Barcelona, 9 June 2022.- Tomàs Marques-Bonet, head of the Comparative Genomics group with double affiliation at the Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF) and the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG) and Magdalena Bermejo,...

Sevilla, 1 June 2022.- A scientific group led by the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC has sequenced, assembled, and annotated the genome of the Western Spadefoot toad (Pelobates cultripes) at high resolution. This amphibian inhabits mainly...

Barcelona, 12 May 2022.- An estimated 300 million people around the world are affected by one of the 6,000 rare diseases described so far. A disease is considered rare when it affects less than 1 in 2,000 individuals. Rare diseases cover many different forms of conditions as varied as metabolic...

Barcelona, 26 April 2022.- GENIGMA, a videogame for iOS and Android that enlists players from around the world to solve puzzles and advance cancer research, has resulted in 5,472 puzzles solved since the game first launched three months ago on January 27.  ...

Barcelona, 25 April 2022.- OmicsTech has been renewed as member of the National Map of Unique Scientific and Technical Infrastructures (ICTS) 2021-2024, approved by the “Consejo de Política Científica, Tecnológica y de Innovación”, chaired by the Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant.  ...

Barcelona, 28 Feb 2022.- Pedro Rodríguez is a Neurologist and Doctor in Neuroscience who went to Senegal six months ago for a placement at the Clinique de Neurologie de Fann in Dakar. Since then, Pedro has already seen more than 100 families and has sent DNA samples back to Barcelona to sequence...