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- For the first time researchers at @icfo.eu, in collab w @uab.cat, have directly imaged a spin-orbit-coupled #supersolid, providing compelling evidence of both their solid & #superfluid features #SuperStates #QuantumPhysics #BISTCommunity 👉 bist.eu/direct-imagi...
- Four #BISTCommunity researchers receive @erc.europa.eu Proof of Concept Grants! 🏅 Irene Marco-Rius (@ibecbarcelona.eu) 🏅 Nicolò Accanto (IBEC) 🏅 Benedetta Bolognesi (IBEC) 🏅 Klaas-Jan Tielrooij (@icn2.bsky.social) #ERCPoC #EUResearch #FromLabToMarket 👉 bist.eu/four-bist-co...
- Avui hem celebrat la 8a Trobada de #científiques a la Casa Convalescència de la @uab.cat! 💜 Ha estat un espai imprescindible per parlar de ciència, veu pública i de com potenciar la visibilitat de les investigadores. 👇🧵 #11F cc @bist.eu
- Once again, the BBRC joins the #científiques initiative ahead of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science #11F. For the second year in a row, we support this initiative by @bist.eu & @fcri.bsky.social to highlight the vital role of women in science. www.barcelonabeta.org/en/news/news...
- The 8th #científiques Meet-up took place yesterday at the beautiful @uab.cat Casa Convalescència IIt brought together women #STEM professionals and institutional representatives to reflect on visibility in the media and the challenges researchers face when communicating their work. bit.ly/3O8yuSy
- Demà comencen #científiques! @fcri.bsky.social i @bist.eu són al capdavant d’aquestes jornades per fomentar la presència de dones en àmbits STEM, que al 2022 a Catalunya seguien sent tan sols el 24% 👩🔬👩💻 cientifiques.cat
- For the first time, the @desisurvey.bsky.social has combined four different #DarkEnergy probes in a single experiment. The new analysis narrows down the possible models for how the universe behaves. #BISTCommunity centre #IFAE is a member of the collaboration ✨ 👉 bist.eu/dark-energy-...
- A new #SpinOff company has launched in the #BISTCommunity 🚀 #EroicaDx will develop, implement, and market #photonic biosensors for clinical #diagnostics The company was formed by the #NanoB2A Group at @icn2.bsky.social 🙌 👉 bist.eu/eroica-dx-a-...
- A new study led by the #BISTCommunity centre @irbbarcelona.org & @ibmb-csic.bsky.social shows how #cholera virulence is activated, opening new avenues for future therapies 📝 Published in #ScienceAdvances @science.org Learn more 👉 bist.eu/a-new-study-...
- Congratulations to @icfo.eu #SpinOff company #Shinphi, which has been named the 2025 Catalan Startup of the Year 🏆🎊 #BISTCommunity
- #ICFOSpinOff shinephi named Catalan Startup of the Year 2025🏆 The deep tech company, launched as ICFO’s 13 spin off, received the award at the Catalan Pitch Competition during Tech Spirit Barcelona organized by ACCIÓ. Congratulations team!🙌 👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2611/ic...
- Thank you #JoanGuinovart for so much!
- You can’t miss this video we shared today during the tribute to Dr. #JoanGuinovart. Today, the scientific community, institutional leaders, colleagues, friends, and family gathers to honour the life and legacy of the founder and first director of #IRBBarcelona. 🎥 youtu.be/_SJ5Rudj2ik
- Welcome to the #BISTCommunity Prof. Jordi Sort! 🎉
- 📰 EXCITING NEWS❗ Meet our new research group! UAB Prof. Jordi Sort has joined us as the new Group Leader of the Nanomaterials for Advanced Memory & Computing Group. 👋 Welcome to ICN2! 🔬 Learn more about the group here—main research lines, Jordi's bio, etc: f.mtr.cool/zrsaxzzcmv
- Researchers at @icn2.bsky.social develop a new material that changes colour with heat, a major step towards smart sensors and inks Published in the journal #Small #BISTCommunity #NanoMaterials #SmartMaterials #SmartSensors Learn more 👉 bist.eu/new-material...
