Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG)

A new project led by @monicabettencourt.bsky.social will explore why the flu can cause pneumonia to develop, and whether hair-like structures called cillia are involved. The research is funded by @caixaresearch.bsky.social #FundlaCaixaResearch

Yay! Soon I'm starting my lab at the Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona (@crg.eu 🌊), as a joint Independent Fellow with Andorra Research + Innovation (@andorrari.bsky.social ⛰️). www.crg.eu/en/programme...

La Comisión Europea invertirá en las bases de datos esenciales para la investigación biomédica mundial. El paquete anunciado ayer incluye 19 millones de euros para el proyecto Gencode en la que participa @rodericguigo.bsky.social

The @ec.europa.eu backs GENCODE with 19 million euros, helping long-term sustainability of one of the most important and widely used biodata resources in the world. GENCODE has a long history at the CRG, a project that still involves @rodericguigo.bsky.social Full story: www.crg.eu/en/news/euro...

Entenem millor la biologia o només generem dades que encara no sabem interpretar? En aquesta taula rodona explorarem aquestes qüestions des de les perspectives d’experts en anàlisi de proteïnes i de cèl·lules individuals. Inscripció: ajuntament.barcelona.cat/ccivics/cand...

Too early to know implications of Anthropic and Claude's discovery on enzymes, says the CRG's Bernardo Rodriguez in @elmundoes.bsky.social. The researchers also says peer review remains fundamental to ensuring the study meets minimum quality standards. www.elmundo.es/salud/2026/0...

The CRG's 2027 PhD call is now open! We have multiple, fully-funded positions across fifteen different research groups. Successful candidates will spend four years pursuing cutting-edge questions at our labs in Barcelona. Deadline is 22 November. www.crg.eu/en/content/t...

🔬 ¿Cómo llevar la investigación de excelencia del laboratorio a la sociedad y al mercado? 📅22 y 23 de septiembre: #SOMMaConnect2026 organizado por #SOMMa y @crg.eu 

We are at a critical moment for the future of European science. As @eu-life.bsky.social founder, and together with 100s of institutes and universities across the continent, we call for an ambitious funding pot for FP10. See Luis Serrano's comments in El Mundo. www.mundoamerica.com/entertainmen...

DeepMind presenta AlphaGenome Atlas, un Google Maps que permite bucear en todas las posibles mutaciones del genoma humano. Esto abre la puerta a entender por qué aparece una enfermedad rara o qué causa un cáncer hereditario. ¿Es una revolución? Análisis con @lluismontoliu.bsky.social, @crg.eu y más🧬

El ‘pegamento’ que mantiene unidos los tejidos también ayuda a eliminar células muertas, según un estudio del @crg.eu

Ask @monicabettencourt.bsky.social how she'll build the CRG's next chapter and she reaches for a castell: three missions, one tower, nothing standing without the people beneath it. The great @crisaez.bsky.social interviews our new director in ARA on generative biology, biodiversity and one health.

Our August cover (rupress.org/jcb/issue/22...) shows an immunofluorescence image of LX-2 cells acquired using a Leica Stellaris confocal microscope. Blue, DAPI (DNA); green, type-I collagen, α-1 chain; magenta, TANGO1 (ER exit sites). From Bhattacharyya et al. @crg.eu: rupress.org/jcb/article/...

1/ We’ve been working on making it easier to fine-tune AlphaGenome on new RNA-seq samples, with a focus on one of my favourite regulatory layers: splicing! Blog post: genomicsxai.github.io/blogs/2026-0...

🧬 La iniciativa internacional ENCODE donde participa @crg.eu crea un mapa de más de 92 millones de elementos del ADN que controlan los genes humanos

📣 New PRBB-CRG conference 📋 Topics in Neurogenomics: Using AI to Study Endophenotypes & then Having it Take Over 🗣️ Mark Gerstein - @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social  📆 July 21 - ⏰ 10:00 hosted by: Sílvia Pérez-Lluch - @crg.eu    📍 #PRBB Maria Skłodowska-Curie room

Researchers @rodericguigo.bsky.social and Ramil Nurtdinov, contribute to a new @nature.com paper from the #ENCODE Consortium, mapping more than 92 million DNA elements that regulate human genes. A valuable new resource for understanding genome function and disease. 🔗 www.crg.eu/en/news/enco...

