Research programme on biomedical informatics

GRIB carries out fundamental research and technological developments on the application of new information technologies and computational methods in health and life sciences.

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Alternative in animal testing: replacing them with virtual ones to sacrifice less

This September, a European project led by the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and where GRIB participates has been launched which aims to replace a quarter...

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Mar Albà, Ferran sanz and Manuel Pastor in the ranking World’s Top 2% Scientist of Stanford’s University

The new edition of the ranking, which has just been published, includes 41 researchers who have worked at Hospital de Mar and the Research...

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Launch of IHI JU VICT3R Initiative to Revolutionize Nonclinical Drug and Chemical Safety Evaluation with Virtual Controls

VICT3R is a new IHI-funded initiative aiming to revolutionize nonclinical safety testing by significantly reducing animal use in toxicology research....

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Dr. Miguel Ángel Mayer participates in the report on Real World Data and Real World Evidence by the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS)

Dr. Miguel ángel Mayer contributed to the CIOMS report on Real World Data and Real World Evidence, guiding regulators on using this data. ...

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Solving the puzzle of membrane receptors

The G-protein-coupled receptor-based drug development group, led by Jana Selent, creates molecular dynamics simulations that help find new drugs for nervous system diseases....

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Prof. Joseph Schacherer as invited speaker at GRIB

Prof. Joseph Schacherer from the University of Strasbourg has done a seminar: "Species-wide quantitative transcriptomes and proteomes reveal distinct genetic control of gene expression variation"...

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Research groups

Microbiome Research

The Microbiome Research Group led by Mireia Valles-Colomer analyses the human body-associated microbial communities (microbiome)...

Comparative and functional genomics

During the last years the genomic revolution has provided unique research opportunities unthought-of before....

Structural Bioinformatics

Led by Baldo Oliva and dedicated to the analysis and modelling of protein 3D structures,...

PharmacoInformatics

Led by Manuel Pastor and focused on development and application of pharmacoinformatic methods in the...

Integrative Biomedical Informatics

Led by Ferran Sanz and dedicated to the generation and execution of research initiatives for...

GPCR Drug Discovery

Led by Jana Selent and focussed on the functionality of G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs)...

Functional Genomics

The research focus of the Functional Genomics group led by Robert Castelo is the development...

Evolutionary genomics

Led by M. Mar Albà and focused on the use of comparative genomics and large-scale...

Neurogenomics

Led by Gabriel Santpere aims to gain insight into the evolutionary mechanisms leading to human...

Computational science

Led by Gianni de Fabritiis is dedicated to computational science in biomedicine and machine learning....

Bioinformatics Services

The Bioinformatics Unit (BU), led by Júlia Perera, is part of the the MARGenomics platform…

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About Us

The Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB) is a joint research programme of the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (HMRI) and the Department of Medicine and Life Sciences of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. GRIB brings together a multidisciplinary team of more than seventy scientists, as well as technical and management staff. M. Mar Albà (HMRI) and Manuel Pastor (UPF) are both Coordinators of GRIB.

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