News channel of the Department of Experimental and Health Sciences http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/feed.html Universitat Pompeu Fabra en Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona en Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Universitat Pompeu Fabra http://upf.edu/cms/opencms_resources/upf/_img/marca_bn.jpg http://www.upf.edu/en/ Universitat Pompeu Fabra The most pleasant foods can trigger addiction http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/foodaddiction.html Research by Rafael Maldonado, Thomas Guegan and Miquel Martín of the Neuropharmacology Lab at the Department of Experimental and Health Sciences (CEXS) at UPF suggests that highly palatable food, that is, pleasant to the palate, can trigger ... Thu, 03 May 2012 15:09:00 GMT http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/foodaddiction.html 2012-05-03T15:09:00Z CEXS has two more new ICREA Academia researchers http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/ICREA.html On the fourth edition of the program, two UPF professors, Eulàlia de Nadal and David Comas, from the department of Experimental and Health Sciences (CEXS) have been recognized as ICREA academia 2011 by the Institució Catalana de Recerca i ... Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:02:00 GMT http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/ICREA.html 2012-04-18T09:02:00Z Modern North Africans? recent origin is outside Africa. http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/africansdavid.html 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 ... Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:18:00 GMT http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/africansdavid.html 2012-01-20T12:18:00Z A breakthrough towards the cure for Duchenne?s Muscular Dystrophy reveals new targets in the fight against this rare and serious disease. http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/DuchennePura.html The work was directed by the <strong>Cell Biology Unit</strong> led by <strong>Pura Muñoz Canoves</strong>, ICREA researcher in the Experimental and Health Sciences department (CEXS) of the UPF. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:29:00 GMT http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/DuchennePura.html 2012-01-17T08:29:00Z Mutations caused by insertions of DNA short sequences are frequent than thought http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/mutations.html 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 ... Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:58:00 GMT http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/mutations.html 2012-01-09T10:58:00Z Identified: New mechanism of tumoral cells reprogramation http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/tumorspaco.html 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. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:49:00 GMT http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/tumorspaco.html 2012-01-09T10:49:00Z Francesc Posas is awarded the 2011 Carmen and Severo Ochoa research prize http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/premiposas.html 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 ... Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:39:00 GMT http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/premiposas.html 2011-12-02T11:39:00Z The Genographic Project confirms that humans emigrated from Africa through Arabia http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/genographic.html 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 ... Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:22:00 GMT http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/genographic.html 2011-11-10T14:22:00Z Researchers suggest a new mechanism for the evolution of antibiotic proteins http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/antibiotic_proteins.html Marc Torrent and Javier Valle, members of the Department of Experimental and Health Science (CEXS) at UPF, with researchers of the UAB, coordinated by David Andreu, have suggested a new mechanism for the appearance of antibiotic properties in ... Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:57:00 GMT http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/antibiotic_proteins.html 2011-09-29T09:57:00Z Researchers discover that temperature controls genetic messengers http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/genetic_message.html Eduardo Eyras, ICREA researcher and Mireya Plass, who are both researchers at the Computational Genomics Group of the Biomedical Computing Research Unit (GRIB) at UPF-IMIM, as well as members of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) Research ... Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:50:00 GMT http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/genetic_message.html 2011-09-29T09:50:00Z A genetic study of Catalan surnames http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/cognoms.html With the sponsorship of the Biological Science Section of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (Institute for Catalan Studies), Francesc Calafell, David Comas and Jaume Bertranpetit, from the Institute of Evolutionary 
Biology (IBE), ajoint UPF-CSIC ... Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:16:00 GMT http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/cognoms.html 2011-09-21T10:16:00Z Genetics could clear up the mystery of Christopher Columbus? origin. http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/columbus.html Scientists at the Universities of Granada and Rome, with Francesc Calafell, a researcher at the Evolutionary Biology Institute (UPF-CSIC), and the participation of the Omnium Cultural Centre for Columbus Studies , have studied the genetic ... Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:44:00 GMT http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/columbus.html 2011-09-16T10:44:00Z The first Central American Survey on health and working conditions http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/enquesta_sudmamericana.html The foundations have been laid for carrying out the first survey on health and work conditions in Central America, An Executive Committee has been established, including Fernando García Benavides, director of the CISAL (Health Work Research ... Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:40:00 GMT http://upf.edu/cexs/actualitat/enquesta_sudmamericana.html 2011-09-16T10:40:00Z