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Institution of scientific cooperation of 7 top Catalan research centres: @CRGenomica @IBECBarcelona @ICFOnians @ICIQchem @icn2nano @_IFAE @IRBBarcelona
Top Spanish hospitals adopt the MAF Test, developed by @IRBBarcelona #spinoff @inbiomotion, to improve #BreastCancer treatment. MAF helps determine which patients should be treated with bisphosphonates, improving prognosis & survival. #BISTCommunity ➡️ bist.eu/top-spanish-ho…

🏆 El director del @CRGenomica Luis Serrano premiado con el Premio Nacional de Innovación 2025-Trayectoria innovadora. Serrano ha creado varias spin-offs y herramientas como FoldX, clave en el diseño de proteínas y la #medicinadeprecisión #BISTCommunity ciencia.gob.es/Noticias/2025/…

Three #BISTCommunity researchers receive @ERC_Research Proof of Concept Grants #ERCPoC 👏 🏆 Katherine Villa (ICIQ) 🏆 Manuel Salmeron (IBEC) 🏆 Xavier Rovira (IBEC) Learn more ➡️ bist.eu/erc-proof-of-c…

📣 Calling young quantum researchers! Join us at #YQIS25 in Barcelona — a conference by young scientists, for young scientists. Present your work, connect, & help shape the future of quantum information science! Register now 👉 icfo.eu/event/4000/8th… 📅 Register by August 15.
🌞 Good morning #BISTcommunity ! 👉 Remember that you have 2,5 weeks left to wrap up your collaborative project proposals for the #BISTignite call! bist.eu/research/ignit…

Novel approach to decoding mutational signatures improves prediction of prognosis in #OvarianCancer 📝 New paper published in @GenomeMedicine by researchers from @IRBBarcelona & BRIC Copenhagen #BISTCommunity #CancerResearch ➡️ bist.eu/new-approach-t…

#ICYMI Researchers at @_IFAE are part of an international collaboration that has released the first images from the Vera Rubin Observatory, which will create the most complete “movie” of the night sky. @VRubinObs #BISTCommunity ➡️ bist.eu/first-images-r…




It is great news to know that Mónica Bettencourt-Dias (@IGCcentrioles) will lead the @CRGenomica, taking over from Luis Serrano. The @_BIST scientific community and the @iCERCA centers as a whole are once again strengthened. Bem-vinda/benvinguda, Mónica! bist.eu/monica-bettenc…
Happy to be the next @CRGenomica director. The CRG always stood out to me for its excellence in decoding life’s principles & its collaborative, open and innovative way of doing science. Thrilled to follow L Serrano footsteps & join its amazing community! crg.eu/en/news/monica…
The #BISTCommunity @CRGenomica board of trustees appointed yesterday Prof. Mónica Bettencourt-Dias as its new director. Currently group leader at @GIMM_Institute, she will take the new position in 2026. 👉bist.eu/monica-bettenc…

An ERC Advanced Grant has been awarded to Prof. at ICFO Adrian Bachtold for the pioneering research project QTube. Congratulations Adrian! 👏 ICFO News 👉icfo.eu/news/2523/erc-… #ERCAdG @ERC_Research
#BISTCareerWeek2025 starts on Monday!🚀 - Morning workshops - Afternoon roundtables with science professionals Free and open to all researchers! Register here 👉bist.eu/bist-career-we…

📢Ja podeu descarregar el 2n pòster sobre el Món Quàntic! ⚛️La dualitat ona-partícula descriu com electrons i fotons poden exhibir propietats tant d'ones com de partícules! #BISTCommunity @ICFOnians @ICIQchem @_IFAE @icn2nano i @Perimeter bit.ly/44ionz4
A research collaboration led by @icn2nano researchers uses #ClipOff chemistry for fast and precise production of complex molecules known as macrocycles. 📝 Published in @ScienceMagazine @WeAreNanoUp #BISTCommunity ➡️ bist.eu/innovative-cli…

📢 NEW PAPER OUT❗ 🔬 Led by @WeAreNanoUp, the team used #ClipOff chemistry for fast and precise production of complex molecules, known as macrocycles. 🤝 @icmabCSIC @IQCCUdG @UABBarcelona @unigirona @UCBerkeley 📄 Published in @ScienceMagazine #ScientificCollaboration
📢Open Call: 8th edition of the BIST Ignite Programme (Seed Stage) 👉 To promote new collaborations among #BISTCommunity researchers bist.eu/research/ignit…

#ICIQOutreach Is the electron a wave or a particle? Listen to Georgios explaining Schrödinger’s wave equation (1926): It describes the energy and position of an electron in space and time Stay curious, stay quantum! 🔬 #IYQ2025 @QuantumYear2025 @iCERCA @_BIST @SOMM_alliance
La Dra. Eva Novoa @icreacommunity al @CRGenomica #BISTcommunity rep el Premi Nacional de Recerca al Talent Jove ex aequo #PNR24

En l'obertura de l'acte dels #PNR24 la consellera @recercauniscat anuncia que d'ara en endavant el PNR de Comunicació Científica durà el nom de Joan Guinovart, director fundador de @IRBBarcelona i membre fundador del BIST.

Scientists map the first step in #Alzheimer’s protein aggregation and discover clues for future therapies New paper published in @ScienceAdvances by researchers at @IBECBarcelona, @CRGenomica & @sangerinstitute #BISTCommunity #AlzheimerResearch ➡️ bist.eu/scientists-map…

El premi a la crònica de #científiques 2025 es va fer efectiu la setmana passada 👏 Felicitats a tots els centres per les cròniques enviades, i gràcies @ICFOnians per l'organització de la visita!
📸Ahir vam rebre a l'ICFO l’alumnat de l’Institut Angeleta Ferrer i Sensat! ✨Durant la visita, van poder conèixer laboratoris de l’institut i la recerca en fotònica i tecnologies quàntiques que fem a l'ICFO, i parlar amb la Dra. Leticia Tarruell. Gràcies per la visita!