From cash donations to mentoring migrants to personal growth opportunities: our researchers @ameliebaud.bsky.social and @piacosma.bsky.social describe how and why they juggle charity work with their busy day jobs in the lab.

⚡ @cbioportal.bsky.social lands at EGA ⚡ The widely used platform, designed to simplify the exploration of complex cancer genomic data, is now connected to EGA! Discover what this means for researchers in our latest blog post: 🔗 blog.ega-archive.org/cbioportal

Ah it’s going to be such a good lab visit

Catalan centers and universities obtain 14 out of the 29 ERC Advance grants awarded in Spain this year, including a record 4th consecutive one for the CRG's Luis Serrano. Here's a deep dive in @ara.cat

Congrats to Luis Serrano, Group Leader at the CRG, for a record fourth consecutive #ERCAdG. Very few scientists across Europe have such a distinguished track record. elpais.com/ciencia/2026...

#AI is reshaping life sciences. Are you ready to make the most of it? Registration open: #ELIXIR Summer School on Artificial Intelligence & #MachineLearning in Life Science: From Foundations to Applications at #CRG 14–18 Sept 2026 🔗 courses.crg.eu/events/artif... #ELIXIR-Training #ELIXIR-ES

Training future scientific leaders is key to advancing research.  Anna Solé Amat from @crg.eu  highlights the importance of fostering talent, judgment, and leadership skills in early-career scientists.  Science grows through people.  More info👇  https://tuit.cat/gs6ym

💙 #FluorescenceFriday By @pierre-bercier.bsky.social #Live #Microscopy #Cytoskeleton #Mechanobiology #Laboratory #CellBiology @crg.eu @prbb.org

Thinking about a PhD in the #lifesciences? We're excited that the #CRG will be joining @docinsightssymp.bsky.social to showcase our #PhD Programme in Barcelona. Curious about #genomics, #computationalbiology, #biomedicine, and cutting-edge research? Join the free online symposium on 10 Sept 👇👇👇👇

NuMA is a mitotic adaptor protein that activates #dynein and connects it to #microtubule minus ends. From Sabina Colombo @bilirubina.bsky.social et al. @surreylab.bsky.social @crg.eu: rupress.org/jcb/article/... 📕 Part of our #Microtubules collection: rupress.org/jcb/collecti... #EESMicrotubules

Procollagen 1 assembles into phase-separated condensates in the endoplasmic reticulum. New study from Soumya Bhattacharyya, Jose Wojnacki, Nathalie Brouwers, and Vivek Malhotra @crg.eu: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Organelles #Trafficking #Biophysics #Biochemistry #ER_literature

Luis Serrano @crg.eu and Katherine Villa @iciq.org rg receive Catalonia’s National Research Awards #PNR at official ceremony 👉 bist.eu/luis-serrano...

Mafalda Dias es finalista del premio Vanguardia de la Ciencia. Su línea de investigación está ayudando agilizar el diagnóstico de enfermedades raras, ofreciendo una evidencia adicional para médicos que ya tienen sospechas sobre ciertos genes implicados según los síntomas. ¡Vota ahora!

In contrast to prevailing dogma, Bhattacharyya et al. @crg.eu report that procollagen 1 assembles into a liquid condensate within cells, resolving the long-standing problem of how cells accommodate and export high concentrations of these bulky molecules from the ER. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

"Refuerzan la idea que la mitocondria fue una incorporación relativamente tardía. Esto va en contra de una visión más clásica en la que la adquisición temprana de la mitocondria habría sido el motor principal de la evolución de la complejidad eucariota" @arnausebe.bsky.social en Expansión

The CRG is participating in the #EICSummit2026 for the first time, with #ECaBox, the EIC Pathfinder project coordinated by @piacosma.bsky.social‬, in the EIC Projects & Companies Exhibition. A proud milestone for our innovation activities. Thanks Eimear Byrne and Eva Coppola for representing us!

