Genomics

ITER brings its activity closer to the Local Development Agencies of the Municipalities of Tenerife

This visit to ITER is part of the Internationalization Plan for the municipalities of the island promoted by the Tenerife Island Council, aiming to develop actions that attract foreign investment. The Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies (ITER), an entity under the Tenerife Island Council, recently received a visit from 31 [...]

2024-04-18T10:38:08+01:008 April, 2024|Environment, Genomics, Renewable Energies, Robotics, Technology|

The History of the Canary Islands from a genetic perspective

On March 19, 2024, researchers from ITER´s Genomics Area gave several scientific outreach talks at IES Granadilla as part of the Cultural Week organized by the aforementioned educational centre. These talks were promoted by the Biology department and targeted middle and high school students. The informative talks were conducted by [...]

2024-04-18T11:32:27+01:0021 March, 2024|Genomics|

ITER participates in an international research that reveals significant advances in understanding the genetic factors of COVID-19.

This new study, involving the Genomics Area of ITER, has been published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature, shedding light on the genetic architecture of COVID-19. Researchers from the Genomics Area of the Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies (ITER), under the authority of the Cabildo de Tenerife, have contributed [...]

2023-10-24T15:11:20+01:003 October, 2023|Genomics|

Research Personnel from the Genomics Area of ITER participates in the International Congress IWBBIO 2023

During this international congress recently held in Gran Canaria, the research team presented several studies related to Bioinformatics and Genomics developed within their area.  Between July 12 and July 14, 2023, the Genomics Area of the Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies (ITER) took part in the 10th International Congress [...]

2023-07-27T12:03:00+01:0027 July, 2023|Genomics|

The genomics area of ITER participates in the XXVI National Congress of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology

The research team of the Genomics Area has collaborated on three scientific papers presented at this scientific event, which brought together a large number of national and international experts. The research staff of the Genomics Area at the Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies (ITER) participated this year, for the [...]

2023-08-31T09:10:19+01:0017 July, 2023|Genomics|

ITER´s Genomics Area participates in the XXIII Seminar on Population Genetics and Evolution

The research team of ITER´s Genomics Area presented 6 scientific papers at this scientific event, which brought together more than 60 national experts in population genetics. The research team of the Genomics Area of the Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies (ITER) participated this year, for the first time, in [...]

2023-04-10T14:17:50+01:0010 April, 2023|Genomics|

A study led by ITER researchers explains the origins and genetic mix of the current Canarian population through mitochondrial DNA

The study, recently published in the scientific journal iScience, has revealed both the persistence of the aboriginal gene pool in the current population and the continental genetic influences of Europe and Africa in the Canary Islands, highlighting the predominance of North African influence in the population of the entire archipelago [...]

2023-01-18T12:01:45+01:0018 January, 2023|Genomics|

ITER participates in a study that reveals genetic determinants of the severity of Covid-19

The study, published in the scientific journal Human Molecular Genetics, demonstrates the existence of new genetic variants that influence the evolution of COVID-19 The research staff of the Genomics Area of the Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies (ITER), dependent of the Cabildo de Tenerife, has participated in a [...]

2022-10-05T10:27:23+01:005 October, 2022|Genomics|
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