On the 31st of January at 11h the presentation of the Pacte Nacional per a la Societat del Coneixement will be held at the CCCB
On the 31st of January at 11h the presentation of the Pacte Nacional per a la Societat del Coneixement will be held at the CCCB.
Chaired by consellera Maria Àngels Chacon, this initiative is an expression of commitment to knowledge, research and their value for society.
It seeks to create long term welfare through research and knowledge, jointly with universities, research centres and knowledge-based companies.
Attendance is free, but you should register here.
The ICREA community is devastated by the sudden decease of our dear friend and colleague Albert Costa, ICREA Research Professor at UPF.
The ICREA community is devastated by the sudden decease of our dear friend and colleague Albert Costa, ICREA Research Professor at UPF.
Prof. Costa was a highly respected scholar with a huge influence in the neuroscience of language, and above all, an extremely lovable and loyal person who will be very sorely missed.
We also want to express our deepest condolences to the family and his numerous friends. Rest in peace, Albert.
The funeral will take place at the Poblenou funeral parlor, at Sancho de Àvila st, tomorrow Friday 14th of December, at 12:05h.
This year, 10 ICREA Research Professors have been among the top 1% most cited researchers by Clarivate Analytics. An impressive performance by any stardards. Josep Dalmau (IDIBAPS), Manel Esteller (IDIBELL), Toni Gabaldón (CRG),Frank Koppens (ICFO), Maciej Lewenstein (ICFO), Josep Llovet (IDIBAPS), Maurizio Mencuccini (CREAF), Sergei Odintsov (CSIC-ICE), Mira Petrovic (ICRA), and Romain Quidant (ICFO -again!).
Out of the 120.000 researchers working in Spain, only 115 have made into the list. ICREA researchers have fared extremely well thanks to their outstanding recognition and influence they have gained in their respective fields.
Congratulations to all of them, and also to their host institutions for this well deserved recognition.
The full list and downloadable report can be found here.
ICREA Senior call 2018 is now open, taking applications for the areas of:
ICREA Senior call 2018 is now open, taking applications for the areas of:
Deadline 15th of March. All information and applications available here
ICREA fully condemns recent violent events, unjustified and unjustifiable, exercised in Catalonia yesterday.
ICREA fully condemns recent violent events, unjustified and unjustifiable, exercised in Catalonia yesterday. We express our rejection, our indignation and our outmost disapproval. We believe that the use of force against citizens is unacceptable in any democracy.
Beyond the diverse personal political positions within the ICREA community, we have to reiterate that the only possible way out in any conflict, is dialogue and we will never cease to claim dialogue as the only legitimate means in a mature democracy.
Antonio Huerta
Director
Laura Soucek (ICREA @ VHIO) and Marie-Eve Beaulieu are the Peptomyc entrepreneurs that last year started the company and raised 1M to reach proof of concept stage. After sucessfully completing the first milestones, they have now secured asecond round.The investment was led by Barcelona based investors Alta Life Sciences and raised more than 4 million euros to develop their promising oncology treatment. In a nutshell, their technology is based on blocking the gene Myc, which is essential for the survival of cancer cells (and only those!) We wish them all the best and hope that this can become a treatment in the future.
See attached the press release, and click here to go to VHIO's website and find out more about the science behind this breakthrough.
peptomycpressrelease.docx 