A study co-led by @icn2.bsky.social finds that adding salt to ice boosts its ability to generate #electricity The discovery could pave the way for generating power in extreme environments such as #PolarRegions 📝 Published in #NatureMaterials #BISTCommunity ➡️ bist.eu/salty-ice-a-...

Ten years after @ligo.org's first detection of #GravitationalWaves, improved instruments provide the cleanest #BlackHole merger detection yet, verifying Stephen #Hawking’s area theorem with unprecedented confidence @egovirgo.bsky.social @ligo.org #KAGRA #IFAE #BISTCommunity bist.eu/ten-years-af...

📢Open Call for young artists of all disciplines! #ACTS #ArtsandScience #Research #Arts @hactebcn.bsky.social

✨ Congratulations to the 28 #BISTMaster #MMRES students who have just graduated! 🎉👏 Their exciting Master’s year came to a close last Tuesday with a Graduation Ceremony at @www.pcb.ub.edu 👉https://bit.ly/4pl3a12

We are celebrating today the graduation of the #BISTMaster #MMRES 2024–2025 class! 🤩 The ceremony features the Master directors and inspiring insights from two young group leaders of the #BISTCommunity: Tamara Vázquez (IFAE) and Nora Martin @crg.eu Congratulations to the newly graduates!!

Encara no t’has inscrit a la jornada Ciència al Territori? És l’oportunitat perfecta per compartir el teu projecte STEAM i connectar amb altres professionals del territori! 📍 Jornada reconeguda pel CRP (certificació de 5 h) 🔗 https://events.ibecbarcelona.eu/ciencia-al-territori/

Can obesity be treated without cutting food intake? A new @irbbarcelona.org study has found that Neuritin 1, a protein from brown fat, protects against obesity, insulin resistance & liver inflammation (in animal models) 📝 #NatureCommunications #BISTCommunity ➡️ bist.eu/new-strategy...

Six #BISTcommunity early-career researchers have secured prestigious ERC grants 👏 These awards highlight the ability of BIST Community centres to attract and nurture outstanding young international talent. @crg.eu @icfo.eu @iciq.org @ibecbarcelona.eu 👉http://bit.ly/486ENOq

Welcome September! #outreach #BISTCommunity #QuantumScience

🤔 Tot és aleatori? I si és així, l'aleatorietat és real? 💡 Troba les respostes al pòster! ⬇️ 📩 Descarrega'l aquí! 👉 https://bist.eu/society/quantum-science-for-schools/ 🖌️ Dissenyadora: Maria Picassó 🤝 @bist.eu @perimeterinstitute.ca. @iciq.org, IFAE, @icfo.eu @icn2.bsky.social  #BISTCommunity

A study co-led by @icn2.bsky.social finds that ice generates electricity when bent — a clue to how lightning forms 🧊🌩️ The work shows that ice is a flexoelectric material, able to produce electricity when unevenly deformed 📝 Published in #NaturePhysics #BISTCommunity ➡️ bist.eu/scientists-f...

A #ScienceAdvances study led by @ibecbarcelona.eu has recorded for the first time the real-time 3D implantation of a human embryo 🔬 This is a major step forward in understanding #fertility and improving #AssistedReproduction treatments #BISTCommunity #EmbryoResearch ➡️ bist.eu/human-embryo...

An international team led by @icfo.eu uses twisted #2DMaterials and the moiré effect to detect single #photons in the infrared spectrum. 📝 Published in @science.org @icn2.bsky.social #BISTCommunity #BioImaging #Astronomy #Quantum Learn more ➡️ bist.eu/twisted-2d-m...

#ICIQJobs ✨ We're hiring a Postdoc in Prof. Villa’s group! 🔬 Work on photoactive microswimmers for pollutant detection and environmental sensing ❗Apply now careers.iciq.org/jobs/6218387... @cerca.cat @bist.eu #SOMM_alliance

Shinephi becomes ICFO’s 13th #SpinOff company! #shinephi was born from over a decade of research, tech development, and business incubation in ICFO’s KTT Launchpad. @icfo.eu #BISTCommunity #ICFOSpinOff #DeepTech #Innovation Learn more ➡️ bist.eu/shinephi-bec...

