Catalonia Bio is to organize a debate to consider the global economic crisis of 2008 Blog Post

On Monday 24th November, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., the association , whose headquarters are in the Barcelona Science Park (PCB), is organizing the debate: “The 2008 global economic crisis: risks and opportunities for sectors of the new economy.” The event is to take place in the Auditori of the University of Barcelona, which is located in the Col·legi Major Sant Jordi (on the road: Ptge Ricard Zamora). Attendance is free but it is necessary to reserve a place beforehand by sending an e-mail to: secretaria@cataloniobio.org

Canal 33 emet un programa sobre l’Alzheimer rodat al PCBTO TRANSLATE >>> Blog Post

El proper 17 de desembre, el programa de divulgació científica Quèquicom, que s’emet al Canal 33 els dimecres a les 21:30h, mostrarà la tasca de recerca sobre l’origen i l’evolució de la malaltia d’Alzheimer que actualment duen a terme investigadors de l’Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Barcelona) i de l’Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC), ubicats al Parc Científic de Barcelona. El rodatge inclou una entrevista a Pasqual Maragall, qui recentment ha creat una Fundació per avançar en el coneixement i el tractament d’aquesta malaltia, que ell pateix.

A child’s-eye view of research: Primary school children draw science as it is practiced at the Barcelona Science Park Blog Post

What is a laboratory like inside? What instruments do researchers use? What sorts of professionals carry out research? These are some of the questions asked by the nearly 400 children aged between 10 and 12 who have visited the Barcelona Science Park to take part in a biomedicine theatre workshop. The workshop is a joint project with the Institute for Research in Biomedicina (IRB Barcelona) and the Bioregion of Catalonia and it is offered free to schools. You can see children’s drawings of their experiences on the Park’s website and soon they will be on show at an exhibition to be held in the Modular Building.

Researchers discover the dynamics of amyloid proteins, key structures for research into new therapeutic approaches for neurodegenerative disease Blog Post

A study on amyloid fibrils, structures related to cell death triggered by neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s, describes, for the first time, the dynamics of these fibrils and the possibility to establish the parameters that characterize this movement. This discovery, made by researchers at the (IRB-PCB) and by the , will allow scientists to initiate new lines of research to find new drugs that can be used to treat these diseases. The results from this study have been published in the edition of the scientific journal released on 28 July.

Symposium on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance at the PCB Blog Post

The contribution of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to drug discovery will be addressed in the symposium “NMR in Drug Discovery Barcelona 2004”, which will be held in the PCB auditorium on 21 and 22 October. Organized by professors at the Dept. of Organic Chemistry at the Universitat de Barcelona and researchers at the Institute of Biomedical Research (IRB-PCB), Ernest Giralt and Miquel Pons, the meeting will bring together scientists from the academia and the industrial sector.