DROPLITE opens in Barcelona Science Park Blog Post

DROPLITE, a spin-off of the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), has joined the Barcelona Science Park’s Community to boost its entrepreneurial project. The company has developed a lab-on-a-chip device that allows a rapid and accurate way to test and monitor key diseases and other health conditions in both humans and animals at the patient Point of Care (POC). 

 

Nanovectors could improve the combined administration of antimalarial drugs Blog Post

Encapsulating two drugs with different properties into nanovesicles surrounded by antibodies can greatly improve their delivery and efficacy, according to a study led by Xavier Fernández Busquets, director of the joint Nanomalaria unit at the Institute for Bionengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), in the Barcelona Science Park, and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), supported by ”la Caixa”.

 

Unravelling the three-dimensional genomic structure of male germ cells Blog Post

A study led by scientists of the National Centre for Genomic Analysis (CNAG-CRG) –based in the Barcelona Science Park and integrated into the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)–  and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) reveals the three-dimensional genomic structure of male germ cells and how this structure determines their function. The study, published in the journal Cell Reports, represents a significant advance in our understanding of how the dynamics of insulator proteins and transcriptional activity are coupled during the 3D genome re-organisation that takes place during the formation of male germ cells.

 

The GAEM ‘Value Company’ Certification is launched Blog Post

GAEM Foundation, based in the Parc Científic de Barcelona Science Park, has launched the GAEM ‘Value Company’ Certification, recognising the most avant-garde companies committed to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and social well-being. With this seal, the foundation aims to continue promoting biomedical research to cure multiple sclerosis and contribute to raising awareness of the importance of innovation and science in our society. 

 

Meteosim implements the world’s first comprehensive air quality management system in Riyadh Blog Post

Meteosim, headquartered in the Barcelona Science Park (PCB), has implemented a first-of-its-kind system in Riyadh to integrate, in a single platform, the city’s air quality forecast, atmospheric chemical emergency management and any related decision making. This is the world’s most ambitious project in this field allowing to predict the air quality in any given street in the capital city of Saudi Arabia, which has over 8 million inhabitants.

 

Scientists at IRB Barcelona can simulate and predict the shape of a molecule in function of its environment Blog Post

Scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) at the Barcelona Science Park hows that computer simulations can predict the shape of a molecule in function of its environment. The research results, published in Angewandte Chemies, mark a milestone for the computational design of molecules with specific shape and features for agrochemical, technological and pharmaceutical applications.