22/06/15
Remote control of behaviour
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REMOTE CONTROL OF BEHAVIOUR
Neuroscientists at the Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona (Spain) characterize how olfactory signals are represented in sensory system and they exploit this...09/06/15
Discovering a new force driving cell contraction during development and organogenesis
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DISCOVERING A NEW FORCE DRIVING CELL CONTRACTION DURING DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANOGENESIS
CRG scientists describe a new mechanism shaping cells and generating cell contractile forces during development...02/06/15
Cracking the function of the fly olfactory system to understand how neural circuits work
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CRACKING THE FUNCTION OF THE FLY OLFACTORY SYSTEM TO UNDERSTAND HOW NEURAL CIRCUITS WORK
CRG scientists have undertaken to map the neural circuitry involved in the conversion of olfactory inputs into navigational...21/05/15
Microscopy moves towards nanoscopy and transforms the life sciences
The new microscopes allow the tracking of cell movement within an organism, observation of neuronal synapses, visualization of the spread of cancer, and in vivo monitoring of embryo development. The development of the 3D microscopy, super-...
08/05/15
Egineering bacteria to design vaccines
The EU-funded MycoSynVac project combines gene engineering and biotechnology to design a novel veterinary vaccine chassis based on the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
By combining their systems biology expertise with cutting-edge...07/05/15
Gene expression is key to understanding differences between individuals and disease susceptibility
The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project consortia, which includes scientists from the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, have now published their results from their first pilot study in three Science papers...