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The activity of six different genes can help determine patient survival of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), according to a study published by #BISTCommunity researchers at the @crg.eu 📝 Published in #ScienceAdvances Learn more 🔗 bist.eu/six-gene-sco...

#ICIQNews 🗒️ ICIQ hosted the event "FAIR Data in Chemistry: Current Trends" on 23 October, bringing together around 100 participants to discuss how chemical research data can be better managed, shared and reused. Read more 🔗 iciq.org/new/iciq-hos... @cerca.cat @bist.eu #SOMM_alliance

#ICIQProjects 📢 Join the MERCI webinar on 28 Oct at 12:00 CET! ❓ Have questions about eligibility or applying? Get them answered live! 📩 Can't join? Email merci@iciq.es Register 📎 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a46740...

A friday afternoon to connect and reconnect with alumni from the BIST Scientific Project Management course! Learning by doing, and connecting by sharing! @crg.eu @ibecbarcelona.eu @iciq.org @irbbarcelona.org @icn2.bsky.social @icfo.eu #IFAE 👉 bist.eu/bist-scienti...

The Catalan #SpinOff Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech, founded by #IFAE, @ub.edu & @bsc-cns.bsky.social, secures nearly €20M in Series A funding, led by Indra Group! The funding will help scale and industrialize #QuantumComputers and develop next-gen chips. #BISTCommunity 👉 bist.eu/qilimanjaro-...

65 out of the current 176 group leaders currently working across the seven BIST Community research centres: @crg.eu @ibecbarcelona.eu @icfo.eu @iciq.org @icn2.bsky.social #IFAE & @irbbarcelona.org featured in the latest Stanford’s Top 2% Scientists ranking 👉 bist.eu/65-bist-comm...

📢 The 9th BIST Ignite Seed Stage Call is currently open for applications! Collaborative projects between at least two #BISTCommunity centres #MultidisciplinaryResearch #Collaboration 👉 bist.eu/research/ign...

Four Large-Sized Telescopes are inaugurated at CTAO-North in La Palma 🔭 The milestone marks the completion of all four telescopes, with the #IFAE Gamma-ray Group playing a significant role in the project @iacastrofisica.bsky.social #CTAO #BISTCommunity 👉 bist.eu/four-large-s...

How do insects build rigid plates and flexible joints from one material? 🪲 A team at @ibecbarcelona.eu has tuned chitosan with trace metal ions so one material is stiff in some areas and flexible in others, which could simplify #Recycling #BISTCommunity 👉 bist.eu/ibec-enginee...

🚀 18 #BISTCommunity members have kicked off their innovation and entrepreneurship journey! The 2nd Ed of #BISTCatalysers kicked off yesterday @icn2.bsky.social, with the support of @fbsabadell.bsky.social Highlights & 📷👇 bist.eu/the-second-e...

🧠 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

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 👏

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

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

🎉 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...

🎓✨ 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

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

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...