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A new study led by #ICREAresearcher @ricardsole.bsky.social ( @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social ) defines a new mathematical model explaining the natural phenomenon of cooperation between species.

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melisupf.bsky.social UPF Medicine and Life Sciences @melisupf.bsky.social · Jan 13
🔄 New study reveals how cooperation between species could sustain more diverse and resilient ecosystems

The study has developed a comprehensive mathematical theory in which, for the first time, cooperation is essential to explaining how ecosystems are organized and maintained.
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Un nou estudi revela com la cooperació entre espècies podria sostenir ecosistemes més diversos i resistents
La recerca proposa un nou model matemàtic on la cooperació pot convertir-se en un motor de biodiversitat i resiliència en tota mena d’ecosistemes. A més a més, amplia la teoria ecològica vigent i reve...
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January 27, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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From @irbbarcelona.org #ICREAResearcher Patrick Aloy @ptck72.bsky.social has taken part in a study published in @nature.com that broadens the possibilities for designing more effective drug therapies 👇
irbbarcelona.org IRB Barcelona @irbbarcelona.org · Nov 26
🧬 Kinase Inhibitors can do more than block their targets!
A study by @cemm.oeaw.ac.at-@aithyra.bsky.social and #IRBBarcelona reveals that many inhibitors also trigger the degradation of the kinases, uncovering an overlooked mechanism with therapeutic potential.

Out in @nature.com
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December 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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🧬🔬 #ICREAResearcher Marco Milán led a new study published in @natcomms.nature.com.

Using animal models, @milanlab.bsky.social at @irbbarcelona.org uncovered the role of mitochondria in a rare disease that causes microcephaly. Congratulations! 👏
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 AM
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🏆 We extend our congratulations to Manuel Salmeron, #ICREAResearcher and Director of @ibecbarcelona.eu, on receiving the George Winter Award 2026!

The award is the @esbiomaterials.bsky.social highest distinction and recognises Manuel’s outstanding contributions to biomaterials research.👏
September 29, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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🎉 #ICREAResearcher @marcelswart.bsky.social (@univgirona.bsky.social) has been awarded the prestigious 2025 @rsc.org Dalton Horizon Prize 🏆

Congratulations on this great achievement! 👏

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marcelswart.bsky.social Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · Apr 8
The 2025 @rsc.org Dalton Horizon Prize arrived. A #team effort:
Faiza Ahsan, Bittu Chandra, Abhishek Das,
Yisong Guo, Mehmet Jahja, Sami Mahri, Nabhendu Pal, Larry Que, Yuan Sheng, MS, Jin Xiong, Vic Young

Nonheme iron-oxo oxidants

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April 14, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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Great discovery by #ICREAResearcher Iñaki Ruiz-Trujillo and team (@multicellgenome.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social)! 👏

🦠 Their study shows how very ancient bacterial genes gave animals key elements to build their modern eukaryotic cells.

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multicellgenome.bsky.social Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo @multicellgenome.bsky.social · Mar 18
Many cellular innovations later used by animals were assembled long before animals evolved.We show that aerobic plasmalogen biosynthesis likely entered eukaryotes early from Myxobacteria, highlighting how bacterial genes shaped the cellular landscape from which animals emerged. 🧬✨ #protistsOnSky
March 19, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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⚡ Electrocatalytic reactions are key to producing green fuels such as hydrogen. But how can we make research in this field ➕ reliable and reproducible?

#ICREAResearcher @mariaescesc.bsky.social (@icn2.bsky.social) explains it in @cp-cellrepphyssci.bsky.social .👇

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September 11, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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1/ 🤔 🌍 Are poorer countries "catching up" with the richer ones?

A new study led by #ICREAResearcher @jasonhickel.bsky.social and Dylan Sullivan(@icta-uab.bsky.social) found that the income gap between richer and developing countries widened by 170–270% between 1960 and 2023.👇

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The myth of catch-up development: trends in core–periphery inequality from 1960 to 2023
The conventional narrative in international development holds that poorer countries are “catching up” with richer countries through the process of capitalist growth. This paper assesses this claim ...
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July 21, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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🧪 #ICREAResearcher @marcelswart.bsky.social’s team (@univgirona.bsky.social), winner of the 2025 Dalton Horizon Prize, is developing iron-based catalysts inspired by natural enzymes that transform organic molecules in a controlled way.