#ICIQCalendar August 🐈‍⬛Dirac’s quantum electrodynamics (1928) ⚡The Dirac equation for an electron moving in an arbitrary electromagnetic field explains the origin of electron spin and predicts the existence of antimatter. #IYQ2025 @cerca.cat @bist.eu #SOMM_alliance

⚛️ The 3rd poster in the #quantum series by the #BISTCommunity @icfo.eu @icn2.bsky.social @iciq.org #IFAE and @perimeterinstitute.ca is all about PROBABILITY. 🤔 Is everything random? 📥 bist.eu/society/quan... Illustrated by @mariapicasso.com 😍With support from @ajuntamentbcn.bsky.social

⚛️El 3r dels pòsters sobre #quàntica de #BISTCommunity @icfo.eu @icn2.bsky.social @iciq.org i #IFAE, i el @perimeterinstitute.ca ens parla sobre la PROBABILITAT. 🤔Tot és aleatori? 📥https://bist.eu/society/quantum-science-for-schools-ca/ Il·lustrat per @mariapicasso.com 😍

🌿Seven more research groups from #IBEC have reached the Green level of the #MyGreenLab certification! More than 60% of labs are now certified. We're continuing to make science more sustainable! 🔬🌍 👉Read more: ibecbarcelona.eu/seven-additi...

📢 The deadline to submit #BISTIgnite project proposals has been extended to August 18! 💡 The programme promotes new collaborations among #BISTCommunity researchers #multidisciplinarity 👉 bist.eu/research/ignite @irbbarcelona.org @icfo.eu @iciq.org @icn2.bsky.social @crg.eu @ibecbarcelona.eu #IFAE

Top Spanish hospitals adopt the MAF Test, developed by @irbbarcelona.org #spinoff #InBioMotion, to improve #BreastCancer treatment MAF helps determine which patients should be treated with bisphosphonates, improving prognosis & survival #BISTCommunity #PersonalisedMedicine bist.eu/top-spanish-...

🎓 Huge congrats to our two @bist.eu Master’s students, Igor Trujnara and @rebeccawallis.bsky.social who successfully defended their theses this week! 🧬💻Igor explored Large Language Models for genome annotation, while Rebecca investigated microbial biodiversity in Pyrenean lakes🏔️. @crg.eu @upf.edu

From fundamental research to impact in #PrecisionMedicine. The path is long, but it's worth it 💪 Congratulations team! 👏 #BISTCommunity #spinoffs #innovation #research

🏆 El director del @crg.eu 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. ¡Felicidades! #BISTCommunity www.ciencia.gob.es/Noticias/202...

Three #BISTCommunity researchers receive @erc.europa.eu Proof of Concept Grants #ERCPoC 👏 🏆 Katherine Villa @iciq.org 🏆 Manuel Salmeron @ibecbarcelona.eu 🏆 Xavier Rovira @ibecbarcelona.eu Learn more ➡️ bist.eu/erc-proof-of...

🌞 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/ign... @crg.eu @irbbarcelona.org @icfo.eu @icn2.bsky.social @iciq.org @ibecbarcelona.eu

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

#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.bsky.social #BISTCommunity ➡️ bist.eu/first-images...

#ICIQNews 🏆 Dr. José Augusto Berrocal, Group Leader, and Dr. Felipe A. Garcés Pineda, Postdoctoral Researcher, have been selected to receive the prestigious Ramón y Cajal fellowships from the 2024 call. Congrats! 👏🏼 Read more 🔗 iciq.org/new/two-iciq... @cerca.cat @bist.eu #SOMM_alliance

Exciting news: our Board of Trustees has appointed @monicabettencourt.bsky.social as the CRG's new Director. Prof Bettencourt-Dias is expected to take up the post in 2026, replacing Dr. Luis Serrano, who will continue to maintain a research group at the institute. www.crg.eu/en/news/moni...

An ERC Advanced Grant has been awarded to Prof. at ICFO Adrian Bachtold for the pioneering research project QTube. Congratulations Adrian! 👏 ICFO News 👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2523/er... #ERCAdG @erc.europa.eu

Looking for new ways to teach your students about quantum phenomena? We've collaborated with @bist.eu, @icn2.bsky.social, @iciq.org to create educational posters highlighting key principles of quantum science. Download the poster on wave particles: resources.perimeterinstitute.ca/products/wav...

