Awards

ICMAB Researcher, Dr. Enric Canadell, elected member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona (RACAB)

Written on 08 January 2018.

On December 2017, Dr. Enric Canadell, Research Professor at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB), became elected member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona (RACAB). Two other researchers from CSIC, Dr. Xavier Querol (IDAEA-CSIC), and Dr. Francesc Piferrer (ICM-CSIC) were also elected, together with Dra. Fàtima Bosch (UAB) and Dr. Roderic Guigó (CRG). Finally, Dra. Fabiola Gianotti (CERN) was elected as correspondent member.

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The best moments of the L'Oréal For Women in Science Research Awards ceremony in VIDEO

Written on 02 December 2017.

Dr. Mariona Coll, researcher at ICMAB, and Prof. Xavier Obradors, ICMAB Director, attended the awards ceremony of the L'Oréal-UNESCO Research Awards in Madrid. Mariona was awarded with one of the five awards for her project on the research of new materials for efficient conversion of solar energy.

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Research Award L'Oréal-Unesco FWIS 2017 for Mariona Coll and her project on new materials for photovoltaics

Written on 24 November 2017.

As we already announced on July 2017, Mariona Coll, researcher at the Institute of Materials Science (ICMAB) in the SUMAN group, has been awarded with the Research Award L'Oréal-Unesco "For Women in Science" 2017. The awards ceremony took place this last Wednesday, 22 November, in Madrid. Mariona will receive 15.000 € that will be invested in her research project which "can contribute to one of the most important challenges of this century: find a new energy system for the production of clean energy".

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Three ICMAB researchers promoted to Research Scientists

Written on 30 October 2017.

Gerard Tobias, Mariano Campoy-Quiles and Rosario Núñez have been successfully promoted to Research Scientists through a selective process by internal promotion, after a competitive test within the CSIC centers in the area of "Materials Science and Technology".

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Anna Roig receives the Albus Award for her project on "Albumin iron-oxide nanocages"

Written on 09 October 2017.

As already announced in July 2017, on Tuesday 3rd October, Pof. Anna Roig received the Albus Award 2017, by Grifols, to develop her project on "Albumin iron-oxide nanocages". The Awards Ceremony took place at the Grifols Museum, which is located in the same building where the Grifols company started their activities, in 1940.

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Laia Soler, awarded the Best Young Researchers Presentation at EUCAS 2017

Written on 27 September 2017.

Laia Soler, PhD researcher at the Superconducting Materials and Large Scale Nanostructures (SUMAN) group, won the Best Young Researchers Presentation at the European Conference on Applied Superconductors 2017 (EUCAS) in the section "Materials".

PhD Awards

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Judith Guasch, awarded with a leader position of a Max Planck Partner Group

Written on 26 September 2017.

The ICMAB researcher Judith Guasch has been appointed Leader of a Max Planck Partner Group (Dynamic Biomimetics for Cancer Immunotherapy) in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research (Heidelberg, Germany). This position, started this same 2017, strengthens the collaboration of ICMAB with the Max Planck Society through the research that Judith is performing, which is based on the development of biomimetic lymph nodes to help improving novel adoptive cell therapies, specially those designed to treat cancer.

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The video "A story on Bacterial Cellulose" among the Top 15 critically acclaimed of the JoVE contest: Film Your Research

Written on 19 September 2017.

Last June 2017, Anna May Masnou and Sole Roig, from the Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites Group (NN), filmed a video for the JoVE contest: Film your research. Although the video, entitled "A Story on Bacterial Cellulose", did not make it to the final, the video made it to the Top 15 critically acclaimed videos by the jury, among hundreds of other submissions in this internatinal science communication contest.

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Dr. Màrius Tarrés Schüler: Premi Extraordinari de Doctorat UAB

Written on 14 September 2017.

Màrius Tarrés Schüler, who did his PhD in the Inorganic Materials and Catalysis Laboratory, at ICMAB, under the supervision of Prof. Francesc Teixidor, has been awarded with the PhD special prize award (Premi Extraordinari de Doctorat) of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).

