Barcelona Science Park launches photo contest at Instagram “Un dia al PCB… i a casa!” Blog Post

Barcelona Science Park (PCB) presents “Un dia al PCB… i a casa!” (One day at PCB and at home), a special edition of its traditional photo contest “Un dia al PCB”, now adapted to the new situation provoked by the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic. As every year, the contest invites our community to present pictures of people, places and situations related to the Park but, this time now, also pictures of work life at home, that has become our temporary workplace.

 

Meteosim and Olfasense join forces against environmental pollution due to odours Blog Post

The Catalan company Meteosim, based at the Barcelona Science Park, has signed an alliance with the German multinationa Olfasense to provide a comprehensive solution in the smart management of bad odours and resulting conflicts. Through this alliance, the two companies integrate their leading technology in the Ortelium platform, which enables the analysis of the environmental impact of past, current and future episodes, and includes advanced complaint management tools, facilitating smart decision-making in real time.

 

A smartphone for detecting sleep apnea at home Blog Post

Researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) has developed a portable, cheap and non-invasive system to detect Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) at home, a disorder characterized by recurrent airflow cessation during sleep. Researchers propose a novel method consisting of analyzing acoustic signals recorded with a smartphone.

 

IBEC presents its capabilities in 3D bioprinting at the 4th edition of INDUSTRY Blog Post

The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), based in the Barcelona Science Park, participated in the fourth edition of INDUSTRY From Needs to Solutions, which took place from 29th to 31st October at Fira Barcelona´s Gran Via venue. The event brought together more than 150 companies in its exhibition area and 150 speakers within the framework of Barcelona Industry Week, that brought together seven major events related to digital transformation at Fira Barcelona. IoT Solutions World Congress, Blockchain Solutions World and AI & Cognitive Systems Forum were other events that added to this great summit where the achievements and innovations of disruptive technologies in the field of health became evident.

 

Home stroke recovery thanks to virtual reality Blog Post

Today is the World Stroke Day, a medical condition that affects to 14.5 million people every year and it is the leading cause of death in women and the second cause in men. Health innovation contributes speeding up recovery of patients and it drastically reduces the number of visits to clinic as well as the duration of treatment in hospitals and therapy centres. It also reduces costs at the health public system. In these cases, technology can be a powerful ally, as can be seen from EIT Health Innovation Projects. EIT Health Spain, the Spanish Co-Location Center (CLC) of EIT Health, is headquartered at the Barcelona Science Park.

 

The Barcelona Science Park breaks historical occupancy records and prepares new spaces for its continued growth Blog Post

The Barcelona Science Park continues to grow, consolidating its position as a leading international ecosystem in the development of research, innovation and the transfer of knowledge to goods and services that benefit society in the field of Life Sciences. The Park’s good health coincides with Catalonia’s strong position as a Bio-region, attracting increasing numbers of research institutes, companies and scientific talent.

 

Unravelling the three-dimensional genomic structure of male germ cells Blog Post

A study led by scientists of the National Centre for Genomic Analysis (CNAG-CRG) –based in the Barcelona Science Park and integrated into the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)–  and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) reveals the three-dimensional genomic structure of male germ cells and how this structure determines their function. The study, published in the journal Cell Reports, represents a significant advance in our understanding of how the dynamics of insulator proteins and transcriptional activity are coupled during the 3D genome re-organisation that takes place during the formation of male germ cells.