La Pedrera will host the 9th edition of the “Live Research! Fair” Blog Post

Next Tuesday, 5 April, at 12 h, the 9th edition of the “Live Research” Far will be opened at La Pedrera (Passeig de Gràcia, 92). The fair is organized by the Barcelona Science Park with the support of the Social Work Division of Caixa de Catalunya. The initiative will serve as a showcase of some of the projects that principal researchers from different research centers and institutes in Barcelona are currently undertaking and it is intended to bring research closer to all citizens and to promote scientific vocations among young adults. To achieve this goal, each stand will formulate an enigma which attendees will have to solve by experimenting and using the laboratory tools that scientists will bring to the Fair during the exhibit at La Pedrera. The display will be open to the public on the 5, 6 and 7 April, from 10h to 14h and 16h to 20h. Access to the fair is free, but a reservation is recommended for groups larger than 10 people.

Applications are invited for the third edition of the PCB research training grant program Blog Post

The Management of the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) has called for applications for the third edition of the PCB pre-doctoral grant program. The aim of the program is to promote the training of new researchers. The grants, which are awarded for a period of 2 years, may be followed by a 2-year working contract at the PCB. This represents a major advantage for doctoral students when it comes to finding a place in the employment market later on.

Miquel Canals, of the GRC-GM, will coordinate the cartography of the Foix underwater canyon Blog Post

The scientific campaign of marine geology that is coordinated –onboard the Hesperides , an oceanographic research ship – by Miquel Canals, head of the Consolidated Marine Geosciences Research Group () of the University of Barcelona, located at the Barcelona Science Park, aims to chart the sea floor and study the functioning of Mediterranean marine ecosystems. Within the framework of this scientific campaign, the oceanographic ship will head towards the coastlines of Castelldefels, Garraf, Sitges and Vilanova i la Geltrú, where the research team will chart the Foix underwater canyon, which is composed of several valleys, some of which are buried and others active, and location where the Llobregat river flowed into millions of years ago.

40 secondary school students will carry out research at the Barcelona Science Park Blog Post

This year a group of secondary school students from 40 schools in Catalonia will conduct their 2009-2010 school year research project in collaboration with researchers from the Barcelona Science Park (PCB). This collaboration is possible thanks to the programme, promoted by the Science Diffusion Area of the PCB together with the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and the support of the Social Welfare Department of the Caixa de Catalunya. The objective of this programme is to promote research in the educational community, as well as to encourage scientific vocations amongst the youth.

A The.Si.M.Bio.Sys. Group study reveals un precedented data on circadian rhythms Blog Post

Fluctuations in light intensity allow restoring the regularity of circadian rhythms. This is the main conclusion of the work carried out by Javier Buceta, group leader of (Theoretical and In Silico Modelling of Biological Systems) from the Co.S.Mo Lab –based at the Barcelona Science Park– and Antoni Díez-Noguera, dean at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Barcelona and group leader of Chronobiology at the Department of Physiology of the said faculty. Ekkehard Ullner and J. García Ojalvo, from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) have also participated in the work. The study, that has been published today, 6th of May, in Biophysical Journal, under the title “Noise-induced coherence in multicellular circadian clocks” (doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2009.02.031) appears on the front page of this journal.

The 5th grant call for the project «Research in Secondary Schools» is now open Blog Post

The Barcelona Science Park has announced the fifth grant call aimed at researchers who wish to tutor secondary school students during their research projects. The initiative is included within the program , developed by the PCB, and its objective is to promote research within the educational community and to foster scientific vocations amongst the youth. Application deadline is May 4.

Presentation of the book “Directores de cine en Cataluña, de la A a la Z” authored by Magí Crusells Blog Post

Last Thursday March 26 the book “Directores de cine en Cataluña, de la A a la Z” by Magí Crusells, professor of Contemporary History at the University of Barcelona (UB), and secretary of the , organization linked to the Barcelona Science Park, was presented at the Social Club of the General Society of Authors and Editors (SGAE) in Catalonia. The following individuals spoke at the ceremony: Joel Joan, president of the Academy of Catalan Cinema; Joan Durant, editor of the UB; Joan Oliver, head of the Department of Contemporary History of the UB; the book’s author, Magí Crusells, and Josep Maria Caparrós, director of the Film-History Research Centre.

8th Call for the Practicum Programme entitled “Spend the summer at the Park” Blog Post

The period for the submission of applications to participate at the Practicum Programme entitled “Spend the summer at the Park” aimed at second-cycle students will open on the 16th of March and will run through the 16th of April. The objective of this initiative, organised by the Barcelona Science Park, is to bring the world of research closer to students of all universities through their participation in projects performed by the research groups, research centres and companies located at the PCB. .

La Fundació Bosch i Gimpera has signed an agreement with the Arts Santa Mònica Blog Post

The University of Barcelona (UB), through the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation () –located at the Barcelona Science Park- has signed an agreement with the centre to collaborate in art, science and communication projects. Arts Santa Mònica wishes to broaden citizens’ perspective on culture using a multidisciplinary and contemporary approach by opening research laboratories to any type of artistic creativity that is seeking new contents and themes, creation tools or languages linked to the world of science.