-- Monday, 09 March 2020
This initiative, promoted by BIST, offers grants and a coaching programme for researchers of BIST centres who are mothers working to achieve leadership positions in their scientific careers.
-- Friday, 06 March 2020
The CONVAT project, led and coordinated by Prof. Laura M. