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    About the CNIC
    10 Dec 2020
    The 'ProtMechanics-Live' project, led by Dr. Jorge Alegre, awarded ERC Consolidator funding in the ERC-2020-COG call

    'ProtMechanics-Live' is based on unique expertise in protein mechanics and engineering, biophysics, biochemistry and cardiovascular biology and will allow to investigate protein mechanics for the first time in its functionally relevant physiological context
    Research
    28 Apr 2020
    Nature Communications: CNIC scientists design an experimental mouse model for investigating the mechanical function of proteins in vivo

    CNIC scientists, working with international partners, have developed a new experimental mouse model that allows them to study how cells sense, interpret, and generate mechanical forces
    Dr. Alegre-Cebollada (center), Prof. Julio Fernández (left), and study author Carmen Badilla (right).
    Research
    12 Jan 2018
    Nature Communications: Scientists identify a key mechanism regulating a protein required for muscle and heart function

    Scientists at the CNIC and Columbia University have identified a new mechanism regulating the elasticity of titin, a protein with important roles in the function of skeletal and heart muscle