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Dr. Jose Muñoz: Premi Extraordinari de Doctorat UAB

Written on 14 September 2017.

Jose Muñoz, who did his PhD at the UAB, and is now a Postdoctoral Fellow in the NANOMOL group at ICMAB, under the supervision of Dr. Marta Mas and Dr. Núria Crivillers, has been awarded with the PhD special prize award (Premi Extraordinari de Doctorat) of the UAB.

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Hot Article in CrystEngComm by Ana López-Periago on polymer nanosheets

Written on 29 August 2017.

The article "Bottom-up approach for the preparation of hybrid nanosheets based on coordination polymers made of metal–diethyloxaloacetate complexes linked by 4,4′-bipyridine" published in CrystEngComm by Ana López-Periago et al. has been considered as HOT ARTICLE in this journal.

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A manuscript from Prof. Clara Viñas highlighted in ChemistryViews

Written on 11 August 2017.

One manuscript from Prof. Clara Viñas and her team has been chosen to be highlighted on the ChemistryViews website. The manuscript chosen is "Small-Molecule Kinase-Inhibitors-Loaded Boron Cluster as Hybrid Agents for Glioma-Cell-Targeting Therapy", published in Chemistry-A European Journal, and already qualified as Hot Paper and Frontispiece of the journal.

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Three INPhINIT "la Caixa" Research Fellows will start their PhD at ICMAB on September 2017

Written on 03 August 2017.

We are very happy to announce that, out of a total of 57 PhD positions offered by the INPhINIT doctoral fellowship for outstanding early-stage researchers, the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB) will welcome three new PhD students, placing the Institute fourth among the 28 centres that were chosen.

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The project “BRIDG3D: Imprimiendo puentes en 3D” brings ICMAB to the final of "Ciencia en Acción"

Written on 26 July 2017.

We are very happy to announce that Andrés Gómez and Guillermo de Andrés have been selected as finalists with their project “BRIDG3D: Imprimiendo puentes en 3D” in the XVIII Edition of "Cienca en Acción" in the category "Science and Technology". The FINAL will take place in Izarra Centre in Ermua (Vizcaya, Basque Country) from 6 to 8 October 2017.

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Mariona Coll, Research Award L'Oréal-Unesco "For Women in Science" 2017

Written on 24 July 2017.

We are very happy to announce that Mariona Coll, ICMAB researcher at the Superconducting Materials and Large Scale Nanostructures group (SUMAN), has been awarded with one of the Research Awards L'Oréal-Unesco "For Women in Science" in the 2017 Call for her project "Nanochemistry: New materials for the efficient conversion of solar energy".

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Anna Roig, 2017 Albus Grifols Award for an albumin-related research project

Written on 21 July 2017.

Anna Roig has been awarded with the Albus Award 2017, one of the Scientific Awards offered by Grifols, the pharmaceutical and chemical multinational company. The Award consists of 50,000 € to carry out the project "Albumin-iron oxide nanocages".

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Ignasi Fina, Young Researchers First Prize at the Biennial Meeting of the RSEF

Written on 20 July 2017.

Ignasi Fina, Postoctoral Researcher at the MULFOX group at ICMAB, has been awarded with the First Prize of the Young Researchers Award - Postdoctoral Researchers category, for his contribution to the XXXXI Biennial Meeting of the RSEF (Real Sociedad Española de Física) 2017 and for his excellent research career.

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Hot paper reporting borane hybrids for potential cancer therapy

Written on 19 July 2017.

A group of researchers lead by Dr. Clara Viñas, from the Inoganic Mateials & Catalysis Laboratory group at ICMAB, has recently published a paper on Chemistry-A European Journal that has been qualified as Hot Paper and, moreover, it's cover has become a Frontispiece.

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Four ICMAB researchers acknowledged by the CSIC for their Scientific Merits during 2016

Written on 05 July 2017.

