More than 300 scientists gathered together in Barcelona at the IX Conference of Technological Platforms Blog Post

The Spanish Nanomedicine Platform (NanomedSpain), led by IBEC director Josep Samitier, is once again participating in the annual conference of IX Annual Conference of Biomedical Research Technological Platforms: Innovative Medicines, Nanomedicines, Healthcare Technology and Biotechnological markets. This event, which brings together around 300 scientists and researchers, has earned its place as a reference in biomedical research, since it allows the diffusion of the most recent national and international initiatives in public-private collaboration in this area.

 

9th Awards of the UB Board of Trustees and the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation Blog Post

The Board of Trustees of the University of Barcelona and the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation, locat at PCB, announce the 9th Awards of the Board of Trustees and the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation. They announced two awards: the Antoni Caparrós Award, to the best project of transferring knowledge, and the Senén Vilaró Award, to the best innovative firm created by a UB graduate or affiliated with the UB Group. The deadline for applications is 31 May.

 

2016 season of Lessons Learned kicks off Blog Post

Biocat and the CataloniaBio business association are holding the first session in the 2016 season of Lessons Learned on 31 March at the Barcelona Science Park. Experts and professionals from the health and life sciences sector will participate in a session entitled: ‘Models organitzatius a les bio-empreses i la gestió del canvi: Quines són les claus de l’èxit?’ discussing the doubts that come up in moving forward with projects from the biotechnology and pharmaceutical arenas.

 

The enigmas of the brain, from the laboratory to the classroom Blog Post

Barcelona Science Park (PCB), through PCB-PRBB Animal Facility Alliance, is one of the 20 institutions that took part in the activity program organized by the Municipal Institute of Education of Barcelona (IMEB) under the 21st edition of World Brains Week , held from 14 to 18th March. One more year, scientist working in the city gave talks and workshops at primary and secondary schools, along with tours of the research centers, which gave the students the opportunity to become familiar with the advances made in the field neuroscience.

 

Catalan biotech sector to meet in Stockholm Blog Post

The sixteenth edition of the BIO-Europe Spring (BES), the main springtime partnering conference of the sector, takes place this year in Stockholm from 4th to 6th April. The Catalan delegation, coordinated by Biocat once again, will be formed by 24 companies and entities –among which are the companies BioingeniumEsteveIntelligent Pharma and Iproteos, based at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB)–, representing more than a half of the Spanish participation at the event.

Aromics and Iproteos present their projects at 16th Healthcare Investment Forum Blog Post

Aromics and Iproteos, based at the Barcelona Science Park, have been selected to present their innovation projects at 16th Healthcare Investment Forum, which took place on 9th March at the meeting room of the Barcelona Medical Association (COMB). The workshop, organised by Biocat, Esade BAN, Barcelona Activa and COMB, aims to create a meeting point for companies in the healthcare sector and investors who might be interested in funding their idea or product. Since 2009, this initiative has helped lunch over 100 companies following a selection process that evaluated about 400 projects.

 

Minoryx Therapeutics and Palobiofarma receive the 2016 Biosuccess Award Blog Post

The Catalan Association of Biotechnology Companies (CataloniaBio) has recognized with the Biosuccess Award of the Year two companies associated with the Barcelona Science Park (PCB): Minoryx Therapeutics, which has just finished setting up their lab facilities at PCB, and Palobiofarma, which was based at the Parc from 2010 to 2013. The award giving ceremony was held yesterday at Palau de Pedralbes under his winter networking event CataloniaBio Gala Dinner, which this year coincided with the 10th anniversary and gathered more than 250 entrepreneurs, investors, researchers and professionals from the fields of the life sciences and health. 

 

PCB presents the BATX2LAB awards Blog Post

Yesterday, Wednesday 9th March, the Barcelona Science Park organized the awards ceremony of the best research works of the BATX2LAB program –a project fostered as part of its program ‘Research in Society‘–, which this year has been organized with the support of the Municipal Institute of Education of the Barcelona City Council (IMEB). The event took place at the Dolors Aleu Hall at PCB bringing together more than 100 attendees.