El Dr. Sergi Figuerola, nou director de l’I2Cat

El Dr. Sergi Figuerola Fernández serà el nou director de la Fundació i2CAT. Així ho va comunicar el patronat del centre de recerca en la seva reunió d’inici d’any, celebrada dimecres passat. Figuerola succeeix en el càrrec al catedràtic de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) Josep Paradells, qui ha liderat l’entitat des d’octubre de … Read more

Vicenç Acuña, new director of ICRA-CERCA

The Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA-CERCA) has successfully completed the selection process for the position of Director of the research centre. The appointment has gone to Vicenç Acuña, a researcher at the Institute since 2009 and currently head of the Resources and Ecosystems area. With a PhD in Stream ecology obtained at the University … Read more

Dr. Marina Mosquera Martínez, new director of IPHES-CERCA

He replaces Dr. Robert Sala i Ramos who has been in charge of the institution for the last eight years The Board of Trustees of the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES) has appointed Dr. Marina Mosquera Martínez new director of the center, in a meeting held on Wednesday 27 December in which … Read more

Quique Bassat will be the new Director General of the Barcelona Institute for Global Health

Bassat will succeed Antoni Plasència, who has held this position since October 2014. The Board of Trustees of the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has appointed Quique Bassat as the new Director General of the institution. Bassat will succeed Antoni Plasència, who has led the institution since October 2014.  A paediatrician and epidemiologist, Quique Bassat is ICREA … Read more

Nou marcador de pronòstic de l’evolució en pacients amb Alzheimer i altres demències

Investigadors de l’Hospital del Mar Research Institute han descrit, per primera vegada, un marcador que pot ajudar a predir quins pacients amb Alzheimer o altre tipus de demències patiran una evolució més ràpida de la malaltia. Es tracta del grau de deteriorament de la barrera hematoencefàlica, que regula els intercanvis entre la sang i el cervell i el protegeix de … Read more

VHIO joins seven other international institutions in a consortium led by AMGEN to accelerate the development and application of new therapies in the treatment of cancer

Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced the launch of Amgen Partners of Choice (APoC), a new network that brings together Amgen’s oncology research and development experts and world-class clinical leaders at eight research centers across the globe. The APoC member institutions are Asan Medical Center (Seoul, South Korea), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, Mass.), Essen University Hospital (Essen, … Read more

IDIBAPS welcomes two student winners of the ‘Extraordinary Baccalaureate Award’

From 3 to 7 July, Arnau Guerrero and Meritxell Solana, two students who won the Extraordinary Baccalaureate Award for the 2021-2022 academic year, were able to learn about IDIBAPS’ activities first-hand.  The Associació Catalana d’Entitats de Recerca (ACER) promotes a programme so that students who have received the Extraordinary Baccalaureate Award can do a stay at a research … Read more

Researcher Salvador Macip joins the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute

Researcher Salvador Macip, an expert in the study of cancer and senescence, joins the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute to lead the “Mechanisms of Cancer and Ageing” group. Dr. Macip will collaborate with specialists in epigenetics and senescence at the Josep Carreras Institute and will keep his current affiliations as professor, researcher and Director of … Read more

CRG – Twenty years of biomedical research excellence in Barcelona

Luis Serrano, Director of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), has celebrated the twenty-year anniversary of the research centre as a modern success story made possible by political ambition and goodwill. The comments were made today at a special symposium organised at the Parc de Recerca Biomedica de Barcelona (PRBB) to mark the CRG’s twentieth … Read more

Nova Llei de la ciència de Catalunya

El Parlament de Catalunya ha aprovat la nova Llei de la ciència de Catalunya. Nascuda amb un ampli consens parlamentari i entre el sistema de coneixement del país, a la llei vol garantir una ciència al servei de la societat que posi èmfasi en la innovació, la sostenibilitat, la cohesió social i l’equilibri territorial. Concep … Read more