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.

Closing ceremony of “Spend the Summer at the Park’09” Blog Post

The closing ceremony of the practical programme , organized every year by the Barcelona Science Park (PCB), was held at 12.00 hours on Wednesday 23 September. The programme is directed to students in the second cycle and aims to offer them the opportunity to participate in some of the research projects that are being carried out in the groups, institutes and businesses that are now based in the PCB, with the purpose of bringing them closer to the world of research.

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.

PCB to host the workshop entitled «Tissue Dynamics and Growth» of the European Science Foundation Blog Post

On the 7th and 8th of May, the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) will be hosting a workshop on «Tissue Dynamics and Growth». The event has been organised by Javier Buceta, head of the Theoretical and In Silico Modelling of Biological Systems Group ()–that is part of the Co.S.Mo. LAB Unit (Computer Simulation & Modelling) based at PCB– and professors from the University of Barcelona, J. Casademunt and F. Sagués. This workshop has been sponsored by the European Science Foundation (ESF) –under the supervision of the FuncDyn Programme– the Physics Faculty of the University of Barcelona and the Barcelona Science Park.

The PCB Theatre Group will be performing a dramatised reading of the piece “After Darwin” Blog Post

Coinciding with the 200th Birth Anniversary of the English naturalist Charles Darwin, and the 150th anniversary since the publication of his book “The origin of species”, the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) Theatre Group will be performing a dramatised reading of the piece “After Darwin”, tomorrow Thursday, 19th of March, at 17.00 hours at the PCB’s Fèlix Serratosa Hall (Baildiri Reixac, 10) . The play, written by US-born writter, Timberlaker Wertenbaker, who now lives in London permanently– will feature the acting talents of Isabel Usón, Xavier Gomis-Rüth, Jesús Purroy, Xavier Carpena and Celerino Abad-Zapatero.

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.

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.

The Sagrera neighboourhood of Barcelona pays tribute to Jordi Sabater Pi Blog Post

Last Sunday, February 15, a homage ceremony was held in the Ivanow Building in honor of Jordi Jordi Sabater Pi, director of the , located at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB). This tribute was paid by the Sagrera, the neighborhood where he has resided since his return from Guinea 40 years ago. The ceremony –which coincided with the 4th anniversary of the constitution of the Sagrera Foundation and the inauguration of new spaces in the Ivanow Building, a cultural and creation factory- was organized by the Neighbors Association, the Entities Council, the Celebrations and Events Committee, the Ivanow Building and the Sagrera Foundation, with the collaboration of the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES).