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Contando la ciencia desde el IRB Barcelona. Comunicadora curiosa, exploradora de la cultura y lo social.
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🧬 Kinase Inhibitors can do more than block their targets!
A study by @cemm.oeaw.ac.at[email protected] and #IRBBarcelona reveals that many inhibitors also trigger the degradation of the kinases, uncovering an overlooked mechanism with therapeutic potential.

Out in @nature.com
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November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Yesterday in Valencia Dr. @nlbigas.bsky.social received the 2025 Premio Rei Jaume I in Biomedical Research. Her work on how cancer mutations arise and evolve has earned major recognition!
Congratulations, Núria! 🙌
#ReiJaumeI #CancerResearch
@cerca.cat @icreacommunity.bsky.social @bbglab.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Just kicked off the #BarcelonaBioMed Conference “When Development Meets #Cancer-Origins, Models & Therapies in #ChildhoodCancer

Excited to hear from an outstanding line-up of speakers!

Organized by #IRBBarcelona & @sjdhospitalbarcelona.org

With the support of Fundación @bbvaenespana.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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🔬 #ColorectalCancer evades #immunotherapy using a dual barrier:

A study by #IRBBarcelona & @cnag-eu.bsky.social reveals how metastatic colorectal tumours block the immune system through two complementary mechanisms.

📰 @natgenet.nature.com

➡️ bit.ly/49BJaC0

#IRBScience @batllelab.bsky.social

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November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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A study published in #CancerDiscovery reveals why some colorectal cancers withstand pharmacological inhibition of #KRAS oncogene activity.

Read more here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3L0Cl2G

#CancerResearch olorectalCancer%C2%A0@batllelab.bsky.social%C2%A0" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#ColorectalCancer @batllelab.bsky.social 

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October 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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🧪 A new study co-led by Dr. Antonio Zorzano and Dr. Manuela Sánchez-Feutrie from #IRBBarcelona suggests the use of Neuritin 1 to treat obesity without reducing food intake.

The research unveils a new mechanism of action and has been published in @natcomms.nature.com

More 👉 shorturl.at/ccDb5
September 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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🧪Top Spanish hospitals adopt the MAF Test to improve breast cancer treatment. This pioneering test by #IRBBarcelona spinoff #Inbiomotion helps oncologists determine which #BreastCancer patients should be treated with bisphosphonates to improve their prognosis & survival.

➡️ https://shorturl.at/AbzSI
July 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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🔬An aggressive #ChildhoodCancer case opens new avenues for advanced cell therapies.

✍️ #IRBBarcelona, @cnag-eu.bsky.social, @sjdhospitalbarcelona.org

📰 Annals of Oncology

Read more here ➡️ bit.ly/40Ut5lC

📌 DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2025.05.530

#IRBScience

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July 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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🔬 A new study by #IRBBarcelona reveals the limitations of current methods used to study cell communication.

📰 #GenomeBiology

✍️ @epareja10.bsky.social @ptck72.bsky.social

➡️ bit.ly/4kvcD2a

📌 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-025-03677-5

#IRBScience

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July 10, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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🧬New approach to decoding mutational signatures improves prediction of prognosis in #OvarianCancer.

📰 #GenomeMedicine ✍️ Patricia Ferrer-T Iván Galván-F & @fransupek.bsky.social

➡️ bit.ly/4nA579b 📌DOI: 10.1186/s13073-025-01497-7

@genomedatalab.bsky.social @bric-ucph.bsky.social

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July 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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✨ Today we had a successful first day at SONAR+D, where our Artist in Residence Toni Aranda presented the project #Cascade, an immersive #VR proposal.

🕹️ It is the final result of his residency, after spending time with IRBBarcelona researchers and learning firsthand about the their research.
June 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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⚠️ Last week to vote for Dr. Carla Garcia-Cabau and Dr. Anna Bartomeu, finalists for their work on understanding the molecular mechanisms of #autism in #VanguardiaDeLaCiencia award.

🗳️ Until June 22nd! ➡️ shorturl.at/RZBqw

@lavanguardia.com @xsalvatella1.bsky.social @bist.eu  @cerca.cat
June 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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⚠️Remember that you can vote for Dr. Carla Garcia-Cabau and Dr. Anna Bartomeu, for the #VanguardiaDeLaCiencia prize.

