Launching of KeTLOD Project Knowledge Transfer in Organ Donation from Europe to China Blog Post

The University of Barcelona (UB) and the DTI Foundation, located at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB), are the main coordinators of the European project KeTLOD (Knowledge Transfer and Leadership in Organ Donation from Europe to China), an initiative of the European Union that aim to design the first postgraduate program in organ donation  in China and to implement it in seven universities all over the country. 

 

IBEC is bioprinting partner in major 3D printing hub in Catalonia Blog Post

The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), based at Barcelona Science Park, is to be part of a the Global 3D Printing Hub, a 3D printing infrastructure in Catalonia, which will receive up to 28 million euros from the Generalitat by 2020 to consolidate Catalonia as a world leader in 3D printing, one of the key technologies in industry 4.0. The Global 3D Printing Hub will be headquartered in 10.000m2 of the Campus Diagonal Besòs in Barcelona.

 

A genome-editing strategy to study cancer stem cells in human tumours Blog Post

In EMBO Molecular Medicine, IRB Barcelona scientists at PCB report a technique based on a combination of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing and patient-derived tumour organoids that allows the study of cell heterogeneity in human tumours.The novel approach was used to examine the behaviour of colorectal cancer stem cells by tracing specific marker genes.

 

IRB Barcelona opens brand new laboratory for analysis of genomic ‘big data’ Blog Post

Researcher in the field of bioinformatics and genomics Fran Supek is starting his Genome Data Science (aGENDAS) laboratory at the  Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), within the Structural and Computational Biology Research Programme. The recruitment of Supek is a clear demonstration of IRB Barcelona’s commitment to offering leadership opportunities to young investigators and to recruiting highly promising scientific talent at its headquarters at the Barcelona Science Park.

 

Baula has been seclected to become part of the FuTUR Impact program of Ship2B Blog Post

Clean & Health & Eco Baula has been one of the two companies selected to become part of the  FuTUR Impact program, the investment and acceleration platform for high social impact startups in the sector of tourism of the Ship2B Foundation. The company, based at the Barcelona Science Park, has developed an innovative and patented formula worldwide to manufacture and distribute any cleaning product, in the form of individual tablets and easy dissolution, 100% sustainable and responsible to the environment. 

 

BIST awards the first five Ignite multidisciplinary projects Blog Post

In the framework of the BIST Founding Conference –held last Friday at the Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona– the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) –located at the Barcelona Science Park– announced the five winning proposals for the 1st BIST Ignite call. The program takes place in two phases: in the first, the selected projects will receive 20,000€ each. By the end of 2017, the two projects with the highest potential will be selected to receive additional funding of 50,000€.