Unit Leader: Belén Ballesteros
The recipients selected in the second edition of “To the Mothers of Science” programme will receive a monthly salary top-up of €400 over the course of one year, as well as training to reinforce leadership skills.
On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, on March 9 the ICN2 hosted an event to discuss about gender balance in research and present the Equal Opportunities and Diversity Management Plan II, which was launched in 2019 and will extend up to 2022.
On the occasion of the World Cancer Day, occurring on February 4 and dedicated to global awareness about cancer, we would like to highlight various research lines oriented at improving tumour diagnosis and treatment in which the ICN2 is involved.
Fotciencia is a science photography contest organized by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) and the CSIC. Marcos Rosado is one of the winners of the Fotciencia17 “micro” category.
27 High School students will interact during 16 work sessions with researchers from all the participating excellence centers offering exciting experiences that explore the biggest and the smallest scales of the universe. Coordinated from the ICN2 and the IFAE, Crazy for Physics (Bojos per la Física) also involves the UAB, the ICMAB, the ICFO, the ICE, the UB and the Alba Synchrotron.
A team of researchers from various European institutes, Universities and a private company, have developed carbon nanocapsules that, once irradiated with neutrons, become able to deliver high radiation to cancer cells and, thus, to destroy the malignant tissue. The ICN2 and the ICMAB participated in this study, which has been recently published on ACS Nano.
The IFAE and the ICN2 have coordinated the fourth edition of the Crazy for Physics oprogramme promoted by the Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera. A selected group of highly skilled undergraduate students have enjoyed a series of experiences at excellence research centers.
At ICN2 today, June 6, we are celebrating the first edition of the International Graphene Day.
The awarded SEM image shows a nanoplankton from the north Pacific Ocean. After being among the December 2018 winners the image enters the final yearly contest.
25 High School students will interact during 16 work sessions with researchers from all the participating excellence centers offering exciting experiences that explore the biggest and the smallest scales of the universe. Coordinated from the ICN2 and the IFAE, Crazy for Physics (Bojos per la Física) also involves the UAB, the ICMAB, the ICFO and the Alba Synchrotron.
The 3rd edition of the Crazy for Physics programme, funded by the Fundació Catalunya / La Pedrera and coordinated by the ICN2 and IFAE, ended at Món Natura Pirineus with a weekend devoted to science and the future perspectives of the participants. Some 25 outstanding high school students enjoyed a year of theoretical and practical experiences at some of the best Catalan research centres.
Co-funded by the 2014-2018 Severo Ochoa programme, the ICN2 has recently acquired an X-Max Extreme Silicon Drift Detector for its FEI Magellan 400L scanning electron microscope.
A delegation of IESE MBA students visits the ICN2 and enjoys a first contact with the technology transference opportunities offered by our center.
Lab tours give young students the opportunity to interact with real scientists and get a sense of what happens at a research centre. Last week almost 100 students came through our doors to learn about the research carried out at the ICN2. This event was made possible thanks to the participation of the researchers and admin personnel who gave up some their time to organise some unique experiences.
Last month Dr Belen Ballesteros, leader of the ICN2 Electron Microscopy Unit, gave a talk at the La Vall secondary school in Bellaterra. In a forerunner to the events planned at the ICN2 as part of the Spanish “11F” promotion of women and girls in science, her talk aimed to show another face of science, while also introducing the students to exciting field of nanotechnology.
Mad for Science is a consolidated Program organised by Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera and devoted to bring High School sudents closer to research. ICN2, IFAE and UAB lead the second edition of Mad for Physics. It is a great opportunity for 25 brilliant young students to have a first contact with real research. The Program offers an overview of different research lines, including the participation of researchers from ICMAB, ICFO and Alba Synchrotron.
Within the framework of the Setmana de la Ciència (Science Week) ICN2 received two institutional visits: Aules d’Extensió Universitària of Sant Pau, composed by people over 55 years old, and Font del Ferro Institute, composed by teenagers who made a tour through the UAB Campus.
Marcos Rodado is the author of two images which have been selected to be part of the touring exhibit. The pictures are already touring to show the beauty of science in different venues in Spain and abroad.
Researchers from the Materials Science Institute of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) in collaboration with the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMC-CNRS) and King’s College London (KCL) have developed a novel nanocarrier anti-cancer platform for the targeted delivery of radioactivity.
The “Tube” image, submitted from the ICN2 Electron Microscopy Division, was awarded in the TEM category.
Coordinated by Dr. Belén Ballesteros, Division leader of the Electron Microscopy Division, and the ICN2 HR & Education Department, the Program was launched on November 26 with a Seminar devoted to “Basic concepts on electron microscopy”.
Students from the Institut Font del Ferro (Palafolls) visited the UAB Campus, including the ICN2, to learn about its research facilities and unexpected career opportunities. During the visit to ICN2 Dr. Ignasi Fina, from the Oxide Nanoelectronics Group, Josep Santiso, Nanomaterials Growth Division Leader, and Belén Ballesteros, Electron Microscopy Divison Leader, guided the students through the nanoworld together with the Marketing and Communication Department.
ICN2 Electron Microscopy Division, led by Dr Belén Ballesteros, has participated in a research which studies the interaction of carbon nanotubes with an in vitro blood-brain barrier model and a mouse brain in vivo. The results of the study have been published in Biomaterials.
In a way to bring education and nanotechnology closer, a group of teachers has recently visited part of Autonomous University Campus and ICN2 facilities. They also attended a talk by Prof Jordi Pascual and an experimental demonstration of easy nanoscience.
A work recently published in Advanced Materials, led by ICMAB-CSIC and participated by Dr Belén Ballesteros, Leader of the ICN2 Electron Microscopy Division, reports a new method to grow single-layered inorganic nanotubes. Researchers used the inner cavities of carbon nanotubes as hosting templates.
The Director of Research and Innovation Directorate, DG Research & Innovation offered today a talk at the Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (CNM-CSIC) about Key Enabling Technolohies (KETs) and the future of European Research. Her visit to the Campus UAB, invited by CSIC, included a tour through ICMAB-CSIC and ICN2.
Marcos Rosado’s SEM image of blooming Yellow Mimosa flower among winning images in May/June edition of FEI and National Geographic’s 2013 image contest.
