The XII edition of the Board of Trustees of the UB and the FBG awards is already open Blog Post

The awards of the Board of Trustees of the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation for the transfer of knowledge and the creation of innovative companies celebrate their twelfth edition. These awards aim to promote the return to society of the knowledge acquired through study and research, to stress the importance of technology, knowledge, and innovation transfer projects, and to foster the creation of innovative companies and entrepreneurial culture within the UB Group. The Bosch i Gimpera Foundation is the technology transfer office of the UB since 1983 and is based in the Barcelona Science Park.

 

EASI Genomics: an EU-funded project to provide free-of-charge access to sequencing technologies Blog Post

EASI-Genomics –a new European project to provide easy access to sequencing technologies and analysis to researchers– has opened its 1st call for proposals today, 25th March. Ivo Gut,  Director of the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CNAG-CRG) coordinates the consortium, that  will handle between 150 and 300 projects over a period of 4 years with a total budget of 10 M€ funded under the European Union’s research and innovation programme Horizon 2020.

 

A step forward in using nanoparticles to fight bacterial resistance Blog Post

For the first time, scientists at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have designed a technique that makes it possible to test the efficiency of drugs linked to nanoparticles in a precise and reliable way. This new technique has recently been published in the Journal of Nanobiotechnology.

 

SOM Biotech closes a financing round of 7 million euros Blog Post

SOM Biotech, a clinical-stage drug discovery and development company focused on repurposing drugs for orphan diseases of the Central Nervous System headquartered at the Barcelona Science Park, has just closed a financing round of 7 million euros led by a holding company belonging to a European family with a long tradition in the pharmaceutical sector which will give the opportunity to get a facilitated access to pharma network. Several of the current partners of SOM Biotech have also taken the opportunity to participate in this round.

 

A new technique allows researchers to focus the action of drugs via infrared light Blog Post

A scientific team led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), based at the Barcelona Science Park, and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)manages to efficiently activate molecules located inside cell tissues using two-photon excitation of with infrared light lasers. The study has recently been published in the journal Nature Communications.

 

Kelly Arrontes blends art and science at Barcelona Science Park again Blog Post

The work “The origin of life” by artist Kelly Arrontes was unveiled yesterday at Barcelona Science Park. The unveiling, presided over by the rector of the University of Barcelona, Joan Elias, brought together a hundred people and leading representatives from the academic, scientific and cultural world and from the Third Social Sector.

 

Barcelona Science Park takes part in YoMo for the third year running Blog Post

Barcelona Science Park (Parc Científic de Barcelona, PCB) takes an active role in the 3rd edition of the Youth Mobile Festival (YoMo), which today opens its doors at the La Farga de L’Hospitalet exhibition centre, as part of the Mobile World Congress (MWC19 Barcelona). Over five days, YoMo will welcome around 20,000 students visiting from across Catalonia and the rest of Spain, in a huge exposition of science and technology, with live theatre shows, interactive workshops and other offerings to inspire thousands of young people and bring them closer to professional careers in the mobile ecosystem and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics).

 

Hipra opens an R&D centre at the Barcelona Science Park Blog Post

Hipra, the multinational company dedicated to the research, production and marketing of animal health products, has opened an R&D centre at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB). The company from Girona (Spain) is one of the world’s leading veterinary vaccine and biological medicine companies and boasts more than thirty subsidiaries across the globe.