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Bioinformatics GRIB @grib-barcelona.bsky.social · 19h

💫 Another year, another #OpenPRBB!! 💫
🔬 👩‍🔬 👨‍💻

Last Saturday, October 4, @prbb.org opened its doors to the public to discover what #science is doing from within 🔍👀

Some of the members of the GRIB Barcelona have participated 🥳

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Hospital del Mar Research Institute @researchmar.bsky.social · Jul 23

La Dra. Jana Selent respon les preguntes d'en @robertcalvo.bsky.social 🎙️ sobre el paper dels #aminoàcids a la resposta de les cèl·lules davant els #fàrmacs

Al programa En bones mans d'@ondacero.es 📻

#bioinformàtica @grib-barcelona.bsky.social

www.ondacero.es/emisoras/cat...

En bones mans 20/07/2025

Programa complet 'En bones mans', amb Robert Calvo. Fem salut des de la ràdio.

www.ondacero.es

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Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona @prbb.org · Aug 16

🧪 @grib-barcelona.bsky.social & Yale scientists analysed 3.000 genes linked to brain disorders, finding early-life origins for autism, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and more.

Read the full article 👇

3000 genes to understand autism and other neurological disorders - El·lipse

An international collaboration between researchers at the PRBB and at Yale University shows how genetic alterations happening during early neurodevelopment can translate into neurological pathologies later in life.

ellipse.prbb.org

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Bioinformatics GRIB @grib-barcelona.bsky.social · Jul 16

📰 Amino acids play a key role in how cells respond to drugs👇

grib.upf.edu/amino-acids-...

the new study done by the GPCR Drug Discovery Research Group of GRIB, coordinated by Dr. Jana👀👩‍💻

Amino acids play a key role in how cells respond to drugs - GRIB

The GPCR Drug Discovery Research Group of GRIB has done a study focused on a specific cellular receptor, the cannabinoid receptor type 2 (CB2), a key protein in the human immune system.

grib.upf.edu

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Hospital del Mar Research Institute @researchmar.bsky.social · Jul 16

This is the conclusion of an international study led by the Hospital del Mar Research Institute, published in Nature Communications

The findings may help develop more precise drugs to treat various diseases more effectively, while avoiding side effects

@upf.edu @hospitaldelmar.bsky.social

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Hospital del Mar Research Institute @researchmar.bsky.social · Jul 16

Amino acids play a key role in how cells respond to drugs

These molecules act as small building blocks that regulate the cellular response by switching certain internal signals on or off

#aminoacids #drugs #biomedicalinformatics @grib-barcelona.bsky.social

www.researchmar.net/news/731/ami...

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Gabriel Santpere @santperelab.bsky.social · Jul 10

Excited to share our latest work, spearheaded by my brilliant student Xoel Mato and co-led by Nicola Micali. After years of sweat, intense weekly meetings, and meticulous discussion of every panel, we learned a lot from each other. Grateful for the journey!

@researchmar.bsky.social
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Early developmental origins of cortical disorders modeled in human neural stem cells

Nature Communications - The implications of early telencephalic development in cortical disorders remain elusive. Here, the authors define risk gene dynamics and perturbation effects in neural stem...

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Mar Albà lab @maralbalab.bsky.social · Jul 8

Great PhD defence today of Lili Boll on combining large amounts of omics data to better understand Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor response!
@upf.edu @grib-barcelona.bsky.social

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Bioinformatics GRIB @grib-barcelona.bsky.social · Jul 7

🙌We have reached the end of the #PRBBComputationalGenomics course!! These seminars brings together the computational genomics community of
@prbb.org, promoting work between institutions and strengthening links between different #research groups👥👩‍💻

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Bioinformatics GRIB @grib-barcelona.bsky.social · Jul 7

👩‍💻 On 8th July, Lilian Boll, member of the Evolutionary Genomics Group, will defend her #Thesis "Decoding Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Response - Biomarker Discovery and Predictive Modeling through Multi-omics analyses" 👏

⏰ 10h- 📍 61.210 room of campus Mar - 🖥️ upf-edu.zoom.us/j/96662263541

Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting

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upf-edu.zoom.us

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Bioinformatics GRIB @grib-barcelona.bsky.social · Jun 4

Diversity is in our #DNA🧬
At @grib-barcelona.bsky.social, science thrives through #inclusion and #pride🏳️‍🌈

#PrideMonth #ScienceWithPride

@researchmar.bsky.social @prbb.org

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Bioinformatics GRIB @grib-barcelona.bsky.social · May 26

Lili gave a talk entitled "Refining Immunotherapy Response Prediction in Advanced Bladder Cancer" related to the work recently published by the group in Nature Communications Check it out👇 👇
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39979258/

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Bioinformatics GRIB @grib-barcelona.bsky.social · May 26

Lilian Marie Boll and Marta Espinosa Camarena presented their work at the congress of the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) "Defence is the Best Attack: Immuno-Oncology Breakthroughs" celebrated at the CosmoCaixa 13 - 15 May 2025.

