BCN, 29 January 2020.- Today the Spanish Minister of Science and Innovation visited the Centro Nacional de Anñalisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG). The minister toured the facilities to learn first-hand about its world-class infrastructures, which includes state-of-the-art sequencers able to analyse more...

BCN, 19 December 2019.- Based on the largest study of cancer patients of its kind, scientists have created a new way of classifying tumours. Clinicians can use genome sequencing to assign their patients’ tumours to one of sixteen groups in the new classification system, ten of which provide...

Granada/Spain, 29 October, 2019 – Autoimmune, inflammatory and allergic diseases are common chronic diseases that significantly affect the wellbeing of millions of people around the globe and pose a substantial burden to healthcare systems. While different treatments are available, response and...

BCN, 24 October, 2019.- EASI-Genomics second call for proposal has launched on the 15th of October. This is an ambitious project funded by the European Commission and coordinated by CNAG-CRG. It provides easy and seamless access to cutting-edge DNA sequencing technologies to researchers from...

BCN, 10 July, 2019.- The code of life (genome) is not just a linear sequence of letters, but is also folded (compartmentalised) into a specifically tailored chromatin structure within the cell nuclei. This three-dimensional genomic structure is fundamental, given that it determines which genes “...

BCN, 21 June, 2019.- The Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), generously supported by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, is announcing today further contributions to the Human Cell Atlas (HCA) project. Following up on their support for...