Barcelona Symposium "Frontiers in Biology"
Organised by: Hernán López-Schier, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain
Symposium overview
During embryonic development and throughout adulthood, multicellular organisms integrate the information encoded in their ...
The IV CRG YRS is a CRG internal symposium with the aim to provide a platform for the young scientists working at the CRG. All 2nd year students will give a short talk focusing on the main question they want to address in their PhD and how they are planning to do this. In addition posters of 3rd yea...
Organizers: Xavier Estivill and Roderic Guigo
Symposium overview
This symposium aims at establishing a forum for capturing the latest advances in genomic sequencing technologies and its various medical applications. The two-day meeting “Medical Genome Sequencing: Understanding the Genomes ...
17-22 October 2010Hotel Eden Roc, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain Chaired by: Matthieu Louis, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), EMBL/CRG Systems Biology Research Unit, ESCo-Chairs: Richard Benton, University of Lausanne, CH Bertram Gerber, Wuerzburg University, DE ProgrammeU...
In October 2010, Leica Microsystems CMS, Mannheim, Germany again offers to Leica confocal users from all over the world the opportunity to gain technical skills and know-how in advanced confocal microscopy techniques.
This year’s course will focus on measuring FRET with confocal and lifetime ...
ENCODE Project Overview
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) launched a public research consortium named ENCODE, the Encyclopedia Of DNA Elements, in September 2003, to carry out a project to identify all functional elements in the human genome sequence. The project started with t...
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FROM DNA TO A BETTER HEALTHCARE: PROMISES OR FALLACIES?
What is personalized medicine? Are we ready for this new medicine? How much do we want to know about ourselves? Will personalized medicine turn us into patients?
We want to discuss about how doctors can us...
Scope
Parallel advances in two relatively disconnected areas of science are boosting our understanding of biological systems. On the one hand, systems biology, with its integration of high-throughput biological data and its emphasis on quantitative modeling and simulation, is providing a global p...
CRG Barcelona
Advanced Light Microscopy Unit
June 15, 2010
Starting from 10:00 am in several sessions of 1h
Joint CYTOO-Leica Practical Workshop
Automated High Content Analysis
Using CYTOO’s Cell Normalization Technology and New Leica HCS A Software for Fast and Reliable High Conte...
Marie Curie Monitoring Action and Information Days
Barcelona, 9-11 june 2010
On 15th of June 2009 the Research Executive Agency took over the management of the Marie Curie Actions among other parts of the Seventh Framework Programme. The Agency aims at delivering efficient and effective services ...
Organizers: CRG Postdoc Committee
Symposium overview
The CRG Postdoc community organized this symposium aiming to reflect the work achieved by CRG Postdocs that will be illustrated by both oral and poster presentations. Together with the talks of the invited speakers, this symposium will be a da...
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NANOSCIENCE: MINIATURE SCIENCE
What is a nanoparticle and how big it is? Where is nanoscience used? How does nanotechnology contribute to medicine, to ecology, to energy production...? Magnetic nanostructures, nanosensors, nanobioelectronics, nanoethics?
Let's discuss about ...
Barcelona, 14th May 2010
Organized by the Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG)
Symposium overview
Initially developed for secondary drug screens in the pharma industry, high-content screening is now applied at all stages of the drug discovery pipeline and has also become an importan...
How the environment affects our health?
How the air we breath, the water we drink or the food we eat affect us?
Has the social environment in which we live an influence on our health?
Can we correct these effects, if any?
How do you know that something is "unhealthy"?
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Gender in Research Training Session
Objectives
The training sessions gives the research community practical tools to integrate gender aspects into FP7 research, including equal opportunities for women and men and the gender dimension of research, thereby contributing to excellence in research.
Wh...
EASY SCIENCE CONFERENCESForetelling the future through our genes.My genome is only mine!Since some weeks ago I cannot see properly. I have to go to the ophthalmologist and find out what's going on. I believe it could be something serious and I'm quite worried. The doctor told me that they could look...
EASY SCIENCE CONFERENCE CYCLE
Traveling inside a cell: avoiding traffic jams and accidentsWhat are the requirements for a person traveling from Barcelona to New York City? This requires arriving at the airport, a ticket, visa and a plane for transport to New York City. Inside every cell ...
Barcelona, 5th February 2010 Organised by the Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG) Symposium overview The term “Proteomics” was conceived less than two decades ago. Although this term is co...