Dr. Enric Canadell, Dr. Anna Laromaine, Dr. Jaume Veciana and Dr. Clara Viñas, awarded during 2016-2017 by external institutions for their Scientific Merits, have been acknowledged by the CSIC on July 5, 2017, at the CSIC Auditorium in Madrid.

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Two ICMAB researchers granted with Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral fellowships with Dr. Marta Mas-Torrent

Written on 05 July 2017.

Dr. José M. Muñoz and Dr. Francesca Leonardi, from the NANOMOL group, have been granted with a Juan de la Cierva Fellowship to continue their postdoctoral research under the supervision of Dr. Marta Mas-Torrent.

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Manuel Souto awarded with the first runner-up prize at the NANOMATMOL PhD contest

Written on 29 June 2017.

Manuel Souto has won the first runner-up doctorate NANOMOLMAT 2016 award, granted by the Specialized Group in Nanoscience and Molecular Materials (NANOMATMOL) from the RSEQ and RSEF, to the best PhD theses of 2016.

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Imma Moros, ICMAB Managing Director, awarded for her Management Plan

Written on 28 June 2017.

Imma Moros participated in September-October 2016 at the VII edition of the "Management and Direction Formation Course" in Madrid, organized by the CSIC.

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What do Anna Laromaine and Julia Otero have in common?

Written on 23 June 2017.

The association Mujeres & Cía has revealed, on June 21 in Madrid, the list of the most influential women talents of Spain. Among them there are athletes, businesswomen, politicians, journalists, and a researcher from ICMAB: Anna Laromaine.

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Jordi Martínez awarded at the "Jornades Doctorals 2017" UAB

Written on 08 June 2017.

Jordi Martínez, from the SUMAN group, has been awarded with the second prize for his poster, abstract and oral presentation entitled "Uncovering the surface chemistry of LnF3 nanoparticles" during the "Jornades Doctorals 2017" organized by the Chemistry Department of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).

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Xavier Obradors: "Research is a future investment, not an expense"

Written on 25 May 2017.

Last night, on May 24, Xavier Obradors received the Ambassador Award from the Regió 7 daily journal. Neus Munté, Minister of Presidency and government spokesperson, delivered the award.

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Xavier Obradors honored with the Ambassador Regió 7 Award

Written on 18 May 2017.

Xavier Obradors has been honored with the Ambassador Regió 7 Award, granted by the daily newspaper Regió 7.

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IEEE Magnetics recognizes the dissemination activity of Josep Fontcuberta as Distinguished Lecturer 2016 at the Award Ceremony of INTERMAG 2017

Written on 08 May 2017.

Prof. Josep Fontcuberta was nominated IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer during 2016. During all this time he has visited more than 56 cities across the 4 continents and has given 60 seminars on "The magnetism of oxides".

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Dr. Jaume Veciana received a Mention of Honor for his dedication in the creation of NANBIOSIS

Written on 26 April 2017.

On April 22, Dr. Jaume Veciana received a Mention of Honor from the current President of Extremadura, Guillermo Fernández Vara, during the celebration of the X Anniversary of the Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery “Jesus Usón” for his commitment, effort and dedication in the creation of the Singular Scientific Technological Infrastructures (ICTS) NANBIOSIS, in collaboration with the Center for Biomedical Research Center in Bioingeneering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN).

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ICMAB confirms its leadership in excellence in science in the Nature Index

Written on 22 April 2017.

ICMAB is the first in the ranking among the CSIC centers, and the fourth among the research centers in Catalonia and Spain
CSIC is the first research institute in Spain, and is ranked in the top 10 research institutes in Europe, and in the top 50 of the world

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Miquel Torras multipremiat als Premis Sant Jordi 2017 de l'IEC pel seu treball final de grau

Written on 21 April 2017.

Miquel Torras, membre del N&N Group, ha guanyat el Premi de la Societat Catalana de Química de l'Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC) a la Convocatòria dels Premis Sant Jordi 2017, i una menció honorífica al Premi Jordi Porta i Jué de la Societat Catalana de Física.