- #BISTCommunity centre @ibecbarcelona.eu has turned 20! 🎉
- Your roommate’s genes could be influencing the bacteria living in your gut, and vice versa, according to a study of rats published this week in #NatureComms by researchers at the #BISTCommunity centre @crg.eu Learn more 👉 bist.eu/can-your-gen...
- 📢 Applications are open for the BIST To the Mothers of Science programme! 👉 €400 monthly salary top-up for 1 year 👉 Group coaching to support professional growth & leadership development 👩👦For #BISTCommunity women with children 🗓️ Deadline January 23 2026 🔗 bist.eu/talent/mothe... #equity #diversity
- 📢 Join the 5th Ed. of the BIST Mentoring Programme! 👉 Mentors are #STEM professionals working in academia or industry 👉 Mentees are #BISTCommunity PhD students and postdocs You'll build valuable relationships that promote professional growth! mentoring.bist.eu
- #BISTCommunity centre @iciq.org, biopharma #Oniria & @vhio.bsky.social are awarded €1.7 million from the @cienciagob.bsky.social CPP 2024 programme 🎉 The consortium will work together to advance a drug targeting resistant #ColonCancer to #ClinicalTrials in patients ➡️ bist.eu/iciq-oniria-...
- ⏰ Última setmana per inscriure’s a #científiques 2026! Si ets investigadora o formes part d’un centre educatiu, encara hi ets a temps. Uneix-te a la iniciativa que ja ha portat més de 600 científiques a les aules i ha implicat més de 500 centres. 📆Termini: 22/12 🔗https://tuit.cat/TSJhl
- 🏆 Congratulations to Zaida Álvarez from @ibecbarcelona.eu, who has won a @erc.europa.eu Consolidator Grant! Her project SPINECRAFT will create a 4D human spinal cord model, advancing neurodegenerative disease research #BISTCommunity #ERCCoG 👉 bist.eu/zaida-alvare...
- Avui us presentem el cartell de #científiques 2026! 👩💻La protagonista és Tamara Vázquez Schröder, investigadora en física de partícules al centre #BISTCommunity IFAE 👩🎨La il·lustradora és la Gemma Terol Us el podeu descarregar per a penjar a escoles, instituts, centres de recerca, universitats... ➕
- Three #BISTCommunity centres partner in #PlatformDalí to foster dialogue between scientists and artists, and explore new ways of understanding the world. @icfo.eu @crg.eu #IFAE @bsc-cns.bsky.social @prbb.org @icmcsic.bsky.social Learn more 👉 bist.eu/bist-communi...
- #QuantumYear2025 is coming to an end, and we're sharing the final poster, this time on Quantisation — the idea that energy comes in packets, or quanta, developed by Max Planck. A project by #BISTCommunity @icfo.eu @iciq.org @icn2.bsky.social #IFAE and @perimeterinstitute.ca with @mariapicasso.com
- A study published in Nature Communications by @crg.eu and @bsc-cns.bsky.social shows that human gene maps lack global representation because they were built mainly using data from individuals of European ancestry. bist.eu/human-gene-m...
- S'acaba #AnyQuàntic2025 i nosaltres us compartim l'últim pòster, aquest cop sobre la Quantització, la idea que l'energia va en paquets o quanta, desenvolupada per Max Planck. Un projecte de #BISTCommunity @icfo.eu @iciq.org @icn2.bsky.social #IFAE i @perimeterinstitute.ca, amb @mariapicasso.com
- Congratulations! #BISTCommunity
- #ICIQNews 👏🏼 Prof. Katherine Villa and Prof. José A. Berrocal, new ICREA Research Professors 🧑🏻🔬👩🏼🔬 With their appointment to one of the most prestigious scientific communities in Catalonia, the ICIQ now hosts 11 ICREA researchers. 👉🏼 iciq.org/new/two-iciq... @icreacommunity.bsky.social @cerca.cat
- New #NatureCatalysis paper offers novel tools for understanding how catalytic reactions operate in practice The work is done by scientists from the @monicaperez.bsky.social group at @iciq.org & @bengurionuni.bsky.social #BISTCommunity 👉 bist.eu/when-substra...
