ARQ Quantum Technologies, @icfo.eu's newest #SpinOff company has earned a major European recognition just months after its launch. 🎉 The award highlights the potential of the company's #quantum networking technology. #BISTCommunity #Innovation 👉 bist.eu/icfos-newest...

➕150 talented secondary school students experienced #research first-hand with scientists across the #BISTCommunity during the 2025–2026 academic year and the summer of 2026, thanks to Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera programmes #STEMeducation #talent #science 👉https://bit.ly/3TfKjJx

The #BISTCommunity centre @ibecbarcelona.eu leads a consortium that has developed light-activated drugs that restore sight in blind mice 🔬 Learn more 👉 bist.eu/ibec-led-con...

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🧵1/ A major breakthrough in vision restoration. A consortium led by #IBEC has developed light-activated drugs that restored key visual functions in blind mice and zebrafish, opening a promising new avenue for treating retinal degenerative diseases. 👁️✨

🎓✨ From day one... to graduation! The 9th cohort of the Master of Multidisciplinary Research in Experimental Sciences #MMRES has completed the programme, culminating in the public defence of their Master’s theses and a graduation ceremony at @upf.edu Congratulations! 👉 bit.ly/4vG0KMu

In a new @nature.com paper, the #ENCODE consortium maps more than 92 million DNA elements that regulate human genes. #BISTCommunity researchers @rodericguigo.bsky.social & Ramil Nurtdinov at @crg.eu are part of the work, which helps us better understand human disease. 👉 bist.eu/encode-maps-...

#ICIQKTT 🌱 Four ICIQ KTT laboratories have achieved My Green Lab Green Level Certification, the highest international recognition for sustainable laboratory practices. Read more🔗 iciq.org/new/four-ici... @cerca.cat @bist.eu @sommalliance.bsky.social

Four ICIQ laboratories achieve the highest level of accreditation under the international My Green Lab sustainability certification - ICIQ

10th July 2026 – The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) has reached another important milestone in its commitment to more sustainable research. Four laboratories within the KTT Departm...

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ICN2 #Spinoff Company #Apeiron Intelligence secures €660,000 in its first investment round 🥳 @icn2.bsky.social #BISTCommunity #Innovation 👉 bist.eu/icn2-spin-of...

F. Pelayo García de Arquer, group leader @icfo.eu, received the Banc Sabadell Foundation Award for Science and Engineering during a ceremony held yesterday 👏 The award recognises his pioneering contributions to sustainable energy technologies and new optoelectronic devices 👉 bit.ly/3SPCr15

New study reveals how protein behaviour drives blood–brain barrier specialization 🧠 📝 Published in @cp-iscience.bsky.social @ibecbarcelona.eu leads the project, in collaboration with the Proteomics Platform from @irbbarcelona.org #BISTCommunity Learn more 👉 bist.eu/new-study-re...

A new graphene-based neural interface able to "listen and speak" to the brain. Published in Nature Communications by lead researchers at @icn2.bsky.social and IMB-CNM 👉https://bist.eu/a-new-flexible-neural-interface-to-speak-and-listen-to-the-brain/

New quantum experiment overcomes major obstacle in search for #DarkMatter and #GravitationalWaves 🔭 📝 Published in @nature.com #BISTCommunity #QuantumSensors #IFAE #AIONScience @cern.bsky.social Learn more 👉 bist.eu/new-quantum-...

#ICIQNews 🔦Prof. Emilio Palomares receives @erc.europa.eu Proof of Concept Grant #ERCPoC to transform breakthrough photophysics into a new diagnostic platform for ultra-early cancer detection Read more 🔗 iciq.org/new/erc-back... @cerca.cat @bist.eu #SOMM_alliance

ERC backs new quantum-inspired technology for ultra-early cancer detection - ICIQ

30th June 2026 – The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant to Prof. Emilio Palomares, Director of the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), to develop...

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Three #BISTCommunity researchers receive 2026 @erc.europa.eu Advanced Grants 👏 🎉 🏅 Luis Serrano, @crg.eu .eu 🏅 Eduard Battle, @irbbarcelona.org 🏅 Javier Rodríguez-Viejo, @icn2.bsky.social #ERCAdG #FrontierResearch Learn more 👉 bist.eu/three-erc-ad...

Researchers at the #BISTCommunity centre @iciq.org have developed a new method for early detection of subclinical mastitis in dairy cattle. The system could improve diagnosis and disease management. 📝 Published in ACS Measurement Science 👉 bist.eu/biomarkers-f...

