This month ICIQ welcomes two researchers as “la Caixa” Junior Leaders, modality Incoming; Dr. Luis Escobar González and Dr. Albert Solé-Daura. The “la Caixa” Junior Leader fellowship programme aims to hire excellent researchers—of any nationality—who are willing to continue their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) research career in Spain or Portugal, at accredited centres […]

The consolidation of this public-private alliance until 2026 strengthens synergies to promote top-level training and innovation in the sector BASF Group and Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA) have reaffirmed their commitment to fostering excellence in chemical research training and innovation through the renewal of their collaboration agreement until 2026. Carles Navarro, Managing Director […]

ICIQ receives the visit of IDIBGI’s Research Centre Director to explore collaborations in the area of health The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA) welcomed Dr. Marga Nadal, Director of IDIBGI’s Research Centre, in a meeting aimed at exploring collaborative research in health. This visit exemplified a joint commitment between both CERCA Centres to […]

The consortium’s objective, which has obtained €2.5 million from the Agencia Estatal de Investigación, is to advance to the clinical phase of the antifibrinolytic agent CM-352 A public-private consortium formed by the biotechnology company Hemostatics, based in the Parc Científic de Barcelona (PCB), the Clínica Universidad de Navarra (CUN), and the Institut Català d’Investigació Química […]

“Orchestra Sci: the CO₂ hunters” is published by the “RecerCòmics” project of the Generalitat of Catalonia, and shows how the ICIQ spin-off was created to fight the climate change The ICIQ spin-off Orchestra Sci features in a comic published by the Government of Catalonia under the “RecerCòmics” project of the Ministry of Research and Universities. This […]

During her visit to Tarragona, she highlights ICIQ’s key role in areas such as decarbonization, green hydrogen, molecular medicine, and the training of young scientists. The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) was privileged to receive a visit from representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Action and European Union, as well as European Commission […]

Despite the advances realised in nickel-catalysed C(sp2)–H bond functionalisation reactions, the majority of these transformations rely either on acidic C–H bonds or preinstalled directing groups. In this context, the group of Prof. Rubén Martín aimed at unravelling a conceptual new strategy to enable remote C(sp2)–H bond functionalisation aided by Ni complexes in the absence of […]