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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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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A study led by GRIB, has identified a group of microproteins exclusive to liver tumors that could be key to developing cancer vaccines

The research was led by the Evolutionary Genomics Research Group at the Hospital del Mar Research Institute, in collaboration with Cima University of Navarra...

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Thesis defence of José Carlos Montañés: Discovery and evolutionary analysis of novel genes and translated ORFs

José Carlos will defend his thesis on July 11 at 10h, in 61.232 room of campus Mar Doctor Aiguader, 80.08003 Barcelona. ...

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Dr. Jana Selent in new Avenues to Developing Personalized Treatments for Schizophrenia

An international study led by the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (Dr. Jana Selent's group of GRIB) has demonstrated, for the first time,...

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Next OPEN GRIB SEMINAR will be given by Helena Crowell

The next Open GRIB Seminar " Whole-transcriptome spatial molecular imaging of Tubullovillous adenomas", by Helena Crowell, will take place next Wednesday 29 May 2024 at 15.30 h in Xipre's room....

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Once again GRIB participates in “Visit the research of La Marató”

At the Hospital del Mar Research Institute, we are participating in this initiative by organizing four visits where different projects funded by the 2021...

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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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