🚨𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿: 𝐌𝐒𝐂𝐀 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧  ⚠️ Deadline: 28 May 2026 📅 Starting date: Jun-July 2026 or Sept-Oct 2026 (if visa is required) ⌛ Duration: 3 years 📍 Location: San Sebastian (Spain) 👉 https://www.cicbiomagune.es/job-offer-detail?id=43403 #JobOfferCICbiomaGUNE

🚨𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿: 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 ⚠️ Deadline: 18 May 2026 📅 Starting date: July 2026 ⌛ Duration: 1 year, part time 📍 Location: San Sebastian (Spain) 👉 More information: https://www.cicbiomagune.es/job-offer-detail?id=43402 #JobOfferCICbiomaGUNE

📢 The first 2026 Competitive Open Access call for @IctsRedib is now open! 📅 Deadline: May 19th 2026 You may apply for free access to our #preclinical #biomedical #imaging infrastructure, with optional support by expert staff (rates may apply).

🥳Congratulations to our colleague Samantha Marcelino Apresto for successfully defending her PhD thesis on 27 April! #PhDdefense #PhDthesis

CIC biomaGUNE predoctoral researchers attended the Faculty of Chemistry’s PhD Day last week. #PhDday

🚨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🚨 💡Fe-doped carbon dots as dual-mode T1/T2 nano-contrast agents for ultra-high field MRI ✍️ Authors: Sierra-Serrano, B; Sturabotti, E; Cardo, L; Prato, M 📄 Nanoscale 👉 https://doi.org/10.1039/D5NR04400F #ResearchHighlight #CICbiomaGUNE

🚨𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿: 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗹𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 ⚠️ Deadline: 28 May 2026 📅 Starting date: September 2026 ⌛3 years 📍 San Sebastian (Spain) 👉 https://www.cicbiomagune.es/job-offer-detail?id=43385

CIC biomaGUNE researchers attended the TERMIS-EU 2026 conference on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, held from April 21 to 24 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.  #TERMIS #ScientificConference #TissueEngineering

Great seminar by Elisabeth Garanger (LCPO, Bordeaux) on elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs), hosted by Fernando López Gallego. Welcome also to Alice Delhaes, joining us for a 3-month stay! #CICbiomaGUNEseminar #ELP

In this week’s internal seminar, Elisa Sturabotti, a postdoctoral researcher in the Carbon Bionanotechnology Lab at CIC biomaGUNE, gave an excellent overview of the group’s research on carbon dots. #CICbiomaGUNEseminar

🚨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🚨 💡Engineering low-symmetry colloidal crystals with optical anisotropies 📄 Science Advances 👉 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec7382 #ResearchHighlight #CICbiomaGUNE

Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Stephanie Willerth and Dr. Sravya Tekumalla from the University of Victoria, Canada, hosted by Dr. Dorleta Jimenez de Aberasturi.   #CICbiomaGUNEseminar #Bioprinting

Aitziber L .Cortajarena, Directora Científica de CIC biomaGUNE, y líder del grupo Biomolecular Nanotechnology Lab, habla de su nombramiento como nueva embajadora de Donostia en el marco del programa Enbaxadore. 🎥  https://youtu.be/0v7oHg_6Jsg

🚨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🚨 💡Self-Sufficient Heterogeneous Biocatalysts for the Synthesis of β-Amino Esters 📄 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 👉 https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c13628  #ResearchHighlight #CICbiomaGUNE

La #IA acelera el desarrollo de secuencias reconocidas por el #sistema #inmunitario para aplicaciones #biomédicas y #tecnológicas tinyurl.com/2jwmx2pd @cicbiomagune.bsky.social

🚨𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿: 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗹𝘆𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀🚨 ⚠️ Deadline: 31st May 2026 📅 Starting date: 1st November 2026 🔬 Duration: 3 years 📍 Location: San Sebastian (Spain) 👉 More info: https://www.cicbiomagune.es/job-offer-detail?id=43352

🚨𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿: 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆🚨 ⚠️ Deadline: 31st May 2026 📅 Starting date: 1st November 2026 🔬 Duration: 3 years 📍 Location: San Sebastian (Spain) 👉 More info: https://www.cicbiomagune.es/job-offer-detail?id=43353 #JobOfferCICbiomaGUNE #MSCA #CanGoNano

