Cebiotex awarded the Cecot Recognition of Innovation prize 2018 Blog Post

Cebiotex– the first spin-off between the SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital (HSJD) and the Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC)– awarded the Cecot Recognition of Innovation prize 2018. Joan Bertran, CEO and co-founder of the biotechnology company based at the Barcelona Science Park (Parc Científic de Barcelona, PCB), yesterday received the award at the Cecot Recognition of Business Progress prize-giving ceremony at the National Theatre of Catalonia, as part of the 24th Night of the Entrepreneur, which was chaired by the president of Catalonia, Quim Torra.

 

Bionure appoints Dr. Laurent Nguyen as CEO Blog Post

Bionure Farma, a biotech company specialized in neuroprotection, today announces the appointment of Dr. Laurent Nguyen as the new Chief Executive Officer of the company and names Dr. Amit Bar-Or as member of its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) led by Dr. Pablo Villoslada, the scientific founder of the company.

 

IBEC and IRB Barcelona are awarded funding from the Spanish Association Against Cancer Blog Post

Yesterday, coinciding with World Cancer Research Day (WCRD), which takes place on 24 September each year, theSpanish Association Against Cancer (Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer, AECC) celebrated the 2018 AECC Cancer Research Grants awards ceremony. Among the proposals selected are two projects from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and five from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), which is based at PCB.

 

IRB Barcelona has been awarded two ERC Proof of Concept to tackle colon cancer and cardiotoxicity Blog Post

Eduard Batlle and Angel R. Nebreda, ICREA researchers at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), have been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept grant. Over the next 18 months and supported by 150,000 euros of funding each, they will devote their efforts to developing tools with potential therapeutic applications in the field of oncology. This is the second time that these scientists have received an ERC PoC grant.

 

Dr. Eliandre de Oliveira, cientific leader of the B·Debate on clinical proteomics Blog Post

World leaders in proteomics will meet at CaixaForum Barcelona on 7 and 8 November in an event held by B·Debate, an initiative by Biocat and Obra Social ‘la Caixa’, co-organized in this edition by Barcelona Science Park (PCB), ProteoRed-ISCIII, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO). Four experts of renowned prestige in this field –including Dr. Eliandre de Oliveira, head of the PCB’s Proteomics Platform– will lead the debate.

 

Starts the third edition BIYSC Blog Post

Today and until July 20 will take place the third edition of the Barcelona International Youth Science Challenge (BIYSC), an international program of excellence for young people passionate about science organized by Fundació Catalunya–La Pedrera and with the support of Fundació Víctor Grífols i Lucas. Once more, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) –both headquartered at the Barcelona Scientific Park–  participate in the event. The objective of the initiative is to stimulate the talent of pre-university youth from around the world and connect them with leading researchers from international research centers based in Barcelona to promote their enthusiasm for science.