Finalists for their work on understanding the molecular mechanisms of #autism

🗳️Until June 22nd! ➡️ shorturl.at/RZBqw

@lavanguardia.com @bist.eu  @cerca.cat  @xsalvatella1.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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➡️ @batllelab.bsky.social from #IRBBarcelona has been awarded an #ASPIRE grant from the @themarkfdn.bsky.social, co-funded by the @contracancerinv.bsky.social to investigate resistance to immunotherapy in colorectal cancer metastasis.

Read the news here 🔗 shorturl.at/EjGBC

@bist.eu @cerca.cat
June 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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🔝 Dr. Carla Garcia-Cabau and Dr. Anna Bartomeu, researchers from #IRBBarcelona are finalists of the prize #VanguardiaDeLaCiencia of @lavanguardia.com for their advance in understanding the molecular mechanisms of autism.

🗳️ You can support them by voting them until June 22nd!
➡️ shorturl.at/RZBqw
June 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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🧬 New tool to generate aneuploidies and analyse their impact on development.

The tool created by @milanlab.bsky.social helps better understand this phenomenon, which is the main cause of spontaneous miscarriage.

📰 Published in #CellGenomics by #IRBBarcelona

Read the news ➡️ shorturl.at/Ektif

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June 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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🔬 The protocol enables researchers to generate custom bioactivity spaces and signatures, allowing the exploration and annotation of new chemical compounds with biological meaning.

#DrugDiscovery #ChemicalBiology #ComputationalBiology #MachineLearning #OpenScience

@bist.eu @cerca.cat
May 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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🔬A new computational protocol to explore bioactivity spaces and signatures, out now in @natprot.nature.com!

Researchers at #IRBBarcelona led by @ptck72.bsky.social present a comprehensive pipeline to integrate new bioactivity data into the #ChemicalChecker

Article ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Integration of diverse bioactivity data into the Chemical Checker compound universe - Nature Protocols
The Chemical Checker is a collection of small-molecule bioactivity signatures organized in increasing levels of biological complexity. This protocol describes how to incorporate new data, create novel...
www.nature.com
May 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Un #OpenDayIRB25 per recordar! Aquest any ho hem tornat a fer... i ha estat ESPECTACULAR!😍

Hem viscut una jornada plena de ciència, emoció i descobriments a la jornada de portes obertes de l'#IRBBarcelona, gràcies per acompanyar-nos en aquest dia especial! ☺️☺️
May 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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🤗Here are some highlights from this #OpenDayIRB25 morning with families!
🔎Discoveries, experiences, and smiles from the little ones during the science workshops, the escape room, and the lab
tours.
We also danced a lot during the #RadioPAati concert by Amanda Álvaro and @thecrabapple.bsky.social 🎶
May 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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🔬‘Barcodes’ written into our DNA reveal how blood ages

Naturally occurring methylation patterns reveal changes in blood which are detectable at age 50 and almost universal by 60

📰 Published in @nature.com by #IRBBarcelona & @crg.eu

Read the news ➡️ bit.ly/4jZHQeB

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May 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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🔬 #IRBBarcelona researchers @fransupek.bsky.social & Ahmed Khalil have developed DiffInvex, a new computational method that tracks the evolutionary shifts in selection pressure during tumorigenesis and chemotherapy.

Read the news ➡️ bit.ly/43tyKko
May 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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🔬 Just like species evolve to survive, tumours adapt to resist treatment.

A new computational tool reveals how cancers rewire driver genes to beat chemotherapy.

Published in @natcomms.nature.com
Read the news ➡️ bit.ly/43tyKko

#CancerResearch #Genomics #ComputationalBiology #DrugResistance
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May 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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🧪 Registrations are open for the #BarcelonaBiomed conference "When Development Meets #Cancer: Origins, Models & Therapies in #ChildhoodCancer."

Organised by Dr. Alexandra Avgustinova, Dr. Cayetano González (@irbbarcelona.org) & Dr. Jaume Mora (@sjdhospitalbarcelona.org])

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May 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Más de 100 expertos, coordinados desde el #IRBBarcelona, reclaman que los datos en simulación molecular se ajusten a los principios 'Fair': accesibles, interoperables, fáciles de encontrar y reutilizables.

📰 @lavanguardia.com 

🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/ncjierxuzt

#IRBScience #MolecularSimulation

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May 2, 2025 at 7:31 AM