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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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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 · 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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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · May 24

📢 Join us for the XXIV Evolutionary Biology Conference!
🗓️ June 27, 2025
📍 Barcelona, Institut d’Estudis Catalans
🎙️ Invited speaker: Jérôme Salse (INRAE, France)
🏆 XVI Antoni Prevosti Award for young researchers
🔗 Info & registration: scb.iec.cat/xxiv-jornada...
#EvolBio2025 @scb.iec.cat

XXIV Jornada de Biologia Evolutiva 2025

Data: 27 de juny de 2025 Lloc: Sala Prat de la Riba, IEC Organitza: Secció de Biologia Evolutiva de la SCB

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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · May 14

Delighted to share paper on translational activity of 80S monosomes across different tissues in 🪰 in @narjournal.bsky.social thanks to fabulous team Albert Blandy Tayah Hopes Elton Vasconcelos @amy-turner96.bsky.social Bulat Fatkhullin Michaela Agapiou Juan Fontana academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

Translational activity of 80S monosomes varies dramatically across different tissues

Abstract. Translational regulation at the stage of initiation can impact the number of ribosomes translating each mRNA molecule. However, the translational

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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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John Prensner @johnprensner.bsky.social · Apr 8

Now is the time to reserve your spot for the 2025 Gordon Research Conference on #microproteins. Come join us in beautiful Barcelona in August!

www.grc.org/decoding-mic...

2025 Decoding Microproteins Across Evolution and Disease Conference GRC

The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Decoding Microproteins Across Evolution and Disease will be held in Castelldefels, Barcelona Spain. Apply today to reserve your spot.

www.grc.org

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

Thursday we will be hosting Jorge Ruiz-Orera at the PRBB 💥

Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona @prbb.org · Apr 7

📣Computational Genomics seminar

📋Evolution and roles of translational control and open reading frames in human and non-human primate hearts
🗣️ @jruizorera.bsky.social -@mdc-berlin.bsky.social

📆April 10-⏰12h
host: @maralbalab.bsky.social - @grib-barcelona.bsky.social @researchmar.bsky.social
📍473.10

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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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Silvia Manrique @tank-silvia.bsky.social · Apr 2

🧪📣Course alert!📣🧪

Applications are open for the new edition of the @EMBO.org course on Genome assembly and downstream analysis in Florence 🇮🇹. We can’t wait to welcome a new group of participants after the success of🇧🇪 & 🇪🇸 editions.

🗓️ Apply by May 31.

🧪🧬🖥️ #EMBOgenomeSeq #ScienceTraining

Genome sequencing, assembly, curation, and downstream analyses

Advances in long-read sequencing methods such as Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) and Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) and scaffolding approaches using chromosome conformation capture have significantl…

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · Apr 3

Few weeks left to submit your abstract to #ESEB2025 in Barcelona!

👇
eseb2025.com

Do not miss this opportunity to present your most exciting work at the hot-spot #evolution event in Europe this year.

Choose among the 50+ symposia covering a broad range of topics!

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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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Dr. Thomas Martínez @thomasmartinez.bsky.social · Feb 5

So many great reviews and perspectives in this month's special issue on #microproteins in @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social!

www.cell.com/trends/genet...

And just in time for tomorrow's @keystonesymposia.bsky.social on microproteins! #KSMicroproteins25 🎉🙌

Issue: Trends in Genetics

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ESEB 2025 Congress @eseb2025.bsky.social · Feb 4

🐦 Calling all Early Birds!

Hurry up and seize the opportunity to participate in the upcoming ESEB Congress, set in the vibrant city of Barcelona 🌟

🎟️ Secure now your place at the best possible price 👉🏻 eseb2025.com/registration...

#ESEB2025 #Biology #Evolution #Genomics

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Mar Albà lab @maralbalab.bsky.social · Jan 7

The new year starts with tenure-track openings at @UPFBarcelona @the_prbb

Computational Biology: upf.edu/ca/web/biome...
Quantitative Biology: upf.edu/ca/web/biome...

Check it out!

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