Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)

📢 We're seeking a Community Programs Manager to join the BIST Core Team. His/Her role is to contribute to the development of actions that strengthen cooperation and bonds among the members of the BIST scientific community, and also to organize and manage both training and community actions that are carried out, including the coordination of participants, platforms, and related communications. It also manages existing programmes such as BIST To the Mothers of Science and the BIST Mentoring Programme. #JobOffer Find out more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/d4wbKhfZ

The #spinoff company Lumiris Spectral Solutions has developed a non-invasive technology that analyses the metabolism of human embryos to select the most suitable for implantation. This innovation promises to significantly reduce the time and number of treatment cycles required for in vitro fertilisation. Its success has led to a new round of investment of €1.5 million, bringing the total to €6 million since the company was founded in 2023 by researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC). #HYLIGHTembryo #BISTCommunity Learn more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gX9vUnsT

Can sulphur #batteries be a solution for greener #EnergyStorage? Researchers at Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2), led by Jordi Arbiol, have published a new review analysing the great potential of sulphur cathode batteries, as well as the challenges that still need to be overcome for its large-scale use and commercialisation. #BISTCommunity ➡️ Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gyfWsEjg

📢 The BIST Mentoring Programme is back for its 4th edition! Join now as a mentor or mentee: 💁 Mentees are PhD students & postdocs from the #BISTCommunity seeking mentorship to develop their career in research or transition to a new challenge. 🙋♀️ Mentors are professionals willing to give some of their time to mentor brilliant young people. Both recieve previous training. Sign up before January 31st. Find all the details of the programme: https://mentoring.bist.eu/ #BISTMentoring #Mentorship #CareerGrowth #STEMLeadership

✨ Calling #women in #science in Catalonia! ✨ Join #científiques and celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! #Feb11 Let’s showcase the incredible contributions of women in STEM and inspire the next generation of scientists 🌍🔬 ⏳ 1 week left to sign up! 👉 https://cientifiques.cat/ With Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca i la Innovació and Generalitat de Catalunya

📢 Applications are now open for the 2025-2026 Class of the Master of Multidisciplinary Research in Experimental Sciences (#MMRES)! The MMRES is a full-time, one-year academic program (60 ECTS) jointly organized by the #BISTCommunity and Universitat Pompeu Fabra. If you’re about to earn a bachelor’s degree in #Physics, #Maths, #Biology, #Chemistry, #Bioengineering, or related fields —and are eager to kickstart your career in scientific research— we encourage you to apply! 👉 Explore the program details, research opportunities, and application process here: https://mmres.bist.eu/ Join us for an exciting journey into cutting-edge multidisciplinary science! 🌟 Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) ICIQ Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) ICFO IRB Barcelona IFAE

Three #BISTCommunity researchers have been awarded the coveted Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council (ERC). They will develop their innovative projects and consolidate their independent teams over the next five years with €2M in funding. 🥇 Direna Alonso-Curbelo from IRB Barcelona 🥇 César Rodriguez-Emmenegger from Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) 🥇 Arnau Sebé-Pedrós from Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) The researchers will, respectively, explore how inflammatory processes influence the initiation and progression of cancer, develop Phagocytic Synthetic Cells (PSCs) to fight antibiotic-resistant pathogens, and map the evolutionary relationships between different animal cell types by studying the primordial dwellers of the seas. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gS7392ud

The ICIQ #spinoff company JOLT Solutions has been selected as one of Europe's most promising deep tech companies by the EIC Scaling Club. 🎉 JOLT can product high efficiency, high durability electrodes faster, at a greater scale and at a reduced cost which will unleash the potential of the green hydrogen market in Europe. The European Innovation Council will support the scale-up of JOLT with fundraising, leadership mentoring and coaching, corporate partnership identification and matchmaking, media visibility, and recruitment. #BISTCommunity #ICIQKTT Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eTzUm2-C

📢 The #BISTCommunity centre ICFO will lead the European Pilot Line of Advanced Photonic Integrated Circuits! #PIXEurope will mobilize investments of about 400 million euros to offer unique technological capabilities to industry, with the aim of enhancing its capacity regarding photonic chips and positioning Europe as a global leader. PIXEurope is part of the European Chips Strategy and counts with the paticipation of entities from 10 countries. It will be co-financed by the Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública and Generalitat de Catalunya Read about it https://lnkd.in/dRXDZ2j6

Looking for your next position in #research #science #technology? If so, check the #BISTjobs webpage. Closing soon: 🔵 #Postdoc position at LOREA instrument ALBA Synchrotron 🔵 #ProjectManager at ICIQ 🔵 #PhD student at Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) More at https://bist.eu/jobs/ #job #opencalls