📢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 depenent de la situació. #BISTCommunity @icfo.eu @iciq.org #IFAE @icn2.bsky.social i @perimeterinstitute.ca #PòstersQuàntics

A research collaboration led by @icn2.bsky.social researchers uses #ClipOff chemistry for fast and precise production of complex molecules known as macrocycles. 📝 Published in @science.org @wearenanoup.bsky.social #BISTCommunity ➡️ bist.eu/innovative-c...

✂️Un equipo liderado por el @icn2.bsky.social obtiene moléculas orgánicas complejas mediante un proceso de “recorte molecular” 🔬Los resultados, publicados en @science.org, podrían tener aplicaciones en química orgánica, nanotecnología y en el diseño de nuevos materiales ➡️ http://tiny.cc/tjcn001

📢 NEW PAPER OUT❗ 🔬 ICN2 researchers used #ClipOff chemistry for fast and precise production of complex molecules, known as macrocycles. 🚀 Led by @wearenanoup.bsky.social 🤝 @icmabcsic.bsky.social @uab.cat @univgirona.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social 📄 In @science.org#ClipOff #Collaboration

📢Open Call: 8th edition of the BIST Ignite Programme (Seed Stage) Its goal is to promote new collaborations among #BISTCommunity researchers, facilitating the exchange of knowledge among different scientific fields and exploring new approaches to address complex questions. #research

La Dra. Eva Novoa del @crg.eu #BISTcommunity rep el Premi Nacional de Recerca al Talent Jove ex aequo

En l'obertura de l'acte dels #PNR24 la consellera Montserrat anuncia que d'ara en endavant el PNR de Comunicació Científica durà el nom de Joan Guinovart, director fundador de @irbbarcelona.org 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.eu, @crg.eu & @sangerinstitute.bsky.social #BISTCommunity #AlzheimerResearch ➡️ bist.eu/scientists-m...

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 @icfo.eu per l'organització de la visita! Els equips de @fundaciorecerca.bsky.social i el BIST escalfem motors per la 8a edició de #científiques!

⚛️ (EN) Why can an #atom never stand still? Find the answer in the poster! 🖌️ Designer: Maria Picassó 📃 Link to posters! 👉 https://bist.eu/society/quantum-science-for-schools/ 🤝 @bist.eu, @perimeterinstitute.ca. @iciq.org, IFAE, @icfo.eu @icn2.bsky.social  #BISTCommunity

The #SpinOff @luxquanta.bsky.social has won the Startup Award at GITEX Europe from a pool of more than 700 companies 🏆 The company was founded by #BISTCommunity centre @icfo.eu and is committed to reliable cybersecurity solutions in the #quantum era ➡️ bist.eu/luxquanta-wi...

Don't miss the next #RadicalScience debate: "The Medicine of the Future" 🗓️ June 11, 18:30-20:00h 📍CCCB Barcelona Bioengineering expert Josep Samitier & writer Jorge Volpi will speak about the impacts and future of biomedicine. #BISTCommunity Tickets ➡️ www.cccb.org/en/activitie...

Congratulations to Dr. Núria López-Bigas, recipient of the 2025 Rei Jaume I Award for Medical Research! #BISTCommunity @nlbigas.bsky.social @irbbarcelona.org ➡️ bist.eu/dr-nuria-lop...

The #BISTCommunity innovation commission with support of @fbsabadell.bsky.social is launching the new #BISTCatalysers programme! The programme will train a cohort of researchers in transfering results to the market #innovation #techtransfer 👉https://bist.eu/innovation/catalysers/

An international collab has discovered vortex-like structures in an antiferroelectric material The work challenges classical theories and opens up exciting new possibilities in materials physics Published in #NatureMaterials #BISTCommunity @icn2.bsky.social ➡️ bist.eu/icn2-researc...

Today we release the 1st poster in the series on #quantum created by the #BISTCommunity @icfo.eu @icn2.bsky.social @iciq.org #IFAE and @perimeterinstitute.ca Illustrated by @mariapicasso.com, they introduce the principles of quantum science and its applications 👉 bist.eu/society/quan...

⚛️ Per què un #atom no es pot quedar quiet del tot? Troba la resposta al vídeo! 🖌️ Dissenyadora: Maria Picassó 📃 Link als posters! 👉 https://bist.eu/society/quantum-science-for-schools/ 🤝 Iniciativa del @bist.eu i @perimeterinstitute.ca. @iciq.org, IFAE @icfo.eu @icn2.bsky.social  #BISTCommunity