Whole Genix wins the 2018 Mediterráneo Excellente Prize for Medical Innovation Blog Post

The company Whole Genix, headquartered in the Barcelona Science Park, received the 2018 Mediterráneo Excelente Prize in the Medical Innovation category. This award was received during the gala marking the IV edition of these prizes, held on Friday in Hotel Arts in Barcelona. With these awards, the editorial group El Suplemento aims to assess and highlight entrepreneurial, scientific and cultural talent, as well as social and charity initiatives undertaken by companies, institutions and professionals from the Mediterranean Arc.

 

NMR Laboratory of the CCiTUB has renewed its qualification as ICTS Blog Post

The Scientific,Technological and Innovation Policy Council (CPCTI) of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, has approved the new update of the Singular Scientific and Technological Infrastructures (ICTS) map, in force until 2020. The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory (NMR Laboratory) of the Scientific and Technological Centers of the University of Barcelona (CCiTUB), at the Barcelona Science Park, qualified as ICTS since 2000, has been renewed this qualification now becoming part of the Network of MRI Laboratories of Biomolecules (R-LRB). The ICTS have three fundamental characteristics, they are publicly owned infrastructures, they are unique and they are open to competitive access.

 

Fundación GAEM launches its inclusive charity campaign ‘Yo Doy mis Pasos’ Blog Post

GAEM Foundation, headquartered in the Barcelona Science Park, launches its inclusive charity campaign Yo Doy mis Pasos’ [I give my steps], which aims to raise 1 million euros to promote biomedical research in multiple sclerosis, an incurable neurodegenerative disease which affects around 8,000 people in Catalonia and 50,000 in Spain. It is also the second biggest cause of disability in young people in developed countries after road accidents.

 

The Human Protein Atlas will pave the way to personalized medicine Blog Post

World leaders in proteomics are meeting with local doctors and researchers today and tomorrow at CosmoCaixa Barcelona, in an event held by B·Debate, an initiative by Biocat and Obra Social ‘la Caixa’, co-organized in this edition by the 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 scientists of renowned prestige in this field –including Dr. Eliandre de Oliveira, head of the PCB’s Proteomics Platform– lead this debate.

 

Researchers at IRB Barcelona explain the origin of the mysterious periodicity of the genome Blog Post

A team of scientists led by Núria López-Bigas –ICREA Research Professor and head of the Barcelona Biomedical Genomics Lab at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)– have found an explanation for a periodicity in the sequence of the genomes of all eukaryotes, from yeast to humans. The results published in the journal Cell offer an alternative explanation to the one based on natural selection, which has been accepted by the scientific community to date.

 

IBEC and IRB Barcelona projects awarded funds from the 2017 edition of La Marató de TV3 Blog Post

Yesterday, La Fundació  Marató de TV3 announced the 36 projects awarded funding in the 2017 edition of the telethon, dedicated to infectious diseases. Among them is a project headed by Ernest Giralt, from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and Jordi Vila, from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), and two projects led by Xavier Fernandez-Busquets and Antonio Juarez from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC).

 

The PCB participates in a new edition of iFest: the festival of technology, science and disruptive innovation Blog Post

iFest, an event promoted by Catalunya Emprèn which brings young people closer to science, technology and disruptive innovation, is getting ready for a new edition, which will be preceded this year by a four-month learning and mentoring process, the iFest Countdown. During this programme, players will develop prototypes responding to real-life challenges proposed by various entities—including the Barcelona Science Park (PCB), the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and the Institute of Biomedical Research (IRB Barcelona). In 2019’s iFest Zero, each team will have to defend their project and compete with other participants.

 

Barcelona Science Park is an accredited provider for the ACCIÓ’s Innovation Coupons programme Blog Post

The Barcelona Science Park (PCB) is an accredited provider for the Innovation Coupons programme, an initiative of ACCIÓ –the Catalan Government Agency for Business Competitiveness– for companies with 5–100 employees that want to carry out an innovative project, be it an improvement in a production process or a new service, product or business model. The 2018 call is now open and the deadline for submission ends on November 27.

 

The Structural Biology Unit at IBMB-CSIC received 400.000€ from “La Marató de TV3” 2017 edition Blog Post

F. Xavier Gomis Rüth and Núria Verdaguer, director and Scientific Director respectively of the Structural Biology Unit (SBU) at the Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC) in the Barcelona Science Park, received the “La Marató” award for their projects on infectious diseases at a ceremony celebrated at the Academy of Medical and Health Sciences of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.