Discover➕in this video. 👇

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June 17, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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🗞️A study published in @naturemedicine.bsky.social and led by #ICREAresearcher Holger Heyn ( @hoheyn.bsky.social @cnag-eu.bsky.social ) expands the current knowledge of inflammation biology and creates a framework for classifying inflammatory diseases.
February 5, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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🏅🎶 #ICREAResearcher David Irving (IMF-CSIC) has been awarded the prestigious Dent Medal 2026 by the @royalmusical.bsky.social.

A recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field of musicology. Congratulations! 👏

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royalmusical.bsky.social RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · May 21
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The Dent Medal 2026 is awarded to David R. M. Irving, who is an ICREA Research Professor at the Institució Milà i Fontanals de Recerca en Humanitats, CSIC, in Barcelona.
Close-up image of the RMA's Dent Medal
June 1, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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Congratulations to #ICREAResearcher @manelesteller.bsky.social (IRSant Pau) for receiving the @theaacr.bsky.social Award for Outstanding Journal Article.👏

In the study, his team uses a new technology to predict treatment response in myelodysplastic syndrome, a type of leukaemia.🔬

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April 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Inbiomotion, the @irbbarcelona.org spin-off founded by #ICREAResearcher Roger Gomis, will bring the MAF Test® to patients in South Korea! 🏥

This test for identifying high-risk early-stage breast cancer patients is increasing its international projection. Congratulations!👏
irbbarcelona.org IRB Barcelona @irbbarcelona.org · May 21
🧪 The MAF Test®, developed by #IRBBarcelona & @icreacommunity.bsky.social spin-off Inbiomotion, is now available in South Korea.

This is the 1st #IRBBarcelona research-based product to reach patients there. The test could benefit ~34,000 new #BreastCancer patients each year.

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June 9, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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🌌 A new study with the participation of #ICREAResearcher Mark Gieles (@icc-ub.bsky.social - @ieec.cat) has revealed that the Universe’s most massive black holes are born within dense star clusters through violent merger events.

Congratulations on this great work!👏

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Biggest black holes are born in busy star clusters in violent merging events - IEEC
The study, published in Nature Astronomy, also provides the strongest evidence yet for a “mass gap”, the range of masses where stars are not expected to leave behind black holes at all.
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May 22, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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🦍 A rare mutation made Snowflake the only known albino gorilla.

For #ICREAResearcher @tmarquesbonet.bsky.social (@upf.edu), studying Snowflake's genome sparked decades of research on primate genomics and new insights into human evolution. Discover his story:👇

The scientist who discovered why Snowflake was albino
Tomàs Marquès Bonet is a full professor in the Department of Medicine and Life Sciences at Pompeu Fabra University
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August 14, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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🔬 With an @erc.europa.eu Synergy grant, #ICREAResearcher Miguel Ángel González Ballester (@upf.edu), together with other leading researchers, will develop a methodology to improve the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Servei de Recerca de la UPF (@sdrecercaupf.bsky.social)
Detecting and exterminating pancreatic cancer cells in a single shot, the objective of Zee-Zoom-Zap, the @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grant project that starts today. Miguel Ángel González Ballester @enginyeria-upf.bsky.social & @icreacommunity.bsky.social is #UPFBarcelona leader. ➡️ tuit.cat/h6Sul
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April 17, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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📢 New research out in @nature.com !

#ICREAresearcher Arnau Sebé-Pedrós ( @arnausebe.bsky.social‬ @crg.eu ) has published a new study, and he explains the key findings himself in this thread 👇
January 20, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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🌍 Just a few thousand years ago, the world may have been home to tens of thousands of languages—far more than the ~7,500 spoken today.

