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.

Iproteos, the first biotech to launch an equity crowdfunding campaign in Spain Blog Post

The Catalan biotech Iproteos –based in the Parc Cientific de Barcelona (PCB)– has launched an innovative funding campaign based on equity crowdfunding- through the Creoentuproyecto.com platform– which aims to raise 100,000 € to complete the non-regulatory preclinical stage of its compound IPR019. This compound is one of the 20 drugs in the world that are being developed to slow-down the progression of schizophrenia and revert the cognitive deficits of this condition. Iproteos is a spin-off created in 2011 by two Catalan leading scientists in the field of therapeutic peptides, Teresa Tarragó and Ernest Giralt, based on the transfer of a technology generated at Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and the University of Barcelona (UB). In addition, the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation (FBG) has given advice on the definition of the business plan and negotiated the technology.

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.

Publication of the study “The new industry: the central sector of the Catalan economy”, led by Ezequiel Baró of the IEB Blog Post

The study ““, led by Ezequiel Baró, professor of Applied Economics at the University of Barcelona and member of the Barcelona Institute of Economics (), based at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB), was presented this week at the Casa Llotja de Mar of Barcelona in an act hosted by the Minister of Innovation, Universities and Business, Josep Hughet.

Collaboration agreement between the CIDEM-PCB Bioincubator of the Parc Científic de Barcelona and an incubator in Québec Blog Post

On 12th September, the CIDEM-PCB Bioincubator of the Parc Científic de Barcelona (PCB, Barcelona Science Park) and the business incubator Quebec Biotechnology Innovation Centre (), located in the of Laval Island (Quebec), signed a collaboration agreement which aims to strengthen new cooperation models that support the creation of new enterprises.