Researchers find a gene that causes Opitz C syndrome in the only patient diagnosed in Catalonia Blog Post

A team led by the professors Daniel Grinberg and Susana Balcells, from the Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona (IBUB) at the Barcelona Science Park has identified a gene that causes the Opitz C syndrome in the only patient in Catalonia diagnosed with this genetic disease  which, so far, does not offer treatment possibilities, prenatal diagnosis or genetic counseling. This new scientific advance is a first step to discover the genetic bases of this congenital disease, that causes severe disabilities in patients and has been diagnosed in three people in the Iberian Peninsula, and sixty people in the world.  

 

The Futbol Club Barcelona Foundation moves its headquarters to Barcelona Science Park Blog Post

The Futbol Club Barcelona Foundation –the entity through which Futbol Club Barcelona conveys its corporate social responsibility– has taken a step forwards its growth and future projection by changing their main headquarters to the Barcelona Science Park building complex.The new premises will imply the entity can enjoy a quite wider space and a major growth.The old premises were previously located at the Social Area building of FC Barcelona.

 

Researchers from CNAG-CRG show that cryopreservation increases the scope of single cell sequencing Blog Post

Researchers from the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG) at the Barcelona Science Park have substantially broadened the applicability of single cell genomics by combining cell and tissue cryopreservation with workflows of this emerging research field. According to the study, published in Genome Biology, cryopreserved material can be readily combined with conventional single cell sequencing methods and the authors foresee its implementation as standard technique in this type of analysis.

 

A new therapeutic target that could slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease Blog Post

Researchers from IBEC at PCB have identified a potential way to slow down the neurodegenerative progression of Parkinson’s disease. This breakthrough –a result of a collaboration of three research groups at IBEC together with colleagues in the Tòquio Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, the Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR) and the Aragón Institute for Engineering Research (I3A)– could also apply to other types of neurodegenerative diseases, including some types of dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease, or multiple system atrophy.

 

Researchers from the URV, CIBERDEM and IRB Barcelona have developed a new technique to study the metabolism Blog Post

A group of researchers from IRB Barcelona at PCB, the URV and CIBERDEM have developed a new methodology that uses Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) to study cell metabolism. It is a tool that makes it possible to monitor metabolic fluxes and, in just 10 minutes, provide dynamic information about a considerable number of molecules. It may be able to be used in future applications to understand the reasons why some diseases develop.

 

El Parc Científic de Barcelona participa al YoMo amb múltiples propostes Blog Post

El Parc Científic de Barcelona (PCB) participa activament a la  primera edició del Youth Mobile Festival (YoMo) que avui obre les seves portes al recinte Montjuïc de Fira Barcelona, en el marc del Mobile World Congress. Durant quatre dies, el YoMo rebrà la visita de uns 20.000 escolars de Catalunya i Espanya, en una enorme exposició de ciència i tecnologia, amb espectacles de teatre en viu, tallers interactius i altres propostes per inspirar a milers de joves i apropar-los a les carreres professionals de l’ecosistema mòbil i STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematic).

 

The V International Academic Symposium of IEB analyses the challenges of energy economics Blog Post

Yesterday, February 7, the V International Symposium of the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) of the UB on the challenges in the energy sector took place at he Barcelona Science Park. The previous day, the Foundation for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (Funseam), which analyzes and shares the results of the research of the Chair of Energy Sustainability of the UB, had also organized its V International Symposium at PCB with the participation from public officers and businesspeople from the main firms of this sector.