Carolina Pérez Castro, group leader of ‘Cancer stem cells and cell plasticity’. Tumor stem cells have the ability to divide or acquire properties of other cells and, in this way, the tumor grows and evolves. To know the mechanisms that play a role in these processes is fundamental in the search for potential treatments. You…
This day seeks to raise awareness about the difference in access to science between genders. At IBioBA, more than 66% of the scientific staff are women. The General Assembly of the United Nations declared on February 11 the International Day of Women and Girls in Science “in order to achieve full and equal access to…
Lucas Pontel and Hernán Reingruber. Researchers at IBioBA study how the accumulation of toxic molecules in normal and tumor cells influence their behavior, function and survival. You can find this story published in the website of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) (in Spanish) Members of the ‘Cancer Metabolism’ group Lucas Pontel, associate researcher…