9th Awards of the UB Board of Trustees and the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation Blog Post

The Board of Trustees of the University of Barcelona and the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation, locat at PCB, announce the 9th Awards of the Board of Trustees and the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation. They announced two awards: the Antoni Caparrós Award, to the best project of transferring knowledge, and the Senén Vilaró Award, to the best innovative firm created by a UB graduate or affiliated with the UB Group. The deadline for applications is 31 May.

 

2016 season of Lessons Learned kicks off Blog Post

Biocat and the CataloniaBio business association are holding the first session in the 2016 season of Lessons Learned on 31 March at the Barcelona Science Park. Experts and professionals from the health and life sciences sector will participate in a session entitled: ‘Models organitzatius a les bio-empreses i la gestió del canvi: Quines són les claus de l’èxit?’ discussing the doubts that come up in moving forward with projects from the biotechnology and pharmaceutical arenas.

 

Minoryx Therapeutics and Palobiofarma receive the 2016 Biosuccess Award Blog Post

The Catalan Association of Biotechnology Companies (CataloniaBio) has recognized with the Biosuccess Award of the Year two companies associated with the Barcelona Science Park (PCB): Minoryx Therapeutics, which has just finished setting up their lab facilities at PCB, and Palobiofarma, which was based at the Parc from 2010 to 2013. The award giving ceremony was held yesterday at Palau de Pedralbes under his winter networking event CataloniaBio Gala Dinner, which this year coincided with the 10th anniversary and gathered more than 250 entrepreneurs, investors, researchers and professionals from the fields of the life sciences and health. 

 

PCB presents the BATX2LAB awards Blog Post

Yesterday, Wednesday 9th March, the Barcelona Science Park organized the awards ceremony of the best research works of the BATX2LAB program –a project fostered as part of its program ‘Research in Society‘–, which this year has been organized with the support of the Municipal Institute of Education of the Barcelona City Council (IMEB). The event took place at the Dolors Aleu Hall at PCB bringing together more than 100 attendees.

 

The adventure of bioentrepreneurship: Keys to success Blog Post

Three entities located in the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) –Bosch i Gimpera Foundation (FBG), Biocat and CataloniaBio– are organizing jointly the Association of Biotechnologists of Catalonia and Association of Biotechnologists of Catalonia, the sixth edition of the course ‘Keys to bioentrepreneurship‘, with support from Dr. Antoni Esteve Foundation. This course, that comprised of four sessions which will be held on 3,10,17 and 24 May, gives the participants first-hand access to the personal experience of the top bioentrepreneurs in the BioRegion of Catalonia, they are the extraordinary people who are rising innovative and international companies. 

 

Esteve reaffirms its commitment to open innovation to develop a platform of gene therapy projects Blog Post

Esteve strengthens its Gene Therapy Platform with two new therapies for Sanfilippo B (EGT-201) and Hunter (EGT-301) syndromes, both developed in collaboration with the Center for Animal Biotechnology and Gene Therapy (CBATEG) of the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB). These two new projects join the leading program for the treatment of Sanfilippo A (EGT-101), whose clinical trial will start in late 2016. On Setember 2012, Esteve has moved its Centre for Drug Research and Development to the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) in an attempt to shorten development time and speed up the arrival to market of innovative new drugs. 

 

A study with the participation of CNAG shows that Neanderthals and modern humans crossbred much earlier than was previously thought Blog Post

An international research team has find first genetic evidence of modern human DNA in a Neanderthal individual. The discovery –published in Nature– confirms the interbred between Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis and suggests that it happened 100.000 years ago, before the 65.000 years ago previously documented. This earlier genetic exchange, which may have taken place in the Near East, has not been detected in European Neanderthals. The study, led by the Max Planck German Institute, counts among its authors with researchers of CNAG-CRG located at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB).  

 

The University of Barcelona sets up a crowdfunding platform Blog Post

The University of Barcelona (UB), through the Barcelona Institute of Entrepreneurship (BIE), has launched a crowdfunding platform to promote solidarity or research projects that do not receive public funding. The first call has been announced this month of February in collaboration with Verkami. Three projects will compete to achieve the financial resources that they need. The initiative is part of the strategic plan of the BIE– promoted by the UB and Bosch and Gimpera Foundation (FBG), from its headquarters offices at the PCB–with the aim of making tools and resources available to entrepreneurs within the framework of Group UB.