The GoPinea project, dedicated to recovering the production of the Iberian pine nut, finishes

The GoPinea project, in which the Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC) has collaborated, and which ends in March, presented their final results in Madrid last 16th of February. Funded by the European Agricultural Fund for…

IQAC commemorates the Women’s Day with three activities that highlight the role of women in science

To commemorate International Women's Day (8 March), the CID Gender Equality Committee, formed by members of the Research and Development Center (CID), the Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC), and the Institute of Environmental…

New method for the detection of RNA viruses such as SARS-CoV-2

Experts from the University of Barcelona, the Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC), the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM-CSIC) and the Aragon Nanoscience and Materials Institute of Aragon (INMA) —a…

IQAC holds the Annual Symposium with a great participation

The Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC) held the 5th edition of the annual symposium last Thursday, February 16th, where the senior researchers announced the results of the projects finished in 2021 and 2022. The conference…

Light controlled drugs for future precision therapies against diseases such as cancer

Researchers from the Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC) of Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) have developed a series of drugs, photosensitive molecules, which can be reversibly activated by external light, thus achieving…

BICOSOME announces the acquisition of new patents developed at IQAC

Bicosome announces the license of two new patents developed at the Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC) from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). The new technological platforms made of only lipids and water do not need…

The period to apply to the training course in statistics and Python for CSIC personnel is open

María José Bleda, from CID-CSIC, and Ramon Crehuet, from IQAC-CSIC, will teach 4 courses for the two calls of the CSIC Training Plan for the year 2023. They have a theoretical-practical carácter with an explanation of the theoretical concepts…

New technologies patented by IQAC

The CSIC Deputy Vice-Presidency of Knowledge Transfer (VATC-CSIC) is making a series of videos to help promote new technologies. In the case of our institute, three videos on some of the newly patented technologies have been published and they…

A new tool to block protein-protein interactions

Scientists led the researcher Dr. Xavier Salvatella at IRB Barcelona have published guidelines for designing synthetic molecules that block the interaction between two proteins in the journal Nature Communications. In brief, the researchers…

CID-CSIC Gender Equality Committee drives an iniciative of gender-inclusive language

The Gender Equality Committee of CID-CSIC, which includes staff from the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC) and from the Institute for Advaced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC), has driven an initiative to…

Jesús Joglar attends the CSIC director annual meeting

The annual meeting of the CSIC directors of all research institutes in Spain was held this year in Valencia on October 10th and 11th. The act was conducted by the CSIC President Eloisa del Pino. The IQAC-CSIC director, Jesús Joglar, attended…

Light-controlled drugs to reduce cardiac damage after a heart attack

On 29th September, in commemoration of the World Heart Day, the PhotoHeart project website has been released. PhotoHeart is a project funded by La Caixa Foundation, led by Amadeu Llebaria, from the Medicinal Chemistry and Synthesis group,…