REGISTRATION CLOSEDBarcelona, 11th December 2009 Organised by the Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG) Symposium overview The sequencing field has experienced a major shift with the introduction of in...
CRG-SMS SCIENTIFIC COFFEETHE FUTURE OF ENERGYWhich energy will we use to turn on the light in the future? Do we spend too much energy or can we go on with our current habits? Are the renewable energies "clean"? Is the fossil fuel "dirty"?Speakers:
Prof. Francisco Calviño. Dept. Fisica y Ingenie...
SCIENTIFIC COFFEE: RARE DISEASES What do we know about the CDG Syndrome, the RETT Syndrome and the other rare diseases? What is a rare disease? How can we detect them? Do we find new rare diseases or we already know all of them? Is the scientific community working on this?Speakers:Isabel...
The III CRG PhD Students Symposium is a CRG internal symposium with the aim to provide a platform for the young scientists working at the CRG. All 2nd year students will give a short talk focusing on the main question they want to address in their PhD and how they are planning to do this. In additio...
Barcelona, 10th to 13th November 2009
Organised by the Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG) and Leica Microsystems
Workshop overview (10-11th November)
It is the aim of the course to provide an overview of advanced light microscopy techniques. The course is directed at researchers th...
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VIII CRG ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM "STEM CELLS, DIFFERENTIATION AND CANCER"
The CRG symposia have been highly successful in bringing together some of the best scientists in their field.
For the upcoming VIIIth symposium we have merged the fields of stem cell research and diff...
The DNA Model Contest is open to anyone from 8 to 18 years old!
There are 4 categories and 4 prizes worth 1000€ each! For example:
2 days in Toulouse in Space City
Microscopes, a terrarium, biotechnology kits and other scientific material for your school.
You don&rsquo...
How is the daily routine of researchers?
Have your ever extracted the DNA from a kiwi? Do you know how Darwin developed his theory of evolution? Would you like to create you own fossil? Summing up… what’s science for?
Here you have a chance to find out! After the success of la...
Everything you always wanted to know about stem cells but were afraid to ask. A debate on the future of biomedicine
This public symposium will be organized within the framework of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) 7th Annual Meeting, which this year will be held in Barcelon...
SCIENTIFIC COFFEE: Science & Sci-Fi: Where is the limit?
Is it the same to create a sci-fi history and a scientific project? Does reality overcome fiction? Would it be possible to travel by teletransport? Will a pill be the solution for all?
Some research projects look like science ficti...
Stress, drug addiction and eating disorders
A summer school at Dubrovnik with lecturers from the PRBB, University Pompeu Fabra and the Centre for Genomic Regulation!
Registration open!
Any interested student (pre-docs and post-docs) are kindly invited to apply using the PENS electroni...
SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2009
More than 70 activities and 25 talks will be held at the Ciutadella Park on 13-14th june.
The festival will be full of scientific activities like workshops, talks, shows and theater play for general public. The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) will partici...
SCIENTIFIC COFFE. EVOLUTION: FROM CELLS TO FACEBOOK
Do cells and social nets evolve in the same way? To evolve means to get more complex? Only biological life can evolve? How researchers study evolution today?
We have heard a lot about Darwin this year but, what we really know about evolution? Is...
The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), the Event lab from the UB and IDIBAPS, together with the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona and the Fundació Catalana per la Recerca i la Innovació (FCRi) are proud to present you the 2009 Brain Illusions Fair.
The science fair wi...
What is behind our genome?
Flies and humans have almost the same number of genes but, why are we so different? How nature can bring us such diversity from this shared gene set?
Scientists are hardly studying the genome and we are used to listen about the human resemblance to flies, chimpanzees.....
2nd Spanish Worm Meeting 2009
The Spanish Worm Meeting 2009 will take place in Barcelona from 26-27 March 2009. The 2 day meeting is co-hosted by the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), and will include an advanced imaging workshop at ICFO.
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BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK 2009
Barcelona joins the celebration of the Brain Awareness Week with proposals exploring several aspects of neuroscience research and approaching the possibilities offered for a better understanding of our brain.
Further information:
Oficina d'Informació de la Vir...
World Cancer Day event: Presentation of the book "Mi cáncer y yo"
Our director, Miguel Beato together with the author, Susana Frouchtmann, will chair the presentation and some invited speakers will give their opinion about cancer.
These invited speakers are: Joan Albanell, Directo...
Where is the limit between controled drugs consumption and addiction? What happens to my brain when I take drugs? Why taking drugs is bad if it makes me feel so good? Is there any genetic predisposition for becoming an addict? Is it possible to take drugs "under control"?
