RESEARCH
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
Genomic technologies are generating an extraordinary amount of information, unprecedented in the history of biology. Bioinformatics addresses the specific needs in data acquisition, storage,... |
Research in the last quarter of the XXth century shed light on some important questions concerning how an egg becomes an organism. A particularly important achievement has been the... |
The interests of the program span from mechanisms of gene expression and epigenetic regulation to the molecular basis of cellular decisions involved in tissue homeostasis and cancer. ... |
The research groups in the Systems Biology program cover a wide range of topics: from dynamic gene regulatory networks to systems neuroscience, and employ a wide range... |
Understanding how our genome functions offers unrivalled opportunities to transform medicine. By providing insights into the genetic mechanisms of disease, it enables the development of more efficient... |
Transversal Research Areas
The human body consists of trillions of cells, but a mutation in one of them can cause cancer. This example demonstrates that biology is not a process driven by averages and highlights the importance of single cell-... |