Over the past months, 17 researchers and research professionals from the #BISTCommunity have explored #innovation & #entrepreneurship through the #BISTCatalysers. The first edition officially wrapped up on 18 June. Congratulations to all! With @fbsabadell.bsky.social 👉 bist.eu/celebrating-...

Luis Serrano @crg.eu and Katherine Villa @iciq.org rg receive Catalonia’s National Research Awards #PNR at official ceremony 👉 bist.eu/luis-serrano...

🦠 How did our cells originate? A study by @gabaldonlab.bsky.social at @irbbarcelona.org & @bsc-cns.bsky.social suggests cellular complexity emerged gradually over millions of years, rather than from a single evolutionary event. 📝 Published in @nature.com #BISTCommunity 👉 bist.eu/a-study-by-i...

Collagen, the protein that builds skin, bones, tendons and organs, exists in cells as a liquid-like droplet rather than the long, rigid rod seen in textbooks over the last half century, according to a new study from the #BISTCommunity centre @crg.eu 👉 bist.eu/collagen-the...

The #SpinOff company #OnaTherapeutics raises $86.6M Series B funding to advance first-in-class ADCs into clinical development The global #biopharmaceutical company was launched in 2019 by the #BISTCommunity centre @irbbarcelona.org to address advanced #Cancer 👉 bist.eu/ona-therapeu...

Three #BISTCommunity researchers have been recognised with the Rei Jaume I Awards this year 👏 🏅 Lluís Torner @icfo.eu; Basic Research 🏅 Samuel Sánchez @ibecbarcelona.eu; New Technologies 🏅 Ben Lehner @crg.eu; Biomedical Research bist.eu/three-bist-r...

The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration has published a new catalog of #GravitationalWaves, bringing the total GW signals detected to date to 390! 💫 #IFAE is part of #Virgo & #LIGO 👏 #BISTCommunity #BlackHoles #BlackHoleMergers #GravitationalWaveAstronomy 👉 bist.eu/the-new-ligo...

L'alumnat de 1r d'ESO de La Greda (Olot) ha visitat l'IFAE, i han conversat amb la protagonista del cartell de #científiques 2026, la Tamara Vázquez Schöder! 👏 Un dia per conèixer un campus universitari, pensar sobre l'origen de l'univers i els experiments possibles... Totes podem fer ciència!

🧪 The MAF Test®, developed by #IRBBarcelona & @icreacommunity.bsky.social spin-off Inbiomotion, is now available in South Korea. This is the 1st #IRBBarcelona research-based product to reach patients there. The test could benefit ~34,000 new #BreastCancer patients each year. 👉 shorturl.at/qVsfh

✨ Join us at #IRBBarcelona Open Day! 📅 Saturday, May 30 A day of science, discovery, and hands-on activities for all ages. 🎟️ Sign up and don’t miss it! 👉 https://bit.ly/4ddD7VA #ExperimentaIRB

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L’any passat va ser brutal... 😍🔬 Vam descobrir plegats com la ciè...

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We are proud to join forces with leading institutions across Europe to help reinforce Europe’s scientific and technological future. 💪Last week marked three important milestones towards this shared goal 🧵 👉 bist.eu

Honey-like Heat Flow: A New Heat Transport Regime Discovered in Ultrathin Semiconductors 📝 Published in #NaturePhysics The work is led by @icn2.bsky.social, @uab.cat, @tue.nl & @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social #BISTCommunity 👉 bist.eu/honey-like-h...

BIST, COTEC, ASEBIO, ASEMI and Farmaindustria appeared today jointly before the Spanish Congress to advocate for stronger public policies connecting frontier research, technology transfer and industrial development #DisruptiveInnovation bist.eu/bist-joins-f...

Researchers at @icfo.eu & @iciq.org have shed light on the dual role of anions in acidic CO₂ conversion The work provides new insights for reducing #CarbonDioxide and taking advantage of its surplus to generate useful chemicals #BISTCommunity 👉 bist.eu/the-dual-rol...

How cells decide when to react could shape future treatments for #cancer and #fibrosis 🧬 Findings published in #NatureMaterials by scientists from @ibecbarcelona.eu & @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social #BISTCommunity Learn more 👉 bist.eu/how-cells-de...

🚀Ready to kick-start your scientific career? Join the next #MMRES class! More than 60% of the #MMRES Master's Programme is spent doing hands-on research projects in top #BISTCommunity and MELIS-UPF labs upf.edu/web/mmres