Icrea Call
ICREA 15th anniversary cellebration
On Tuesday the 28th of June, we will all meet to celebrate 15 years of research at ICREA and the revolution of a research system that once upon a time wanted to stop being Cinderella, and did not have a Fairy Godmother around to help out with the pumpkins and mice… Invitations will be out […]
71st ICREA Colloquium – The unbearable lightness of being (a protein)
Speakers: Dr. Xavier Barril (ICREA/UB) and Dr. Xavier Salvatella (ICREA/IRB Barcelona) When: 14th of June 2016 at 6pm Where: ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys, 23, 6th floor Topic: Proteins adopt beautiful shapes that enable them to perform an incredible array of tasks. But these wiggly little creatures cannot stay still. Is this a nuisance or a […]
Gianni Vatimo’s personal files donated to UPF
Philosopher Gianni Vatimo donated his personal archives to the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in an agreement signed last Monday. ICREA Research Professor Santi Zabala, a disciple of Vatimo, organised the event. See the video here!
Congratulations Albert!
Albert Marcet (ICREA Research Professor at MOVE-UAB) awarded the prestigious Jaime I award in Economy, for his outstanding contributions and impact of his research. Read more about the award here.
Laura Soucek raises her first million!
PEPTOMYC, the spin off led by Laura Soucek (ICREA at VHIO) has just raised 1 million to complete preclinical developent of a novel tumor inhibitor, a peptyde that blocks the MYC gene, which sits in the centrer of all the signalling cascade that leads to tumor groth and proliferation. Blocking MYC has proved very successful […]
Karen Hardy’s research on Neanderthals on BBC Earth
Karen Hardy (ICREA at UAB) uncovers surprising evidence about Neanderthals by studying their teeth and deriving clues as to how these mysterious and mostly misunderstood early humans lived their lives. Easy reading for all audiences here. Photo credits: A.Rosas and A. Estalrrich, CSIC
70th ICREA Colloquium – What would Karl say? Two ICREA professors engage with Marx
Speakers: Prof. David Block (ICREA/UdL) and Prof. Santiago Zabala (ICREA/UPF) When: 19th of April 2016 at 6pm Where: ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 6th floor Abstract: What would Karl say? Two ICREA professors engage with Marx Although Marxist scholarship in the social sciences and humanities has never entirely disappeared, certainly since the current economic crisis […]
Nanobots are the new black
Samuel Sanchez (ICREA at IBEC) has had a featured article in Phys.org. Very interesting reading, accessible for everyone! A good example of aplications of nanoscience. Available here Enjoy!
Marcel Swart, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Marcel Swart ICREA at Universitat de Girona, was appointed Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, as the certificate he received testifies! Congratulations Marcel!
TOMASZ STANKO NEW YORK QUARTET CONCERT
Maciej Lewenstein, ICREA at ICFO and a true expert in Jazz Music, is organising this amazing jazz concert at El conservatori del Liceu this 19th of March. ICREA is sponsoring the event. If you like jazz, you can’t miss it! Tomasz Stanko, trumpet Alexi Tuomarila, piano Reuben Rogers, double bass Gerald Cleaver, drums more details […]
