Barcelona, 25 Jan 2018.- The Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute  (IDIBAPS) and the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) have launched the fourth call of the training programme “PhD...

- The CNAG-CRG participates in a large consortium led by the University of Tübingen, the Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen and the University of Leicester that has acquired a € 15 million grant for the SOLVE-RD research program. The consortium will use the funding to improve the diagnosis...

- The work, published in Nature Genetics, represents an important advance in our understanding of gene regulation and reveals a new layer of complexity that needs to be studied to properly interpret genomics and gene expression in the future.   - An example of how risky fundamental science with...

The paper by CNAG-CRG researchers "Single-cell transcriptome conservation in cryopreserved cells and tissues" is one of the 2017 top picks from Genome Biology.   Barcelona, December 22nd 2017.-...

A massive analysis of human, chimpanzee, and monkey tissue published in Science shows that the human brain is not only a larger version of the ancestral primate brain but also one filled with distinct and surprising differences   Barcelona, 28th of November 2017.- All regions of the human brain...

An international team has described a new great ape species, the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis), found in upland forests in the Batang Toru Ecosystem of North Sumatra, Indonesia. With no more than 800 individuals, this species is the most endangered great ape.   Barcelona, November 2nd...