Congratulations to CRG's @benlehner.bsky.social on receiving the 2026 Premio Rei Jaume I for Biomedical Research. The award recognises his pioneering discoveries on genetic variation, evolution and disease, helping transform our understanding of biology and human health. #genomics #genetics #CRG

📢📢 Job opening between the Bioinformatics Unit and my group (REPBIO) at @crg.eu Interested in contributing to our efforts to leverage long-read sequencing technologies for human genome research? Join us in Barcelona: recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs... Please repost😊

Avui hem rebut la Mònica Morales, Head of Programme del Core Technologies Programme del @crg.eu, Centre for Genomic Regulation, que ens ha presentat la seva organització i els seus serveis tècnics. Una trobada per continuar aprenent i reforçant la col·laboració científica. 🤝🧬

Excited to release #OpenSplice - the impact of >500,000 mutations on the alternative splicing of 600 human exons www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Led by @gioia-quarantani.bsky.social + funded by @opentargets.org ‬ @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @crg.eu #cshlsymp26 #RNA2026 @rnasociety.bsky.social

📣 New PRBB-CRG conference 📋 The genetic mechanisms underlying mammalian germline and somatic evolution 🗣️ Duncan Odom (@odomlab.bsky.social) - @dkfz.bsky.social  📆 June 1 - ⏰ 12:00 hosted by: @weghornlab.bsky.social  - @crg.eu    📍 #PRBB Maria Skłodowska-Curie room

🚨 Last days to apply for the @embo.org Practical Course on Targeted #Proteomics organised by #CRG in Barcelona! Hands-on training, leading experts, and the latest targeted proteomics workflows. 📅 Deadline: 30 May 🔗 meetings.embo.org/event/26-tar... #CRGTraining #MassSpectrometry #CRGCourses

4/ 🏆 Arnau Sebé Pedrós (@crg.eu), ha rebut el Premi Nacional Margarita Salas en l’àmbit de la biologia, per les seves aportacions clau a l’estudi de la cultura política i els desafiaments democràtics en àrees de gran interès i impacte social. 🗞️

📍 SOMMa Connect 2026 | 22-23 sept, Barcelona Ciencia de excelencia, empresa, inversión e innovación en un mismo encuentro, organizado por @sommalliance.bsky.social y el CRG. 🎟 Inscripción gratuita hasta el 31 de mayo 👉 sommaconnect.es/registro/ #SOMMaConnect2026

We're hiring! Join our growing team at the @crg.eu as a postdoc. Curious about how mRNA translation and decay cross-talk? We're looking for a postdoctoral researcher to lead a project in the field of RNA biology and gene regulation. Apply here: recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs... Please share!

Benvinguda, bienvenida y bem-vinda @monicabettencourt.bsky.social, who completes her first week as Director of the Centre for Genomic Regulation. She takes the relay from Luis Serrano after fifteen years. We look forward to the next chapter! @eu-life.bsky.social @prbb.org @cerca.cat

📣 New PRBB-CRG conference 📋 Single-cell approaches for monitoring stem cells in aging, clonal expansion and cancer 🗣️ Ataman Sendöl - Institute for Regenerative Medicine, U. Zurich 📆 April 17 - ⏰ 12:00 hosted by: @gebauerlab.bsky.social - @crg.eu    📍 #PRBB Maria Skłodowska-Curie room

📣 New PRBB-CRG conference 📋 A pathway for formation of an RNA-mediated nuclear compartment 🗣️ @jobdekker.bsky.social  - @umasschan.bsky.social  📆 April 16 - ⏰ 14:00 hosted by: @mamartirenom.bsky.social   - @crg.eu    📍 #PRBB Maria Skłodowska-Curie room

Together with Andorra Recerca + Innovació, we have just opened an international call to recruit two independent research fellows in mountain genomics. Applications are open until the 14th of May: recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs...

@typhainee.bsky.social had the opportunity to speak to a class of 8/9-year-olds at the École Française Ferdinand de Lesseps (Barcelona) about life in the lab and biology research 🔬🧬 A great session with budding young scientists full of questions! ❓ #ScienceOutreach #School #Biology @crg.eu @prbb.org

Una nueva técnica permite observar directamente cómo las células tumorales reescriben sus instrucciones genéticas, un proceso clave para su crecimiento y supervivencia @crg.eu