For the third year, the ICIQ-Severo Ochoa International Mobility Programme has awarded three fellowships to ICIQ predocs to develop a research project in an international institution abroad. These fellowships aim to allow excellent young ICIQ-CERCA researchers to experience a different research environment and complement their research training. This is the first grant call for 2023, that […]

Are you looking for a laboratory relocation? Did you run out of laboratory space? Are you thinking about expanding your capabilities in innovation? Maybe looking for a partner to outsource your R&D projects? The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA) hosts an exclusive solution to companies that are looking for outstanding facilities to carry […]

Antimicrobial resistance is a global health emergency. Caused by multi-drug-resistant bacterial pathogens, it is making common infections more and more difficult to treat. Gram-negative bacteria (GNB), a major cause of infections in recent years, are resistant to almost all antibiotics, leaving no option for treatment at all. BREAKthrough is a Doctoral Network which aims to […]

Luis Gutiérrez, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Julio Lloret-Fillol (ICIQ), has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Metal-Organic Frameworks and Covalent Organic Frameworks as Single-Site Catalysts for Organic Transformations” (assigned to the Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on January 20th. The members of the evaluation committee were Prof. […]

ICIQ announces the appointment of Professor Cristina Nevado (from University of Zurich) and Professor John Hartwig (from University of California) to its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). As an international consultative body, the purpose of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) is to contribute to the evaluation of the progress made by ICIQ in the achievement of its research goals, as well as to provide expert guidance and recommendations […]

The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) is already offering their scientific know-how at the digital platform Scientist.com, a marketplace used by the pharmaceutical industry to connect partners in the health sector. With this digital tool, pharmaceutical companies now can outsource their drug discovery projects very easily and take profit of the outstanding know-how […]

Scientists at EPFL, ICIQ and TUM have built new hybrid materials based on molecular Fe porphyrins and Cu nanocubes that act in tandem for the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to ethylene. The modular nature of this hybrid materials opens up facile and versatile routes towards the preparation of this type of hybrid materials that can […]