@prbb.org @researchmar.bsky.social

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Gabriel Santpere @santperelab.bsky.social · May 14

Last week we attended the #ECCN2025 meeting in Alacant. It was an impressive succession of mind-blowing talks—exhilarating and exhausting. You couldn’t let your guard down for a second!

Here are Paula Mayo and Josema Ruiz presenting their posters.

@grib-barcelona.bsky.social

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Bioinformatics GRIB @grib-barcelona.bsky.social · May 8

👀Last week (28-29 April), members of @grib-barcelona.bsky.social attended the Computational Genomics Symposium 2025 in Sant Feliu de Guixols, Girona!☀️💁‍♀️

@maralbalab.bsky.social @researchmar.bsky.social @prbb.org

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Bioinformatics GRIB @grib-barcelona.bsky.social · Apr 23

🐲 We wish you a very good day of #SantJordi2025!🌹⚔️
@prbb.org @researchmar.bsky.social @upf.edu

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Hospital del Mar Research Institute @researchmar.bsky.social · Mar 27

La Purificació Barceló explica en aquest article els detalls del nou estudi encapçalat pel @grib-barcelona.bsky.social, que ha descobert noves vies perquè els #medicaments puguin actuar sobre les #cèl·lules

#bioinformàtica @upf.edu

www.3cat.cat/324/descobre...

Descobreixen unes "portes secretes" a les cèl·lules que permetran millorar els fàrmacs

La troballa pot servir per dissenyar medicaments dirigits a aquests nous accessos o millorar els actuals perquè siguin més eficaços i tinguin menys efectes secundaris

www.3cat.cat

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Gabriel Santpere @santperelab.bsky.social · Apr 6

Our piece on the beautiful work by Cui et al. on the impact of human accelerated regions on neurons is out now!
@grib-barcelona.bsky.social
@researchmar.bsky.social
@cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The impact of human accelerated regions on neuronal development

Human accelerated regions (HARs) are the fastest-evolving sequences in the human genome since the divergence from chimpanzees. Some of these regions a…

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Bioinformatics GRIB @grib-barcelona.bsky.social · Mar 27

📰 GRIB NEWS!📰

🔎New pathways discovered for #drugs to act on #cells

Unknow access points in cell membrane #proteins, enabling laboratory-developed drugs to modify cell function👀

Published by @naturecomms.bsky.social

👉 grib.upf.edu/new-pathways...

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Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona @prbb.org · Mar 21

🔬@maralbalab.bsky.social @jupererabel.bsky.social @oncobellmunt.bsky.social @robertclab.bsky.social team have developed a machine learning algorithm to see how bladder cancer patients respond to immunotherapy.
@grib-barcelona.bsky.social @researchmar.bsky.social @upf.edu
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Big data to predict response to immunotherapy - El·lipse

The study from Hospital del Mar Research Institute and MELIS-UPF within the programme GRIB has focused on bladder cancer.

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Bioinformatics GRIB @grib-barcelona.bsky.social · Mar 10

💜 Today and always, we stand for equality! 💜

On Saturday, the #8M reminded us of the #fight, the #strength, and the journey still ahead. Let’s keep raising our voices for a fairer world for all. ✊✨
#InternationalWomensDay #8M #Equality

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Servei de Recerca de la UPF @sdrecercaupf.bsky.social · Feb 26

Massive Data Analysis Advances the Understanding of How Immunotherapy Works.

Researchers from @upf.edu & @prbb.org identify predictive markers of response to immunotherapy treatment in a study involving data from over 700 patients across six different cohorts.

➡️ www.upf.edu/web/focus/w/...

L’anàlisi massiva de dades permet avançar en la comprensió de com funciona la immunoteràpia

Identifiquen marcadors predictors de la resposta al tractament amb immunoteràpia gràcies a un estudi amb dades de més de 700 pacients procedents de sis cohorts diferents, que publica 'Nature Communica...

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Universitat Pompeu Fabra @upf.edu · Feb 20

Un estudi elaborat per liderat pels programes de Recerca @grib-barcelona.bsky.social i de Càncer de @researchmar.bsky.social i amb la col·laboració de la #UPFBarcelona

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Mar Albà lab @maralbalab.bsky.social · Feb 20

Happy to see this out!

Integration of data from hundreds of patients to deepen our understanding of the molecular basis of the response to immunotherapy. Big team effort! @researchmar.bsky.social @upf.edu

Bioinformatics GRIB @grib-barcelona.bsky.social · Feb 20

📰 Massive #Data Analysis Advances the Understanding of How #Immunotherapy Works

A recent study led by members of GRIB @maralbalab.bsky.social, @robertclab.bsky.social & Cancer Programme at @researchmar.bsky.social & the collaboration of @upf.edu

You can read more 👇
grib.upf.edu/massive-data...

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Hospital del Mar Research Institute @researchmar.bsky.social · Feb 20

Es tracta d'un treball d'alta rellevància, que impacta en el maneig dels pacients amb #càncerdebufeta

L'ús d'eines #aprenentatgeautomàtic ha permès identificar les variables clau per a l'èxit del tractament

@robertclab.bsky.social @maralbalab.bsky.social @grib-barcelona.bsky.social

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