Alcohol is rea...
The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), the Event lab from the UB and IDIBAPS, and the Neuroscience Institute of the UAB are proud to present you the 2008 Brain Illusions Fair.
The science fair will be host on Friday 19th of December from 7pm till 12pm, at Razzmatazz Sala 2 (Calle Pamplona 88, Pob...
What is in vitro fertilization? Whom could it help? Is it a safe technique? How far will we reach? These questions and much more will be discussed in the scientific caffe.
In vitro fertilization was revolutionary a few years ago. Now, after new findings in the fiel, it still present new challenges....
The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), invites you to the presentation of the projects awarded with Life Sciences ERC Grants in Catalonia.
The responsible of the Comission for Universities and Research, Blanca Palmada, will chair the event and will take part in its closure together with the direc...
Burnt bread, microwaves, mobile phone... are they carcinogenic? Are all cancers the same? How can research help for the cancer cure? Is cancer hereditary?
Cancer is part of our lives and, for that reason, It is always dragging off a lot of myths and taboo. This scientific cafe wants to offer a good...
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CRG is pleased to announce this year's symposium on the "Mechanisms regulating cell Growth and Division." These two processes are tightly coupled and the aim of the meeting is to bring to the forefront keys issues related to cell growth and division. Leaders in the fi...
Have you ever extracted DNA from a tomato? Do you know what a protein looks like? What will a yeast cell do if you piss it off? And... what is science good for, in short?
Now it is your chance! The Open Day at PRBB will allow you to answer this and other questions, be a scientist for a day walking ...
First EMBO Conference on the Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Regulating Skeletal Muscle Development and RegenerationAbout the Conference SeriesThe EMBO Conference Series on Myogenesis relates basic research in muscle biology to major issues in development, disease, regeneration and systems biology...
What can tell the genes about ourselves? Which are good and bad uses from the genetic information?
We will talk about medical hopes and ethical issues related to the possibility of knowing people's genes.
Our third café científico wants to offer a good dialogue and a to be a place w...
Rice to prevent blindness.
Milk containing vaccines.
Is transgenic food the solution?
What advantages and inconveniences do they have?
Come and discover this and more at the 2nd SmS (CRG) Scientific Cafe, titled "Transgenic food", organised by the "Science meets Society"...
First International EURASNET Conference on Alternative SplicingEURASNET, the EU-funded Network of Excellence on Alternative Splicing, will host a conference on the mechanisms, physiological importance and disease-associations of alternative splicing in the very beautiful city of Krakow. Both s...
What happens in our brain when we fall in love?Can science explain the madness of love?Why we choose a certain person? Do we like his/her genes? There are different sorts of love... does this mean that there are also different processes in our brain? Can science help us to choose our Mr. Perfect?Com...
THE BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK 2008 IN BARCELONABarcelona joins the celebration of the Brain Awareness Week with proposals exploring several aspects of neuroscience research and approaching the possibilities offered for a better understanding of our brain.Donwload the program by clicking on the link to yo...
REGISTRATION CLOSED Due to the use of massive genomic and proteomic analysis techniques, the development of the different aspects of genomic regulation has gone through a speed change that has lead to a huge accumulation of findings in different areas. For scientists, this tsunami of findings m...
CRG Satellite Mini-Symposium"KINASES SIGNALLING TO CHROMATIN"Organisers & Chairs: Francesc Posas & Miguel BeatoThursday, 8 November 2007, Barcelona, Spain14:30 h - SESSION 1:Gustav Ammerer, University of Vienna, AustriaShelley Berger, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, USARick You...
Scientific Fair "The Brain's Illusions"28th October 2007, 16:00-21:00Room 2, Razzmatazz, C/ Pamplona 88 Barcelona Free Entrance, event only for people aged 16 or moreDiscover, thanks to the most advanced science, how your brain rebuilds the world each second of your life"The Brain's I...
"La pregunta del millón de neuronas" Contest Awards Ceremony(called by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT))NON-AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH...
1st Olympus Stereology CourseObjective of the course: This course presents theory and practical techniques of stereology for obtaining reliable quantitative data from samples of 3D structures. These structures can be homogeneous or heterogeneous. The focus is on applications in biosciences. Challeng...
Brain Awareness Week 2007In the framework of "Barcelona Ciència 2007", the city celebrates for the fourth consecutive year the Brain Awareness Week. In different points of the city several activities to promote the knowledge of the brain and neuroscience will be held: neuroconcert, ...