- Researchers from the #BISTCommunity @crg.eu and @harvard.edu have developed popEVE, a new AI model trained on genetic data from hundreds of thousands of species that can diagnose rare diseases using only a patient’s own genome. Published today in Nature Genetics 👉 bist.eu/ai-learns-fr...
- Two #BISTCommunity researchers receive @caixaresearch.bsky.social #HealthResearch funding! 🎉 Zaida Álvarez Pinto (@ibecbarcelona.eu) to test spinal cord injury treatments 🎉 Maria Macias (@irbbarcelona.org) to develop new treatments for Myhre syndrome Learn more ➡️ bist.eu/la-caixa-fou...
- #BISTcommunity @icreacommunity.bsky.social Prof. María Macias @irbbarcelona.org receives a #Health Research Grant from @caixaresearch.bsky.social Find more about the project 👇
- 1/ 🧬 Myhre syndrome is a rare genetic disease with no cure that affects children and causes heart and respiratory problems and intellectual disability. With a #Health Research grant, Maria J. Macias (@maciaslab.bsky.social) is developing new compounds to treat it. 👇 tinyurl.com/5cx6s22m
- Congratulations to @ibecbarcelona.eu's Meritxell Serra-Casablanca & Samuel Sánchez whose research has received third place in the 2025 Vanguardia de la Ciencia Awards! 🎉
- 🌌 Quantum science meets art, debate and discovery at the Biennal Ciutat i Ciència in Barcelona (18-23 Nov). Read how the #BISTCommunity is involved — and how you learn about #QuantumScience online: bist.eu/learn-think-...
- La @fcri.bsky.social i el @bist.eu obren les inscripcions de la 8a edició de #científiques, que se celebrarà l’11 de febrer de 2026, coincidint amb el Dia Internacional de la Dona i la Nena en la Ciència: cientifiques.cat #DonesiCiència #11F
- Prof. Galán-Mascarós from @iciq.org, along with Prof. Reuter (@fhi-mpg.bsky.social), Prof. Lauritsen (@au.dk) & Prof. Écija (@imdeanano.bsky.social) receive an @erc.europa.eu #SynergyGrant for the project #MAGNESIS 🏅 #BISTCommunity #ERCSyG Learn more 👉 bist.eu/a-new-erc-sy...
- ⏲️⚛️Descobreix el món de la #quàntica en 5min! Per celebrar la Setmana de la Ciència un grup d'investigadors de l'ICFO ens explicarà per què la quàntica és important per a la seva investigació i per a la societat. Apunta't amb la teva classe! 👉 ow.ly/vwR050XmhK5
- Researchers at @icfo.eu collaborate in a groundbreaking study that paves the way to practical applications of #CarbonConversion technologies Published in #NatureEnergy @queensuresearch.bsky.social #BISTCommunity #ClimateTech #Decarbonization #CO2Conversion ➡️ bist.eu/turning-poll...
- #ICIQNews 🎧 “Blau de Prússia”: La unió de l’ICIQ i Tarragona Ràdio que ens fa viatjar pel coneixement a bord d’una nau 🎙️ Amb més de 50 episodis produïts aquest pòdcast es consolida com un referent de divulgació científica 👉🏼 iciq.org/ca/new/blau-... @cerca.cat @bist.eu #SOMM_alliance
- El primer trasplante de minirriñones humanos en cerdos abre una vía para no desperdiciar miles de órganos donados elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
- Resultats molt positius en medicina regenerativa que són fruit d'anys de recerca del lab de la Dra. Núria Montserrat i col. 👏 Pas a pas per arribar a l'impacte social #BISTCommunity
- 📢 Download the 5th #QuantumPosters! It dives into the fascinating idea of quantum entanglement — particles that stay connected even when they’re far apart 🤯 👉 bit.ly/4hzE8Yw With #BISTCommunity @icfo.eu @iciq.org @icn2.bsky.social #IFAE, @perimeterinstitute.ca & @mariapicasso.com
- Ja podeu descarregar el 5è dels #pòstersquàntics! ⚛️ #quantumyear2025 L'entrellaçament quàntic fa que 2 partícules quedin connectades encara que estiguin a gran distància 👻 #BISTCommunity @icfo.eu @iciq.org @icn2.bsky.social #IFAE @perimeterinstitute.ca @mariapicasso.com 👉 bit.ly/44ionz4
- 📢 A new #SpinOff company is launched by #BISTCommunity centre @icn2.bsky.social Apeiron Intelligence has developed a pioneering platform integrating atomic-scale simulations and #AI tools to drive innovation in materials science and technology 👉 bist.eu/apeiron-inte...
