Modern North Africans? recent origin is outside Africa.

An exhaustive genetic study of North Africa's human populations was published in PLoS Genetics on January 13 ^th, and was undertaken jointly by researchers in the Evolutionary Biology Institute (CSIC-UPF) and Stanford University, among other institutions.

A breakthrough towards the cure for Duchenne?s Muscular Dystrophy reveals new targets in the fight against this rare and serious disease.
The work was directed by the Cell Biology Unit led by Pura Muñoz Canoves, ICREA researcher in the Experimental and Health Sciences department (CEXS) of the UPF.

Mutations caused by insertions of DNA short sequences are frequent than thought

The GRIB Evolutionary Genomics Research Group (UPF-IMIM) has described for the first time how insertions of one or more nucleotides in DNA are as common as deletions (the loss of a DNA fragment) in most mammals' genomes, in contrast to what was previously thought.

Identified: New mechanism of tumoral cells reprogramation

Researchers Francisco X. Real and Eduardo Eyras,from the department of Experimental and Health Sciences ( CEXS) have participated in a study that describes a new reprogrammation Mechanism of the gene expression that turn into tumoral a health cell.

Francesc Posas is awarded the 2011 Carmen and Severo Ochoa research prize
Francesc Posas, head of the Department of Experimental and Health Sciences (CEXS) has been awarded the prestigious Carmen and Severo Ochoa research prize for his contribution to the study of cellular response to stress and for his work on biological systems.

The Genographic Project confirms that humans emigrated from Africa through Arabia
The study, previewed by Molecular Biology and Evolution and part of the Genographic Project,was carried out by Marta Melé, the first author of the work, Marc Pybus, David Comas and Francesc Calafell of the IBE (CSIC-UPF), under the direction of Jaume Bertranpetit, coordinator of the Genographic Project in Europe.