboratory)
Scientific
Inntags: new tools for innocuous protein tagging
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
The bristle is a mechano-sensory organ that houses the cilium projected by a neuron. Two structures found at the base of each cilium, centriole, and transition zone, can be seen in green and red, respectively (Gonzalez Lab)
Scientific
Key protein in cilia assembly identified
In a developing Drosophila embryo, (above) E-Cadherin keep cells together to facilitate coordinated migration; (below) without E-Cad cells are disorganised. (J Casanova lab)
Scientific
The protein that keeps cells static is found to play a key role in cell movement
Agreement between IRB Barcelona and the University of Trento on training issues (Photo: Marta Pérez)
Institutional
Agreement between IRB Barcelona and the University of Trento on training issues
Teixidó and Bayó, presented their antibiotic peptide project at the Haas Business School of the University of California Berkeley as part of a training programme in innovation
Innovation
Getting wired for innovation
Histone tails (FreeStockImages)
Scientific
Understanding the molecular origin of epigenetic markers

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