Kilian Muñiz departure

The ICREA community is devastated by the sudden passing of our dear colleague Kilian Muñiz, ICREA Research Professor at the Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ). Prof. Muñiz was the head of the Activation and transformation of nitrogen compounds group at ICIQ. We want to express our deepest condolences to his family and friends.

90th ICREA BREAKFAST COLLOQUIUM – Please dispose after use: Designing sustainable single-use sensing devices in a circular economy

  Speakers: ICREA Research Professor Neus Sabaté & Dr. Juan Pablo Esquivel, CSIC Tenured Scientist (both from Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona – CSIC) When: 21st of January 2020, 9:00h Where: Hotel Catalonia Plaza Catalunya, Bergara, 11, 08002 Barcelona Abstract: Since the beginning of our century, we have got used to throwing away our electronic devices […]

AdvCompBio – A conference to promote women’s research in computational biology

  The international congress Advances in Computational Biology – Fostering collaboration among women scientists, one of the activities within the programme Bioinfo4Women of the BSC, will be held in Barcelona on the 28th and 29th of November 2019. All the speakers will be women but the event, an affiliated conference of the International Society of […]

89th ICREA BREAKFAST COLLOQUIUM – Can green cities be healthy and just?

  Speaker: ICREA Research Professor Isabelle Anguelovski from UAB and Dr. Helen Cole, from the Barcelona Laboratory for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability (BCNUEJ). When: 12th of November 2019, 9:00h Where: Hotel Catalonia Plaza Catalunya, Bergara, 11, 08002 Barcelona Abstract: Our research examines processes and dynamics that lead to more just, resilient, healthy, and sustainable cities, bringing […]

88th ICREA BREAKFAST COLLOQUIUM – Rock Art and Human Evolution

  Speakers: ICREA Research Professors Inés Domingo and João Zilhao (both from the UB) When: 8th of October 2019, 9:00h Where: Hotel Catalonia Plaza Catalunya, Bergara, 11, 08002 Barcelona Abstract: When and where did humans develop the capacity to communicate through symbols? Was symbolism recent, and unique to anatomically modern humans? Or did our more remote ancestors […]

ICREA Memoir 2018

ICREA’s new MEMOIR is out.  We are very proud of its content.  We invite you to take a look at it and share it. ICREA MEMOIR 2018 

“Quantum Physics: Understanding the Invisible”: next ICREA-CCCB cycle of debates

  This April we will be having a new cycle of ICREA-CCCB debates with the title ‘Quantum Physics: Understanding the Invisible’. Five ICREA Research Professors will participate in the debates, which promise to be one of the highlights of 2019: Friday 12th: What do we mean when we speak of quantum physics?, with Maciej Lewenstein […]

86th ICREA BREAKFAST COLLOQUIUM – Cell differentiation and cancer: role of gene regulation and dietary fatty acids

  Speakers: ICREA Research Professors Salvador Aznar Benitah (IRB Barcelona) and Luciano Di Croce (CRG) When: 9th of April 2019, 09:00h Where: Hotel Catalonia Plaça Catalunya, Bergara, 11, 08002 Barcelona Abstracts: Salvador Aznar Benitah My laboratory is interested in studying how adult stem cells maintain tissue homeostasis, and why stem cells fail to function properly during […]