Strong presence of Barcelona Science Park at the BIO International Convention 2018 in Boston Blog Post

One more year, the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) participates in BIO International Convention, the largest global event for the biotech and pharmaceutical sector hosted annually by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). This year the meeting will take place from 4 to 7 June in Boston (Massachusetts, United States) and is expected to attract more than 16,000 attendees from 74 countries. The Catalan delegation makes up half of all of the Spanish companies participating in the fair, with 38 companies and organizations, nine of which are based in PCB. 

 

Tumour cells evade death through in extremis DNA repair Blog Post

A study conducted at IRB Barcelona in Barcelona Science Park, published today in the journal Cancer Cell, rreveals a new protective mechanism for tumour cells in breast cancer and identifies novel therapeutic targets to treat this condition. The paper identifies the key role of p38 in safeguarding tumour cells against the excessive accumulation of DNA damage. The results show that p38 blockage ncreases the death of tumour cells, thus causing tumours to shrink.

 

Researchers develop a new class of covalent inhibitor for a protein involved in brain diseases Blog Post

An article published in Cell Chemical Biology by scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) in Barcelona Science Park (PCB) describes a new class of prolyl oligopeptidase (POP) inhibitors. Found mostly in the brain, POP protein has emerged as an “attractive·” therapeutic target for the treatment of several cognitive and neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease and schizophrenia.The work was done in collaboration with the biotech Iproteos, based in PCB and scientists at the University of Glasgow (Scotland, UK) and the Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (the Netherlands). The study has also involved the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory (LRB) –wich is part of CCiTUB and it’s located in the Cluster building of the Park– and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC).

 

Xavier Trepat from IBEC and Salvador Aznar from IRB Barcelona elected as EMBO members Blog Post

ICREA research professors Xavier Trepat at IBEC and Salvador Aznar Benitah at IRB Barcelona –both centers based at the Barcelona Science Park, have been elected as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). Each year, EMBO, which has a membership of 1,800, selects new scientists to join its ranks. Of the 62 researchers from 24 countries to receive membership this year, Xavier and Salvador are are the only two  researchers from Spain.

 

IBEC PhD student receives Daniel Bravo scholarship Blog Post

Jesús Ordoño, PhD student at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), based in the Barcelona Science Park, is one of just three winners in the 2018 call by the Daniel Bravo Andreu Private Foundation grants, which aims to to stimulate high impact biomedical research in Catalonia with scholarships to researchers (in possession of a doctorate, bachelor’s degree or equivalent) who carry out their activity in Catalonia and who wish to make short stays at leading centres in their field in North America or Europe.

 

Mind the Byte opens an office in Toronto Blog Post

Mind the Byte, a pioneer company in the development of technologies based on artificial intelligence, cloud and big data for computational drug design, located in the Barcelona Science Park, announces the incorporation of a Canadian subsidiary, Mind the Byte Ltd, and the opening of a new office in Toronto. The new location in the heart of city’s tech hub is ideally situated in Canada’s largest biotech cluster, offering a range of opportunities for collaboration and partnership.

 

The ICCUB Technology Unit participates in the elaboration of the most accurate map of the Universe Blog Post

The European Space Agency (ESA) today announced the second file for the Gaia mission, which aims to create the most accurate map of our galaxy, the Milky Way. In its preparation, a team from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB), a member of the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), has takes part in its elaboration. The engineers of the ICCUB Technology Unit (ICCUB-Tech), located at the Barcelona Science Park, have played a key role in the development of the software for processing and reducing data to create this catalog.

 

The 14th edition of the BATX2LAB programme gets underway Blog Post

The Barcelona Science Park has just opened the registration period for participating in the 14th edition of BATX2LAB, the research project programme aimed at bachillerato (High School) students. This initiative is part of PCB’s Research in Society initiative—a proposal to bring science to citizens and encourage young people to consider jobs in the field—that offers over 100 activities in which around 5,000 people participate every year.