Meteosim and Olfasense join forces against environmental pollution due to odours Blog Post

The Catalan company Meteosim, based at the Barcelona Science Park, has signed an alliance with the German multinationa Olfasense to provide a comprehensive solution in the smart management of bad odours and resulting conflicts. Through this alliance, the two companies integrate their leading technology in the Ortelium platform, which enables the analysis of the environmental impact of past, current and future episodes, and includes advanced complaint management tools, facilitating smart decision-making in real time.

 

Nostrum Biodiscovery joins Barcelona Science Park Blog Post

Nostrum Biodiscovery, a spin-off created thanks to the transfer of technology from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS), has moved to Barcelona Science Park. Combining its own technologies with the best modelling software on the market, the company provides in silico services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to accelerate and optimise the design of therapeutic molecules and enzymes, and overcome the common “bottlenecks” in the most initial stages of drug discovery.

 

5th edition of the “Un dia al PCB!” Instagram contest Blog Post

The Barcelona Science Park launches the 5th edition of the Instagram contest Un dia al PCB! (A day at the PCB!). The aim of this initiative –which is open to more than 2900 people who make up the PCB Community- is to create a collective mosaic with the best snapshots of the life at the park.

 

Salvador Aznar Benitah receives the “Premio Fundación Carmen y Severo Ochoa 2019” Blog Post

Salvador Aznar Benitah, ICREA at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) in the Barcelona Science Park, as received the “Premio Carmen y Severo Ochoa de Investigación en Biología Molecular” in acknowledgement of his work on adult stem cells and the relation of these with circadian rhythms and metastasis, and also in recognition of his recent entrepreneurial activity as co-founder of Ona Therapeutics.

 

TMB Foundation colaborates with Aromics to combat the effects of health arising from asbestos Blog Post

TMB Foundation developed over the coming weeks various activities to raise awareness of the harmful effects of asbestos exposure to human health, in collaboration with the biotech company Aromics Biotech –based in the Barcelona Science Park– and other specialized organizations. This has been the cause of social chosen by company employees, who every year are the protagonists, with their proposals and its vote of solidarity program Choose your cause.

 

A smartphone for detecting sleep apnea at home Blog Post

Researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) has developed a portable, cheap and non-invasive system to detect Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) at home, a disorder characterized by recurrent airflow cessation during sleep. Researchers propose a novel method consisting of analyzing acoustic signals recorded with a smartphone.

 

IRB Barcelona researcher Roger Gomis receives a grant from Fundación Fero Blog Post

The Fundación Fero, an organisation devoted to furthering cancer research, with the collaboration of Mango, has awarded Roger Gomis, ICREA researcher at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) in the Barcelona Science Park, funding for his project addresses the development of breast cancer metastasis. The grants were presented last night in one of two yearly charity events organised by the foundation in Madrid and, once again.

 

The European biotechnology sector to meet in Hamburg Blog Post

Hamburg will host this year, from November 11 to 13, the 25th edition of BIO-Europe, the most important partnering event for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry in Europe, organized by EBD-Group. Biocat, the organization that coordinates and promotes the healthcare and life sciences sector in Catalonia, from its headquarters in the Barcelona Science Park (PCB), will be at the fair and help raise awareness of Catalan presence internationally. The event will feature, once again, an outstanding representation of the PCB Community.

 

IBEC presents its capabilities in 3D bioprinting at the 4th edition of INDUSTRY Blog Post

The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), based in the Barcelona Science Park, participated in the fourth edition of INDUSTRY From Needs to Solutions, which took place from 29th to 31st October at Fira Barcelona´s Gran Via venue. The event brought together more than 150 companies in its exhibition area and 150 speakers within the framework of Barcelona Industry Week, that brought together seven major events related to digital transformation at Fira Barcelona. IoT Solutions World Congress, Blockchain Solutions World and AI & Cognitive Systems Forum were other events that added to this great summit where the achievements and innovations of disruptive technologies in the field of health became evident.

 

Spanish science and technology parks met in Las Palmas Blog Post

Representatives of 64 Spanish science and technology parks met on 24 and 25 October in Gran Canaria as part of the second annual assembly of the Spanish Association of Science and Technology Parks (APTE). One of the most significant agreements adopted at this meeting, which was attended by Maria Terrades, CEO of the Barcelona Science Park, was the creation of a working group to implement the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at all member parks.