Icrea Call
88th ICREA BREAKFAST COLLOQUIUM – Rock Art and Human Evolution
Speakers: ICREA Research Professors Inés Domingo and João Zilhao (both from the UB) When: 8th of October 2019, 9:00h Where: Hotel Catalonia Plaza Catalunya, Bergara, 11, 08002 Barcelona Abstract: When and where did humans develop the capacity to communicate through symbols? Was symbolism recent, and unique to anatomically modern humans? Or did our more remote ancestors […]
87th ICREA BREAKFAST COLLOQUIUM – Observing the dark side of the Universe with gravitational lensing and gravitational waves
Speakers: ICREA Research Professors Ramon Miquel and Mario Martínez (both from IFAE) When: 11th of June 2019, 9:00h Where: Hotel Catalonia Plaça Catalunya, Bergara, 11, 08002 Barcelona Abstracts: Ramon Miquel There is overwhelming evidence that most of the matter in the universe is in a “dark” form that neither emits nor blocks light, and is […]
ICREA Memoir 2018
ICREA’s new MEMOIR is out. We are very proud of its content. We invite you to take a look at it and share it. ICREA MEMOIR 2018
“Quantum Physics: Understanding the Invisible”: next ICREA-CCCB cycle of debates
This April we will be having a new cycle of ICREA-CCCB debates with the title ‘Quantum Physics: Understanding the Invisible’. Five ICREA Research Professors will participate in the debates, which promise to be one of the highlights of 2019: Friday 12th: What do we mean when we speak of quantum physics?, with Maciej Lewenstein […]
86th ICREA BREAKFAST COLLOQUIUM – Cell differentiation and cancer: role of gene regulation and dietary fatty acids
Speakers: ICREA Research Professors Salvador Aznar Benitah (IRB Barcelona) and Luciano Di Croce (CRG) When: 9th of April 2019, 09:00h Where: Hotel Catalonia Plaça Catalunya, Bergara, 11, 08002 Barcelona Abstracts: Salvador Aznar Benitah My laboratory is interested in studying how adult stem cells maintain tissue homeostasis, and why stem cells fail to function properly during […]
85th ICREA Colloquium – Beyond musicology
Speaker: ICREA Research Professor Tess Knighton, from CSIC-IMF, and Patricia Caicedo, director of the Barcelona Festival of Song When: 26th of February 2019, 18:00h Where: ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 6th floor Abstract: Musicology is a relatively young discipline, which gained recognition only towards the end of the nineteenth century and a debate over its focus […]
ICREA Acadèmia 2018 results
The list of selected academics in the 2018 ICREA Acadèmia call is out. 45 grants have been awarded, from 324 applicants, of all areas of knowledge. Congratulations to all awardees!
Lectures on debt crisis in Europe
Peter Wagner, ICREA at UB, is organising a series of lectures entitled ‘Debt: New and Old European Ties’ at CCCB. Here is the information for the series and for the first lecture. These public lectures are followed by seminars with the speaker on the day after (Friday, 1st, 8th and 22nd of February, 10.30h – […]
Presentation of the Catalan Agreement on the Knowledge Society
On the 31st of January at 11h the presentation of the Pacte Nacional per a la Societat del Coneixement will be held at the CCCB. Chaired by consellera Maria Àngels Chacon, this initiative is an expression of commitment to knowledge, research and their value for society. It seeks to create long term welfare through […]
«2001: A Space Odyssey» from the Standpoint of Present-Day Science
Coinciding with the exhibition “Kubrick”, which is now showing at the CCCB, this year’s programming of Science at Christmas will include analysis of the big questions raised by the classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey from the standpoint of present-day science. The event, co-organised by Ricard Solé (ICREA Research Professor at UPF) among others, […]