- A new @nature.com paper by #T2K & NoVA reports the most precise measurement to date of #neutrino mass differences, marking a key step towards understanding why there's more matter than #antimatter in the universe #BISTCommunity #IFAE @fermilab.bsky.social 👉 bist.eu/t2k-and-nova...
- Last friday we closed the 10th edition of the BIST-ESADE From Science to Bussiness course #FS2B This year, the course also served as the initial training for the #BISTCatalysers fellows, who will continue their journey with further training in #technologytransfer & #innovation
- Scientists from @iciq.org & @ibecbarcelona.eu have placed #micromotors inside liquid marbles to study their motion in confined spaces The work has potential applications in environmental cleanup, targeted transport & microscale chemistry #BISTCommunity ➡️ bist.eu/scientists-i...
- Congratulations to @icfo.eu #SpinOff company @luxquanta.bsky.social on securing €8 Million in Series A Funding! #BISTCommunity #Innovation #DeepTech #ScaleUp
- #ICFOSpinOff @luxquanta.bsky.social secures €8 Million in Series A Funding to Accelerate Global Deployment of Quantum-Safe Cybersecurity Solutions. This milestone funding marks LuxQuanta’s transition from a promising startup to a global scale-up. ICFO News 👉 icfo.eu/news/2573/lu...
- Scientists at the #BISTCommunity centre @crg.eu show how the coral Oculina patagonica resists marine heatwaves by switching between two feeding modes. The study offers a window into how marine species adapt to #ClimateChange in the Mediterranean. Published in @nature.com ➡️ bist.eu/dual-feeding...
- Scientists reverse #Alzheimer’s in mice using nanoparticles! #BISTCommunity centre @ibecbarcelona.eu and West China Hospital have have shown how “supramolecular drugs" could hold promise for effective treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Learn more ➡️ bist.eu/scientists-r...
- Des de la nostra participació a @hactebcn.bsky.social —el BIST n’és un dels membres fundadors— promovem espais de trobada entre les #arts i les #ciències que ens ajudin a fer-nos noves preguntes, a obrir la mirada i, en definitiva, a enriquir-nos. #BISTCommunity
- Amazing results released this week that in the future could have an impact on #Alzheimer Disease treatment!👏 A study by #BISTCommunity researchers at @ibecbarcelona.eu and researchers at West China Hospital.
- 🧠 Scientists from #IBEC & West China Hospital have reversed Alzheimer’s in mice after only 3 injections with bioactive nanoparticles! This nanotech approach restores the blood–brain barrier instead of targeting neurons, a promising step toward an effective treatment.
- 🧪 Out in @nature.com: Smoking and biological sex shape healthy bladder tissue evolution, offering clues to #cancer risk. ✍️ #IRBBarcelona & University of Washington 📌 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09521-x Video credits: 3CatInfo, Som3cat #IRBScience #CancerResearch #BladderCancer @bbglab.bsky.social
- The #BISTCatalysers training programme kicked off last friday! Backed by the Banc Sabadell Foundation, the initiative is designed to foster #entrepreneurship and #innovation among researchers in the #BISTCommunity 👉 bist.eu/the-new-bist...
- New @irbbarcelona.org study shows that the efficiency of the Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay pathway—a key genetic quality control mechanism—varies across human tissues & individuals Study in #GenomeBiology by @fransupek.bsky.social & @guillepalou.bsky.social #BISTCommunity ➡️ bist.eu/a-key-geneti...
- 👉 Guess whose 🐈 appears on the 4th #Quantumposters! With #BISTCommunity @icfo.eu @icn2.bsky.social @iciq.org #IFAE & @perimeterinstitute.ca Illustrated by @mariapicasso.com. Supported by @ajuntamentbcn.bsky.social 📥https://bist.eu/society/quantum-science-for-schools/