En Miquel Torras va estudiar el doble grau en física i química, i ha obtingut un doble premi!

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Enric Canadell, Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Rennes 1

Written on 06 April 2017.

Enric Canadell, Research Professor at the Materials and Theory Simulation Group, has been awarded by the University of Rennes 1 with the title Doctor Honoris Causa for his excellence research and the partnership he created with Rennes 1 laboratories. The ceremony was held on 31 March 2017.

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The ICMAB was present at the 10_supthsup_ anniversary of the ERC celebrated at the UAB-CEI Sphere

Written on 03 April 2017.

The UAB-CIE (International Excellence Campus) Sphere celebrated the 10 years of the European Research Council (ERC) with the event “ERC: Challenges and Opportunities”, held at the CRAG Auditorium on March 30, 2017. ICMAB has now 9 ERC funded projects, 4 of them from 2016. The ERC researchers are Marta Mas, who participated as speaker in the event, Núria Aliaga, Mariano Campoy, Agustín Mihi, Alexander Ponrouch, Teresa Puig, Massimiliano Stengel and Gerard Tobias.

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New Communication & Outreach Officer at ICMAB

Written on 28 March 2017.

From now on Anna May Masnou is the new Communication & Outreach Officer at ICMAB. Anna holds a PhD in Materials Science and Technology and is currently studying a postgraduate course in Science Communication.

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La web del ICMAB sube al cuarto puesto del ranking

Written on 28 February 2017.

Ha salido publicado el Ranking Web de Centros de Investigación correspondiente a enero de este año en el que la web del ICMAB sube del decimotercero al cuarto puesto de un total de 139 webs de institutos del CSIC

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Premios y reconocimientos de las investigadoras del ICMAB 2015-2016

Written on 03 February 2017.

Los años 2015 y 2016 han traído un gran número de premios y reconocimientos a las investigadores de nuestro centro. Enhorabuena de nuevo a todas ellas!!.

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Susan Trolier-McKinstry, member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the ICMAB, has been appointed President of the Materials Research Society (MRS) for 2017

Written on 31 January 2017.

On January 1, Susan Trolier-McKinstry (The Pennsylvania State University) assumed the presidency of the Materials Research Society (MRS) for 2017, after serving as vice president/president-elect for 2016. She succeeded Kristi S. Anseth (University of Colorado Boulder), who now serves MRS as immediate past president.

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Josep Fontcuberta delivers a total of 60 lectures as a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Magnetics Society during 2016

Written on 17 January 2017.

During 2016, as a distinguished lecturer of the IEEE Magnetics Society, Josep Fontcuberta has delivered 60 talks in 56 research centers and universities and he has visited 56 different cities around four continents.

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Un artículo del ICMAB destacado como Selección de Editores de la American Chemical Society

Written on 12 January 2017.

El cubo de octasilsesquioxano decorado con 8 metalacarboranos se presenta como una molécula que gracias a sus propiedades únicas puede resultar un material versátil para diferentes aplicaciones como sensores, catalizadores y aplicaciones biomédicas.

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Nora Ventosa, reelegida com a vice-presidenta de la Societat Catalana de Química

Written on 16 December 2016.

Nora Ventosa, investigadora de l'ICMAB, és la vice-presidenta de la nova Junta Directiva de la Societat Catalana de Química (SCQ)

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El programa europeo Consolidator financia 24 proyectos de excelencia (3 de ellos del ICMAB) en centros españoles

Written on 15 December 2016.

SINC | 14 diciembre
El programa Consolidator del Consejo Europeo de Investigación, destinado a afianzar equipos de excelencia, ha otorgado 47 millones de euros a 24 proyectos científicos en España. La convocatoria coloca al país en el quinto puesto de los que más becas de este tipo han recibido en 2016, por detrás de Reino Unido, Dinamarca, Francia, y Holanda.

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