News
05.04.2013
Researchers of the UPF Neuropharmacology Laboratory show that the endocannabinoid system is a new
therapeutic target to treat this rare disease, which is the most common inherited form of
intellectual disability. The study is published in
Nature Medicine.
20.02.2013
In a paper published on 23 January, in the on-line edition of the Journal of Molecular Biology,
researchers from the CEXS and the GRIB (UPF-IMIM) coordinated by Baldomero Oliva, head of the
research group on Structural Bioinformatics, demonstrate the role played by some structural
features inherent to that type of molecule (loops and domains), which make the molecular mechanisms
of protein-protein interaction easier to understand.
12.02.2013
An international project with the participation of Ricardo Gutiérrez Gallego, a researcher in the
Department of Experimental and Health Sciences (CEXS) and the Bioanalysis Research Group at the
IMIM (Municipal Institute of Medical Research),has for the first time decoded the mechanism by
which a substance called anophelin, binds to an enzyme, thrombin, which is involved in the blood
clotting process.
11.12.2012
Research published in the journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), involving
Jordi García Ojalvo and
Pau Rué Queralt, investigators of the research group in
Dynamics of Biological Systems, have discovered how the biofilms of
Bacillus subtilis bacteria are organized in three dimensions.
11.12.2012
The researchers analysed
780,000 genetic markers (SNPs) from
125 individuals of different populations in the north of Africa,
taking the Neanderthal genome as a reference.
11.12.2012
The
Computational Biophysics Laboratory of the Biomedical Computing Research
Group (GRIB) at UPF-IMIM, directed by
Gianni De Fabritiis
, using molecular simulation techniques has managed to explain a highly specific step in
the HIV virion maturation process
27.11.2012
The scientific breakthroughs in recent years in the field of
genetic association have enabled the discovery of new genes involved in
a great many diseases. These discoveries are fundamental in order to understand the underlying
hereditary component in common diseases.
27.11.2012
On 5th November, the prizes were awarded to the research teams that are to receive funding thanks
to the money raised by the 2011 La Marató de TV3 telethon dedicated to organ and tissue
regeneration and transplants.
27.11.2012
In a large proportion of the cases observed, specifically
21%, the researchers of a study that has just been published in the journal
PLoS One have found gains and/or losses of DNA to date not described or
infrequently described, which may be related with foetal malformation
03.08.2012
The Symposium will take place on September 17 and will count on international and renowned speakers
on this topic.