Last week, we welcomed Esther Serrano Saiz from @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social, hosted by Fernando López Gallego, for a fascinating seminar on molecular mechanisms supressing brain sex differences. #CICbiomaGUNEseminars

We celebrated Biophysics Week last evening with science and pizza! Speakers: ✔️ Mariana Medina (@nanoGUNE) ✔️ Liliana Teixeira (#CICbiomaGUNE) @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social #BiophyzzaConnection #SBE

🥳Congratulations to our colleague Marita Wagner for successfully defending her PhD thesis on March 17th! 🧪 Thesis title: Combined top-down and bottom-up nanofabrication for surface-enhancement of infrared and Raman signals. #PhDdefense #PhDthesis

𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗮 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮 Con esta visita oficial, se refuerza la colaboración con Colombia en materia de investigación e innovación.

Last week, we welcomed Pablo Hernansanz from @cncajal-csic.bsky.social, hosted by Susana Carregal, for a fascinating seminar on mitochondrial bioenergetics. #CICbiomaGUNEseminars

🚨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🚨 💡Decellularized Dermis ECM-Based Melanoma-on-a-Chip Model with Integrated Lymphatic and Vascular Networks for High-Throughput Drug Testing 📄 ACS Applied Bio Materials 👉https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.5c02329

#NALS2026 | Thursday starts with Luis M. Liz-Marzán (CINBIO, @cicbiomagune.bsky.social ) presenting Plasmonic Hybrid Materials to Monitor Tumor Activity.  @uvigo.bsky.social   #EUFunds

To mark International Women’s Day, we welcomed Dr. Yon Ju-Nam from Swansea University for a special seminar on integrating gender equality into research projects. #CICbiomaGUNEseminars #8M

🚨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🚨 💡epiGPTope: A Machine Learning-Based Epitope Generator and Classifier 📄 ACS Synthetic Biology 👉https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.5c00693

🚨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🚨 💡Mechanistic Determinants of Oriented Enzyme Immobilization from Martini Simulations 📄 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 👉https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c03753

Nuestra compañera Alba Birichinaga Felices estuvo esta semana en el Foro de Empleo de Tecnun para dar a conocer al alumnado las diferentes líneas de investigación de CIC biomaGUNE. #Tecnun #ForoEmpleoTecnun #CarrerasSTEM #CICbiomaGUNE

Dr. Tamara Gómez Dacoba joins CIC biomaGUNE Research Associate through the Fellows Gipuzkoa programme. 👉 https://www.cicbiomagune.es/index.php/new-detail?id=43296&year=2026 #FellowsGipuzkoa

📢 Donostia welcomes world leaders in #nanomedicine. The international congress on nanomedicine SAHMN 2026, organized by Dr Sergio Moya, group leader at CIC biomaGUNE, is taking place from 25 to 27 February. #SAHMN26 More information: https://www.cicbiomagune.es/new-detail?id=43289&year=2026

Soft skills seminar on media training at CIC biomaGUNE. Today, Science Communication Manager Clara García and Postdoctoral Researcher Andrea Rizzo shared practical tips with our scientists on how to communicate their research to the media. #CICbiomaGUNEseminar #ScienceCommunication

#THERABOT mid-term meeting at CIC biomaGUNE, hosted by Sergio Moya, Group Leader of the Soft Matter Nanotechnology Lab. This project aims at advancing cancer therapy through the development of engineered biohybrid agents (iBots). #MSCA #Bioengineering

CIC biomaGUNE researchers attended  the 7th Young Spanish Molecular Imaging Network (#ySMIN) meeting in Aveiro (Portugal) on 20 February, engaging with the latest advances in preclinical and clinical imaging tools and applications.  #ySMIN2026 #imaging #CICbiomaGUNE

🚨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🚨 💡Simplifying the access to FLYRCADO™: A shorter route for preparing [18F]flurpiridaz precursors under mild conditions 📄 Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy 👉https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scp.2025.102296

🚨𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿: 𝗠𝗦𝗖𝗔 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄🚨 ⚠️ Deadline: 19th March 2026 📅 Starting date: 1st April 2026 🔬 Duration: 36 months 📍 Location: San Sebastian (Spain) 👉 To apply: https://www.cicbiomagune.es/job-offer-detail?id=43257 🧠 About us: https://lnkd.in/eWXDM8FW #JobOfferCICbiomaGUNE #MSCA #PhD

