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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Treatment-resistant depression identified as a distinct molecular subtype

A study led by the Hospital del Mar Research Institute, the University of Brescia, and the Paris Brain Institute, with the collaboration of partners...

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The IHI VICT3R Consortium Expands with New Partners to Drive Ethical Innovation in Toxicology

The VICT3R project is proud to announce the expansion of its consortium with the addition of new beneficiaries joining the project and organisations joining...

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Linking alterations in precursor cells of brain formation with the origin of neuropsychiatric diseases

Researchers from the GRIB of Hospital del Mar Research Institute and Yale University, in the United States, have demonstrated how the action of certain...

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Amino acids play a key role in how cells respond to drugs

The GPCR Drug Discovery Research Group of GRIB has done a study focused on a specific cellular receptor, the cannabinoid receptor type 2 (CB2), a...

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Xoel Mato’s new paper on Nature: “Early developmental origins of corticaldisorders modeled in human neuralstem cells”

Xoel Mato Blanco, member of the neurogenomics group led by Gabriel Santpere, has published his first paper on Nature Magazine...

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Thesis defence of Lilian Boll:Decoding Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Response – Biomarker Discovery and Predictive Modeling through Multi-omics analyses

Lilian Boll has defended her thesis on July 8 at 10h, in room 61.210 of campus Mar Barcelona. ...

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Research groups

Computational Epigenomics

The Computational Epigenomics group lead by Maria Colomé-Tatché is interested in understanding how different epigenomes...

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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