Universitats, Centres de Recerca, Hospitals i Empreses 2025-26

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Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) 

Applying PRS to psychiatric disorders        Marta Ribasés

Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia

Investigate proteins associated with the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) by developing PhyloLUCA       Maria Luisa Romero Romero

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Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL)

Molecular insights in rare tumor predisposition syndromes         Barbara Rivera

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Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Can Ruti, Badalona

Exploring HDAC11 inhibitors as anti-fibroadipogenic therapeutic agents to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy        Monica Suelves

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Fundació Puigvert

Genomic and transcriptomic study of patients with nephropathy of unknown origin with suspected monogenic cause        Elisabet Ars

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Hospital Sant Joan de Déu - Fundació Sant Joan de Déu

Study of the molecular bases of neurodevelopmental diseases to define personalized treatments        Alfonso Oyarzabal

Closing the therapeutic gap for congenital muscular dystrophies: improving efficacy, delivery and safety of CRISPR/cas9 and antisense oligonucleotides based therapies          Arístides López-Márquez and Cecilia Jiménez Mallebrera

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Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC)

Comparative and population genomics of migratory butterflies        Gerard Talavera

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Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC-PCB)

Modeling neurodevelopmental disorders in the mouse and 3D organoids       Maria Lourdes Arbonés

Molecular Basis of cellular drug persistence: from stochastic gene expression to phase transitions      Héctor Garcia-Seisdedos

Recording single cell dynamics with CRISPR barcoding      Irene Hernando

Dynamics of stem cell surveillance in live embryos using quantitative imaging      Esteban Hoijman

From Drosophila development to human disease      Gerardo Jiménez

Occupancy of histone H1 variants genome-wide and consequences of altering H1 levels on human chromatin organization and gene expression   Albert Jordan

Cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating epithelial morphogenesis in Drosophila       Marta Llimargas Casanova

Building human spinal cord organoids to study human specific developmental features and neurodevelompental disorders      Elisa Martí

Understanding epigenetic mechanisms involved in early neurogenesis and neurodevelopmental disorders        Marian Martinez-Balbas

Determining the role of dietary interventions in mitochondrial function and health span      Guillermo Martínez Corrales

Reverse genetic screening for regulators of histone methyltransferases in C. elegans (EXPERIMENTAL)       Marcos Francisco Pérez

Generating resources for estimating transcription factor activity from RNA-seq data in Drosophila (COMPUTATIONAL)      Marcos Francisco Pérez

Investigating Chromatin Topology and Dynamics in Super-Resolution      Victoria Neguembor

Exploring Topoisomerases in Stem Cell Dynamics       Victoria Neguembor

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IDIBAPS

Gene Regulation in Stem Cells, Cell Plasticity, Differentiation, and Cancer    Antonio Postigo

OMICs technologies, functional studies and therapeutic approaches in inherited metabolic diseases      Gloria Garrabou, Mariona Guitart Frederic Tort

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Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC)

Identification of biomarkers of exposures to environmental pollutans in zebrafish using a multi-omics approach      Laia Navarro-Martín

Characterization of epigenetic induced modifications by endocrine disruptors in zebrafish       Laia Navarro-Martín

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Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC)

Ecology and Genomics of Polar Prokaryotes      Silvia G. Acinas

Discovering Hidden Information in the Epigenome of Fish      Francesc Piferrer

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Institue of Evolutionary Biology (IBE) (CSIC - Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Exploring the genomic basis of terrestrialization across animals through comparative genomics      Rosa Fernández

Investigating the 'dark proteome' of animals through the application of AI-based methodologies     Rosa Fernández

The affair of the insect insulin receptors      José Luis Maestro

Small RNAs regulating insect oogenesis     M. Dolors Piulachs

The unknown cell biology and genomics of the most abundant marine microbial eukaryotes      Daniel J. Richter

Unraveling the cell biology of the closest relatives of animals     Iñaki Ruiz & Elena Casacuberta 

Unveiling the Molecular Scaffolds of Enhanced Cellular Aggregation     Iñaki Ruiz & Elena Casacuberta 

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Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigació Mèdica (IMIM)

Evaluation of HIV-induced chronic inflammation and its involvement in early aging        Natalia Garcia Giralt

Deciphering Intercellular Communication in Cancer and Ageing-related Diseases       Patrick-Simon Welz

Optical genome mapping technology: applications in translational research on hematological neoplasms (leukemias and lymphomas)    Blanca Espinet Sola

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Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC)

Deciphering cellular crosstalk between leukemic and stromal cells in co-culture models    Marcus Buschbeck

Studying the function of regulatory RNAs in neurodevelopmental diseases     Sonia Guil

Studying the function of regulatory RNAs in hematological cancer     Irene Fernández-Duran Alejandro Vaquero

Improve mechanistic understanding of Pediatric B-cell precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia to find new biomarkers and therapeutic approaches   Biola M. Javierre

Epigenetics of Human Cancer: DNA Methylation, Histone Modifications and Non-Coding RNAs     Manel Esteller i Verónica Padial

Exploiting CRISPR/Cas9 epigenome editing to unravel the molecular mechanisms underlying the onset of blood malignancies     Jose Luis Sardina

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Institut de Salut Global Barcelona (ISGlobal)

Regulation of gene expression in malaria parasites      Alfred Cortés

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Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)

Analysis of the diversity of the human genome: demography and adaptation      David Comas

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Universitat de Lleida IRBLleida

Modelling metastasis in Drosophila       Andreu Casali

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