🧠 Behind great science are people whose mental health matters. On #WorldMentalHealthDay, we highlight #WellBIST, supporting #BISTCommunity through well-being workshops and confidential psychological support. 💙 Discover more 👇 bist.eu/wellbist-pro...

The @ec.europa.eu backs GENCODE with €19 million, helping long-term sustainability of one of the most important and widely used biodata resources in the world. The Commission cites GENCODE as critical infrastructure for EU economic security. @crg.eu #BISTCommunity 👉 bist.eu/european-com...

Lars Velten, group leader at @crg.eu, named 2026 Vallee Scholar ✨ The award provides $400,000 to support bold, curiosity-driven research with the potential to transform human health. Congrats! 👉 bist.eu/crg-research...

#ICIQOutreach 🔵 Torna #BlaudePrússia i ho fa amb la IA! ➡️ Què passa quan la intel·ligència artificial entra als laboratoris? Dades, digitalització, recerca, educació, riscos, confiança i futur. 🎙️ Amb Carles Bo i Jaume Seuma 📻Avui, a les 12.30 h a @tarragonaradio.bsky.social @cerca.cat @bist.eu

🎲 A team from @iciq.org has launched a board game called "Plàsticus" to bring research into #SmartPlastics closer to the public The game is now being distributed to educational centres across Catalonia #ScienceOutreach #BISTCommunity @fcri.bsky.social 🔗 bist.eu/discovering-...

#PremiosBASFICIQ ➡️ Dirigidos a PhD, personas emprendedoras, equipos de investigación, startups y proyectos de base científico-tecnológica. Categorías: 🔵 Tesis doctoral – 2.500 € 🔵 Patente – 2.500 € 🔵 Proyecto emprendedor – 4.000 € Info🔗 iciq.org/event/v-prem... @cerca.cat @bist.eu

📢 The 𝗜𝗥𝗕 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 #𝗣𝗵𝗗 #𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 – 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 is now open, offering up to 8 PhD fellowships in #Biomedicine or #OrganicChemistry. Explore the participating groups, check the application requirements and apply 👉 https://shorturl.at/7iSOa 🧪

This is Tango, protagonist of an international study to decode the jaguar genome and support felid conservation The new genetic “road-map” is published in BMC Genomic Data with @cnag-eu.bsky.social, @bsc-cns.bsky.social, @irbbarcelona.org & #IBYME CONICET #BISTCommunity 👉 bist.eu/decoding-the...

☀️ Researchers at @iciq.org have developed a hybrid photoelectrode that combines a light-absorbing material with molecular catalysts, achieving efficient and stable water oxidation under simulated sunlight #BISTCommunity #QuantumTunnelling #SolarFuels 👉 bist.eu/quantum-tunn...

Welcome to the #BISTCommunity Carlos Moreno-Yruela, who joins @ibecbarcelona.eu to lead the new Enzyme Sensors and Chemical Probes group 👏

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Nou grup de recerca a l'IBEC! Carlos Moreno-Yruela (@carlosmyruela.bsky.social) lidera el nou Enzyme Sensors and Chemical Probes group. Arriba des de l'EPFL amb una ERC Starting Grant per desenvolupar CHEMTUBIO, sobre enzims amb potencial terapèutic en càncer, malalties cardíaques i neurològiques.

The #BISTCommunity #IFAE board of trustees has appointed Prof. Mario Martínez as its new director. He will take up the position on November 1, 2026, succeeding Prof. Eugenio Coccia. 👉 bist.eu/prof-mario-m...

🌌 A cosmic flare from eight billion years ago ✨ The MAGIC and LST-1 telescopes on La Palma have captured an exceptionally bright flare from distant blazar "OP 313" #BISTCommunity centre #IFAE is part of the collaboration, which studies the #cosmos and its evolution 👉 bist.eu/telescopes-l...

#ICYMI Researchers at @irbbarcelona.org have identified a molecular mechanism that amplifies chronic inflammation in skin that's aged The finding clarifies how ageing and inflammation are connected in the skin 📝 Published in #NatureAging #BISTCommunity #AgingResearch 👉 bist.eu/aging-reprog...

#PremiosBASFICIQ Presenta't a la V edició dels Premis @basf.bsky.social -ICIQ en Innovació i Emprenedoria. 🔹 Tesi doctoral — 2.500 € 🔹 Patent — 2.500 € 🔹 Projecte emprenedor — 4.000 € ➡️ Consulta les bases: iciq.org/event/v-prem... @cerca.cat @bist.eu @sommalliance.bsky.social

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Prof. Andreu Mas-Colell's joins the Rhine Group. His participation aligns with BIST’s strategy to turn frontier research into disruptive innovation, new industrial capacity and greater European strategic autonomy. 👉 bist.eu/bist-chairma...

🗺️ First 3D map of ovary throughout reproductive lifespan reveals it counts its own eggs A new study published in #NatureAging by @crg.eu researchers challenges the idea that ovaries are simply passive egg reservoirs @bokelab.bsky.social #BISTCommunity Learn more 👉 bist.eu/first-3d-map...

🔴 LAST DAYS TO APPLY We’re #HIRING: 2 Junior Group Leader Positions at #IBEC → Junior Group Leader in AI & Data Science for Bioengineering → Junior Group Leader in Translational Pediatric Bioengineering 📩 Apply here: https://f.mtr.cool/gwfelnpkha

🧬 #IRBBarcelona researchers identify a molecular mechanism that may help explain why inflammation increases in aging skin.  📰 @nataging.nature.com 📌 DOI: 10.1038/s43587-026-01192-1 #AgingResearch @aznarbenitahlab.bsky.social

📢 We're #hiring! ▫️𝗔𝗜 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿: 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗜 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀, 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 & 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 ▫️𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿: 𝗛𝗣𝗖 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 & 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 ▫️𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 ▫️𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 @swculek.bsky.social ▫️𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 @posaslab.bsky.social ▫️𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 ➡️ https://bit.ly/irbjobs #IRBJobs

🎉 Two #BISTCommunity researchers receive Spain’s National Research Awards 🏅 Katherine Villa @iciq.org 👉 María Teresa Toral Young Research Award 🏅 Daniel Maspoch @icn2.bsky.social 👉 Enrique Moles Research Award @katherinevilla.bsky.social @wearenanoup.bsky.social bist.eu/two-bist-res...

Life speaks one universal language to activate genes. It speaks many more to silence them. New study by @crg.eu sheds light on how genomes evolved on Earth, with potential implications for future disease research. #BISTCommunity #NatureGenetics 👉 bist.eu/life-speaks-...

#ICIQJobs 🔬 Are you ready to start your #PhD? 🔸 Fellowships for Predoctoral Researchers - FPI-ICIQ Call 2026 is NOW OPEN! 🔸 5 positions available 📩 Apply before it's too late: careers.iciq.org/jobs/8079432... @cerca.cat @bist.eu @sommalliance.bsky.social @rseq-quimica.bsky.social

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