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ICREA Acadèmia 2015 ceremony
Today at 19h, chaired by the Minister of Enterprise and Knowledge of the Catalan Government at Palau de Pedralbes. The event will also showcase the research that is done in Catalan public universities through two presentations by awardees Xavi Ribas (UdG), and Emília Gómez (UPF).
Start up power at ICREA!
Two ICREA spin offs obtain funding from H2020 SME support instrument. The entrepreneurs Laura Soucek (ICREA at VHIO) and Roger Gomis (ICREA at IRB) have both secured a bunch of money from H2020 SME instrument this week. Their two companies are attacking different aspects of cancer tumors. Inbiomotion, Roger’s company is testing a platform to […]
Debate “Europe and the Middle East are condemned to fight”
Miguel A. González Ballester, ICREA at the UPF, is one of the organisers of a series of debates involving alumni and external people of the Oxford University Alumni Society covering different topics (much like the ICREA Colloquia). The next one will be on February the 18th at the CIDOB Foundation. Further information can be found at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/debate-europe-and-the-middle-east-are-condemned-to-fight-tickets-20987893354.
Ines Domingo and Cedric Boeckx, today at EYE Catalunya openning
E.Y.E. Catalunya is a project led by Patricia Caicedo where creators of arts, culture and science meet to exchange their views and to explore the boundaries of creation from Catalonia Come or follow by streaming! http://r.mundoarts.com/eu1xi2qkm8sff.html
ICREA Acadèmia awards 2015
The names of the 30 awardees of the 2015 call are out. This call attracted 190 candidates, from all areas of knowledge. ICREA Acadèmia is a resarch intensification scheme open to all professors working in Catalan public universities. According to all indicators, it increases international visibility and collaborations, and boosts universities’ research impact. As customary, […]
Licia Verde and Raul Jimenez interviewed on U.S. TV
Licia Verde Raúl Jiménez (both ICREAs at ICC – UB) were interviewed by Yvonne Stapp for Science for the Public, a leading science show in American Public Television (PBS) in the US. These one-hour long interviews feature fascinating accounts of their vision on the universe, its origins and the relation between dark matter, dark energy […]
Massive crop of ERC PoC grants at ICREA
A total of eight Proof of Concept grants have been awarded in Catalonia by the European Research Council, five of which to ICREA Research Professors, and two more to ICREA Acadèmia awardees. Congratulations to all awardees and best of luck with their research! Here’s the complete list, with a few details. More information is available […]
Arcadi Navarro, ICREA at UPF, new Secretary of Universities and Research
The new government of Catalonia is quiclky shaping up and we are delighted to learn that ICREA Arcadi Navarro, up to now at UPF, has been appointed Secretary of Universioties and Research.The position, reporting to the Minister of Industry and Knowledge (Empresa i Coneixement) oversees the entire Catalan academic system encompassing both Higher Education and […]
New spin-off company by ICREA Researcher Neus Sabaté
Neus Sabaté (ICREA at ICMAB-CSIC) just launched a new spin-off company to develop paper batteries: FUELIUM, that is based on technologies developed by Neus over the last few years and that promises a much cheaper, environmentally friendly power sources for all sorts of lab-on-a-chip technologies. Stay posted!
Talent attraction by ICREA, a major factor in research success.
Josep Joan Moreso (UPF) explains today on Studia XXI the impact of ICREA in the Catalan research system and makes a compelling case for the adoption of a similiar model by the Spanish goverment. Read the whole piece here (in Spanish)