3D REPERTOIRE PROJECTIn the last two decades biological science has made huge progress in many areas. We live in an era when the entire genetic code of many organisms has been established. However, to make full use of this treasure of information, we need to bring it together with the knowledge of w...
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 7th DECEMBER 2006Scientists have been in a quandary about definitions of Systems Biology for the past few years. These range from collections of physiological data with quantified molecular parts lists (e.g. genes, expression levels, localizations) to abstract mathematical mod...
Inauguration of the new facilities of CRG at the PRBB buildingNext Tuesday, 10th October 2006, at 12.00 pm, the CRG will hold the inauguration ceremony of its new facilities at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB). The ceremony will be chaired by Pasqual Maragall, president of the Catalan G...
The Neurosciencies Summer Seminar "Cognition: From Genes to Function" invites applications Convento de la MercedSede de la Fundación Duques de SoriaC/ Santo Tomé, 6SoriaThe course is directed to PhD students or young post-docs in Neuroscience with a minimum research backgroun...
Organizers: Alfonso Martinez-Arias, Cristina Pujades, Fernando Giraldez, Ijsbrand KramerThe objective of the course, held at Barcelona from 3-8 july 2006, is to provide an excellent learning environment for young scientists, in particular Ph.D students, who need to know more about the molecular mech...
DATE: April 22-26, 2006LOCATION: Sitges, near Barcelona, SpainDESCRIPTION: The kick-off meeting of the EURASNET Network of Excellence will take place in Sitges (near Barcelona) on April 22-26 2006. Sessions will start early on Sunday morning April 23, and will finish after lunch on Wednesday 26.MEET...
GENERAL & BASIC RESEARCH ASPECTS IN BREAST CANCERCancer molecular basisClosing session of 2nd quarter - Year 2005-2006Sala de Graus de la Facultat de MedicinaUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)Campus de BellaterraThursday, 6 April 2006Speakers: Drs. M. Beato, A. Pellicer i M. PeruchoO...
The 3rd BioSapiens Annual General Meeting will be held on 27-29 March 2006 at the Centre de Regulacio Genomica (CRG), Barcelona, SpainThe deadline for registering is Friday 24 February 2006.Click on the link to your right for registration....
THIS PAGE IS NOT AVAILABLE IN ENGLISHSetmana Mundial del Cervell 2006Entre el 13 i el 19 de març tindrà lloc a Barcelona la Setmana Mundial del Cervell 2006, amb activitats per a escoles, conferències, debats i concerts musicals, d'entre altres. Totes aquestes activitats culmina...
New challenges in the mechanistics of human disordersCONNECTING THE GENOME WITH DISEASEFriday, 2 December and Saturday, 3 December, 2005Center for Genomic RegulationBarcelona, Catalonia, SpainMonogenic diseases research has provided knowledge about the molecular alterations that cause many severe hu...
On December 1st, 2005 the 4th Annual Meeting of the Mouse Models of Neuroscience Research Network will be held at the Genomic Regulation Center in Barcelona (Spain). The Mouse Models of Neuroscience Research Network is part of an initiative to increase scientific research networks and is supported b...
Juan Valcarcel elected member of the EMBL Alumni Association Board, representing Alumni from Portugal and Spain has organized the first meeting of the "Iberic Chapter" in Barcelona. The program includes time for discussions among alumni, research seminars by Angus Lamond, Chair of the EMB...
The 7th Annual Meeting of the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS) will be held in Sitges, Spain on June 9-12, 2005. IBANGS is a rapidly developing young society that brings together scientists interested in the latest advances in the rapidly developing fields of neurobeh...
"Metastasis: genes and functions" is the title of the conference that Joan Massagué, chairman of the department of Cancer Biology and Genetics program at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, and researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, will give on March 15, 2005 at 12 a...
For the second year we invite scientists, universities, schools and different areas of the municipal administration of Barcelona to take part in the world celebration that will be realized this year between 14 and on March 20....
Meeting room: Sala de actos CMIMAPg. Maritim, 37-4908003 BarcelonaSpainThe Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) has organized a one-day symposium about “Cancer, transcription and development” on November 15, which will take place at the Sala de Actos of the CMIMA building. Kelly McNagny, associate ...
“Plasticity of hematopoietic stem cells and their differentiated progeny” is the title of the talk that Thomas Graf, researcher and professor of Developmental and Molecular Biology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and the Centre for Genomic Regulation, will give next Friday, ...
