Last Tuesday 20th March, the directors of CSIC centers in Catalonia met at the Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC) to get to know the research in our center. The IQAC Director Jesús Joglar welcomed Lluís Calvo (CSIC Catalonia delegate), Júlia Borràs (Deputy Director of the Institute of Robotics and Industrial Informatics), Salvador Carranza (Director of the Institute of Evolutionary Biology), Carles Sierra (Director of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute), Roser Cortés (Director of the Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona), Elisa Martí (Director of the Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona), Santiago Giralt (Director of Geosciences Barcelona), Marc Rius (Director of the Blanes Center of Advanced Studies), David Amabilino (Director of the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona), Valentí Sallarès (Director of the Institute of Marine Sciences), and Aldo Serenelli (Director of the Institute of Space Sciences). Jesús Joglar, together with the director of the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC) Ethel Eljarrat made a presentation of the research lines and highlights of both centers.
After the presentations, they were showed some of the outstanding laboratories, such as the Insectary, and the technological scientific facilities shared by IQAC and IDAEA, such as the Animal Facility, the Cell Culture Service and the Mass Spectrometry Service.
This initiative was made to foster synergies among the centers and gain deeper understanding of the research conducted in CSIC Catalonia.