A study led by #ICREAResearcher @damianblasi.bsky.social (@upf.edu) reconstructs 12,000 years of linguistic history.👇

www.scientificamerican.com/article/huma...
Humanity’s ‘golden age’ of language may have occurred 2,000 years ago
During a lost ‘golden age’ of language, humans may have spoken tens of thousands of different tongues, a new study suggests
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July 29, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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We are very proud to be part of HelixAI spin-off, from @irbbarcelona.org, ICREA and @upc.edu. 🤝

Co-founded by #ICREAResearcher Salvador Aznar Benitah, HelixAI is focused on developing artificial intelligence tools designed to enhance biomedical data analysis. 👇
irbbarcelona.org IRB Barcelona @irbbarcelona.org · May 8
🧬 Helixai.ai: New spin-off from #IRBBarcelona, @icreacommunity.bsky.social and the @upc.edu to transform biomedical data into clinical insight using #AI.

Read more here ➡️ https://shorturl.at/Avth2

#IRBInnovation #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation @aznarbenitahlab.bsky.social
May 19, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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🌍 #ICREAResearcher Seth M. Holmes is organizing the conference “Breaking Barriers in Global Health: The Lancet Global Social Medicine Case Series Kick-off” with global health experts.

Discover how social medicine can transform global health practice.👇

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April 16, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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Our warmest congratulations to #ICREAResearcher Victoria Reyes-García (@icta-uab.bsky.social) on her appointment as a member of the Academia Europaea, one of Europe’s leading academic institutions. 👏👏

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🏅👏ICTA-UAB researcher Victoria Reyes-García appointed member of the Academia Europaea The Academia Europaea is dedicated to promoting excellence in research across the humanities, social sciences, mathematics, medicine, and the natural and technological sciences. https://www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-premsa-icta-uab/detall-noticia/researcher-victoria-reyes-garcia-appointed-member-of-the-academia-europaea-1345819915004.html?detid=1345984573384
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April 15, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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Our warmest congratulations to #ICREAResearcher Stephan Roche (@icn2.bsky.social) on his election as a Member of the European Academy of Sciences in the Materials Science Division.

A recognition to his contributions to quantum materials, spintronics and advanced materials design.👏

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#eurasc #newmember #materialsscience #quantummaterials #nanoscience #spintronics #advancedmaterials | European Academy of Sciences . | 25 comments
The European Academy of Sciences is pleased to welcome Prof. Stephan Roche as a new Member of the Academy in the Materials Science Division. Prof. Roche is ICREA - Institució Catalana de Recerca i E...
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September 9, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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♾️A new kind of infinity has been uncovered!

📰Discover the research of #ICREAresearcher Joan Bagaria ( @ub.edu ) in mathematics in this 2025 @quantamagazine.bsky.social overview👇
The Year in Mathematics | Quanta Magazine
Explore a shape that can’t pass through itself, a teenage prodigy, and two new kinds of infinity.
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March 12, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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💭 A new study led by #ICREAResearcher Raül Andero Galí (@uab.cat) has revealed that sex hormone levels are linked to memory performance in a lab task, with similar patterns also observed in mice.

Our warmest congratulations on this work.👏

#neuroscience #memory #hormones #translationalresearch | Raül Andero Galí, PhD
🧠 Can we predict memory from a simple saliva test? Our new study shows that sex hormone levels predict memory performance in a lab task—and that these effects are replicated in mice. A small step toward more biologically grounded, cross-species models of memory using machine learning. A collaboration with NYU Grossman School of Medicine, McGovern Medical School, ICREA - Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Institut de Neurociències UAB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT) 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eC5n9Kcp #Neuroscience #Memory #Hormones #TranslationalResearch
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June 10, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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🌍🗞️ #ICREAResearcher ‪@jasonhickel.bsky.social‬ has participated in the new dossier "Reparations and distributive justice in global health", published in the BMJ Global Health. Read more here: 👇

Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel.bsky.social)
I'm excited to announce this new dossier on reparations, published in the BMJ Global Health. Five case studies covering damages related to slavery, conflict-related sexual violence, climate change, racial injustice and structural adjustment. https://gh.bmj.com/content/11/Suppl_1
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April 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM