The IQAC Annual Symposium 2024 was successfully held

The Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC) held the 6th edition of its Annual Symposium, which more than 110 people attended, including predoctoral and postdoctoral researchers, technicians, and principal investigators. The…

The Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Network (Red-DM) launches its official webpage

The Nucleic Acids Chemistry group, led by Prof. Ramon Eritja's of the IQAC (CSIC), is participating in a multidisciplinary network for Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1) with other 6 research groups from Valencia (INCLIVA, BIOTECMED, IIS La Fe),…

A European consortium with the participation of the CSIC will develop a chemical ecology network

The chemical ecology is an interdisciplinary research field that seeks to understand and describe chemical mechanisms that underlie the interactions and communications between living organisms. The E-Niche (European Network in Chemical Ecology)…

The Spanish Society of Medicinal Chemistry creates the Early Career Scientists group

The Spanish Society of Medicinal Chemistry (SEQT, in Spanish) has created the “Early Career Scientists” group, to which the researcher Laia Josa-Culleré, from the Medicinal Chemistry and Synthesis group at IQAC, belongs. This new group…

XNA-HUB, platform to boost therapeutic modified oligonucleotides

The creation of the XNA-HUB platform involves a multidisciplinary consortium composed of the company Nostrum Biodiscovery, a joint spin-off of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and the IRB Barcelona; the Nucleic Acid Chemistry group of…

An anticancer drug opens a new path for the treatment of Parkinson’s

  Once they enter the body, drugs, apart from carrying out their therapeutic function, are biochemically transformed by the action of the metabolic machinery, a process that facilitates their expulsion. This biotransformation results…

PhD position on chemical ecology of two major insect pests

The Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC) is looking for a PhD student to provide new insights into the chemical ecology of two major insect pests, namely the Moroccan locust Dociostaurus marocannus (Orthoptera: Acrididae)…

Open term for the training course for CSIC personnel

María José Bleda, from CID-CSIC will teach 3 courses for the two calls of the CSIC Training Plan for the year 2024. The courses taught are the following: First call (Registration from 8 to 19 January 2024) - “Estadística aplicada…

JAE Intro ICU fellowships for Master’s students

The Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC) offers the opportunity to perform research for Master’s students in the call of JAE Intro ICU. The candidates must currently be enrolled in a degree or Master’s Program and…

PhD position in the development of nanobodies

The Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC) is looking for a PhD student to develop nanobodies to profile peptide epitopes of the TAU protein. The selected person, who will be part of the European project TAME, will be under…