BCN, 6 May 2021.- The first civilisations to build monumental palaces and urban centres in Europe are more genetically homogenous than expected, according to the first study to sequence whole genomes gathered from ancient archaeological sites around the Aegean Sea. The study, which is first-...

BCN, 5 May 2021.- A team from the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG), part of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), will take part in the 2021 edition of The Collider program, an initiative run by the Mobile World Capital...

BCN, 29 April 2021.- The Vertebrate Genome Project (VGP) today announced its flagship study and associated publications focusing on the quality of genome assembly and standardization for the field of genomics. The international consortium, led by...

BCN, 28 April 2021.- Age may adversely affect women’s fertility by impairing levels of RNA molecules which in turn alter the function of genes involved in key biological pathways during the final maturation stage of a human egg cell, according to the findings of a new study published today in the...

2020 has been a very busy and in the end also a very successful year. It was a year that highlighted the importance of research for society. At the beginning of the year we were honored by a visit of the Spanish Minister of Science and Innovation, Pedro Duque and the Secretary General for Research...

BCN, 16 March 2021.- Oscar Lao, leader of the Population Genomics Group at the CNAG-CRG, together with Joan Fibla from the Universitat de Lleida (UdL) and Pedro Moral from the Universitat de Barcelona, are the leading co-directors of the GenPIR project. This project, funded by the Diputació de...