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The Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) is an international centre for biomedical research and graduate training institute, dedicated to promoting multidisciplinary science of excellence and a new generation of scientific leaders. Established by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (FCG) in 1961, and still generously supported by the Foundation, the IGC is distinguished from other research institutes by the remarkable opportunity it provides for gifted young scientists to gain full research independence early in their careers. Currently, the IGC hosts 43 Research Groups. Further 29 research groups develop their research at external associated institutes and research centres, maintaining strong scientific collaborations with IGC groups, and access to IGC facilities. Around 400 researchers (students, post-docs, technicians and group leaders), from 38 different countries work at the IGC. In October 2012, Jonathan Howard took over as Director of the IGC succeeding António Coutinho, who has been Director since 1998. The IGC is located in Oeiras, Portugal. ==Contributions to Research== Researchers at the IGC co-authored a 2012 review in Science on a largely overlooked strategy for treating infectious diseases - tolerance to infection,〔http://www.igc.gulbenkian.pt/media/article/92〕 uncovered is a very simple, neat mechanism whereby the cell couples DNA duplication, cell division and centromere assembly (published in Developmental Cell, December 2011),〔http://www.igc.gulbenkian.pt/media/article/89〕 been part of the multinational team that sequenced the genome of the tiny spider mite (published in ''Nature'', November 2011),〔http://www.igc.gulbenkian.pt/media/article/87〕 shown that one of the proteins that regulates the skeleton of the cell also acts to block activation of genes that promote cell survival and proliferation (published in Development, April 2011);〔http://www.igc.gulbenkian.pt/media/article/81〕 discovered how sickle cell anemia protects against malaria (published in the journal Cell, April 2011);〔http://www.igc.gulbenkian.pt/media/article/80〕 shown that pollen grains communicate with the female pistil via Glutamate receptor-like channels, common in the animal nervous system (published in Science, March 2011);〔http://www.igc.gulbenkian.pt/media/article/79〕 shown that the heme group in hemoglobin plays a toxic role in severe sepsis which can be overcome by a naturally-occurring anti-oxidant (published in PNAS, September 2010);〔http://www.igc.gulbenkian.pt/media/article/74〕 solved a paradox in cell cycle regulation - how telomeres, at the tips of chromosomes, are not recognised as sites of DNA damage that need to be repaired (published in Nature, September 2010).〔http://www.igc.gulbenkian.pt/media/article/73〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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