This week, the Soft Matter Nanotechnology Lab at CIC biomaGUNE, led by Sergio Moya, welcomed Prof. Radostina Georgieva and a group of students from Trakia University (Bulgaria).  #CICbiomaGUNE #InternationalCollaboration #SoftMatter

🚨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🚨 💡Gold Nanorods as Effective Modulators of Shape Memory Behavior in Physiological Conditions of PLA/PEG Blends 📄 ACS Nanoscience Au  👉https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.5c00142

Last week, we welcomed Xiaohui Ju from Mendel University in Brno (Czech Republic), hosted by Susana Carregal for an interesting seminar on intelligent #nanoengineering for nanomedicine. #CICbiomaGUNEseminars

📢 CIC biomaGUNE has opened a new line of strategic research focusing on the design of #supramolecular inorganic structures led by Dr Guillermo Moreno-Alcántar, who has recently joined the center. 👉 https://www.cicbiomagune.es/new-detail?id=43261&year=2026

🚨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🚨 💡Longitudinal P2X7R and Myelin PET Reveal Distinct Neuroinflammatory and White Matter Signatures Compared with TSPO PET and DTI-MRI in the TgF344-AD rat model 📄 NeuroImage  👉 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.121753

Explore the latest scientific discoveries on Chemistry and Biology at the ChemBio conference. 📅Dates: 27-29 April 2026 📍Location: San Sebastian, Spain 📑Submit abstracts by 28 February 2026  👉More information: https://www.chembio2026.com/ #ChemBio26 #CICbiomaGUNE

Yesterday, CIC biomaGUNE took part in the closing event of the 10th edition of Emakumeak Zientzian (Women in Science), held at the San Sebastian Aquarium. Celebrating ten years of Emakumeak Zientzian was a great opportunity to reflect, connect, and look ahead.

🚨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🚨 💡Intrinsic and Extrinsic Circular Dichroism in Linear Arrays of Anisotropic Chiral Nanoparticles ✍️ Authors: Chow, TH; Jo, S; Lu, Y; Rivilla, I; Mychinko, M; Bals, S; Mihi, A; Liz-Marzan, LM 📄 Nano Letters  👉 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c05530

Por el Día Internacional de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia, desde CIC biomaGUNE queremos agradecer a todas las voluntarias que estos días han ayudado a visibilizar la contribución de las mujeres en la ciencia, en el marco de las actividades de Emakumeak Zientzian. #11Febrero

Last week, we had the honour of welcoming leading researchers Cherie R. Kagan and Christopher B. Murray from the University of Pennsylvania, hosted by Luis Liz-Marzán, for a fascinating seminar on #nanocrystals. #CICbiomaGUNEseminars

📢 Deadline approaching: submit your abstract before tomorrow, 5 Feb Join us for this three-day conference. 📅Dates: 25-27 February 2026 📍Location: San Sebastián, Spain 👉More info: https://www.uik.eus/es/curso/self-assembled-hybrid-materials-nanomedicine-non-viral-vectors-cancer-therap @uik_eus

Last week we welcomed Juan Pablo Fuenzalida Werner from University of Navarra, hosted by Aitziber López Cortajarena, for an interesting seminar on engineering material-friendly proteins. #CICbiomaGUNEseminars

📢 No te pierdas nuestra exposición de fotografías científicas en Errenteria con motivo de Emakumeak Zientzian alrededor del 11F, Día Internacional de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia. Más info: https://shorturl.at/w01gk

🚨𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿🚨 Call for Expressions of Interest for an Ikerbasque Fellow Tenure-Track Position 📅 Deadline: 20th February 2026 📍 Location: San Sebastian (Spain) 👉 More info: https://www.cicbiomagune.es/job-offer-detail?id=43196 #Ikerbasque

🚨𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿: 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 🧑‍🎓For undergraduate students ⚠️ Deadline: 11th March 2026 📅 Starting date: 1st June and 1st July 🔬 Duration: 2 months 📍 Location: San Sebastian (Spain) 👉 To apply: https://www.cicbiomagune.es/job-offer-detail?id=43197