Atrian Bakers’s bread Tritordeum, made with the new cereal Agrasys, nominated to the Carrefour Innovation Awards Blog Post

A new type of bread  produced by Atrian Bakers  and made with Tritordeum,  has been nominated for the 2015 Carrefour Innovation Awards. The new type of bread will be subjected to population vote until the 21st of June. Tritordeum cereal is the first man-made cereal without genetic modification suitable for human consumption. Developed in the late 70s by a group of scientists from the Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (IAS) of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC)), and after 30 years of research, Agrasys -a spin-off company based at the Barcelona Science Park, founded by researchers from the IAS and the industry, launched the new bread to the market in April 2013.

Come and solve scientific enigmas with PCB at CosmoCaixa! Blog Post

The «Live Research Fair», which will remain open at Cosmocaixa Barcelona until Saturday, 11 April, aims to bring science research closer to citizens, encourage dialogue between the public and researchers, encourage society´s scientific culture, and promote vocations among young people. The fair -organized annually by the Parc Científic of the Barcelona University under the «Research In Society» program, this year it is taking place with the support of Obra Social ”la Caixa” and the Ajuntament de Barcelona.

 

Spark, a new public-private project created to develop a drug to fight the cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia Blog Post

A public-private consortium led by the biotech Iproteos –based at the Barcelona Science Park–, and comprised by the biopharmaceutical company Ascil Biopharm, the Institute for Biomedical Research (IRB Barcelona), the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has launched a project to advance the development of a new neuroprotective drug for the treatment of the cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia and other mental disorders. The project, called “Spark”, has just received a 500,000 euro grant from the Ministry of Economy and Finance, through the 2014 “Retos-Colaboración” subprogram call as part of the National Programme for Research Aimed at the Challenges of Society’ (File. RTC-2014-1645-1).

 

The ‘Networking & Innovation Day’ has consolidated itself as the reference benchmark to promote open innovation of the UB group Blog Post

Nearly 200 participants from 100 public and private entities gathered at the Parc Cientific de Barcelona (PCB) as part of the 2nd edition of the ‘Networking & Innovation Day‘. The seminar was organized by the University of Barcelona (UB), the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation (FBG), the Science and Technology Centers of the UB (CCTiUB) and the PCB with the aim to create a reference benchmark in the transfer of knowledge and technology that promotes public-private partnership, partnership agreements and open innovation among actors in the research and innovation system of UB Group and the business world, in general.

One hundred twenty-five secondary teachers from across Europe participate in the 2nd course Xplore Health Blog Post

The 2nd course of Xplore Health entitled “Bringing biotechnology revolution into the classroom’, was held at the Open Lab at the Barcelona Science Park on 7, 14 and 21 November. The course was aimed secondary school teachers in Catalonia and was organized by the Public Engagement Unit of the PCB with the support of the and the collaboration of the , the of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the European School Net (EUN). On this occasion, the program was offered in parallel at the Museum of La Coruña, and through the virtual community –coordinated by the EUN– which brings together 175,000 teachers and 95,000 European schools.