The QS4Cx project awarded in the EBTon CSIC entrepreneurship program

The initiative QS4Dx: Diagnostic kit for infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been awarded in the EBTon CSIC entrepreneurship program, held last October 10th at the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC), in…

A project from IQAC funded in the 2024 call of the Caixa Impulse Innovation program

The "la Caixa" Foundation has announced the resolution of the 2024 call for the CaixaImpulse Innovation program, through which it supports 29 biomedical projects from research centers, hospitals, and universities in Spain and Portugal. In total,…

Nanotechnology to slow down the growth of glioblastomas

Each year, on October 9th, Nanotechnology Day is celebrated, a discipline dedicated to understanding and utilizing matter at a nanometric scale for purposes such as industrial or medical applications. Nanotechnology plays a fundamental role…

A project led by the researcher Laia Josa-Culleré receives 1.5 million of euros to study the elimination of cancer stem cells

The project SeleCStem, coordinated by the Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC), belonging to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), has obtained an ERC Starting Grant of 1.5 million of euros from the European…

A study led by CSIC advances in the selective elimination of cancer cells using molecular ‘cages’

Chemotherapy saves lives of cancer patients. However, these treatments are not without side effects and other limitations, which encourages basic research to focus on these challenges. This is demonstrated by a recent study published in…

IQAC holds the Young Researchers’ Day with mass participation

The new edition of the Young Researchers’ Day took place on 13th June, in which PhD, Master’s, undergraduate students and early postdoctoral researchers presented their work in 12 oral communications and 10 flash-talk posters. A total…

Silvia Panarello receives the Honorable Mention at Doctors’ Senate Award for her thesis

The former IQAC researcher Silvia Panarello, who obtained her PhD in 2021 in the Medicinal Chemistry and Synthesis group, has received the Honorable Mention at Doctors' Senate Award for her thesis research titled "Photoswitchable allosteric…
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CID-CSIC receives the accésit of the Gender Equality Accreditation by CSIC

The Research and Development Center (CID-CSIC), to which the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), and the Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC) belong, has obtained the accésit without…

A dietary supplement has beneficial effects in Niemann-Pick type C disease

Niemann-Pick type C disease is an inherited disorder for which there is no treatment, caused by low levels of the NPC1 and NPC2 proteins, which regulate cholesterol in lysosomes (cell organelles). Consequently, the body cannot properly break…

Directors of CSIC centers in Catalonia meet to foster synergies

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…