The “Volta Ciclista a Catalunya” and GAEM Foundation, a caring tandem Blog Post

The Volta Ciclista a Catalunya associates to GAEM Foundation, creating a caring tandem in the fight to find a cure for Multiple Sclerosis. The exceptional media coverage of “La Volta” –one of the most important races with a long trajectory in the world– will give voice and make visible the need to promote research projects to find a cure for this neurological disease –which affects about 50,000 people in Spain– and improve the quality of life of the patients.

 

From the laboratory to CosmoCaixa Blog Post

After four days of intense activity at CosmoCaixa Barcelona, more than 1,700 students and citizens were able to participate in the Live Research Fair, experiencing first-hand the most cutting-edge research taking place in research centres throughout Catalonia. This 17th edition broke the general public attendance record by nearly 500 visitors, as testament once again to the success of the event organised every year by Barcelona Science Park (PCB) in collaboration with la Caixa” Foundation

 

Urea-powered nanomotors a promising therapy for bladder cancer Blog Post

The Smart Nano-Bio-Devices group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) in the Barcelona Science Park have published a paper describing nanomotors that can attack 3D bladder cancer spheroids in vitro. The study reveals that nanomotors are a promising way to specifically target tumor tissues, enhancing the efficacy of cancer treatment and minimizing side effects.

 

Hipra opens an R&D centre at the Barcelona Science Park Blog Post

Hipra, the multinational company dedicated to the research, production and marketing of animal health products, has opened an R&D centre at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB). The company from Girona (Spain) is one of the world’s leading veterinary vaccine and biological medicine companies and boasts more than thirty subsidiaries across the globe.

 

The 29th edition of the DTI’s “Curso Superior Internacional en Donación y Trasplante de Órganos y Tejidos” is inaugurated at PCB Blog Post

Today marked the inauguration of the 29th edition of the Curso Superior Internacional en Donación y Trasplante de Órganos y Tejidos at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB). The programme, organised by the Donation & Transplantation Institute (DTI), will be executed until 22 February in Barcelona and Sant Hilari Sacalm, with the participation of forty-nine students from Spain and eleven different Latin American countries.

 

Institutional visit to the two ICTS of the CCiTUB Blog Post

Yesterday, February 14, José Ignacio Doncel Morales, deputy general director of Unique Scientific and Technical Infrastructures of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, and Iolanda Font de Rubinat i Garcia, deputy general director of Research, of the Government of Catalonia visited the two (ICTS) of the University of Barcelona located in the Scientific and Technological Centers (CCiTUB).

 

A study on autism done at IRB Barcelona in the running for the “Vanguardia de la Ciencia” Award Blog Post

For the fifth consecutive year, the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) based in PCB has been nominated for the  “Vanguardia de la Ciencia” Award, thanks to research into autism, done in collaboration with the Centre for Molecular Biology “Severo Ochoa” (CBMSO), joint center between the Superior Council of Scientific Investigations (CSIC) and the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM). The work in question established that the CPEB4 protein, which coordinates the expression of hundreds of genes necessary for neuronal activity, is altered in the brains of patients with this neurological disorder.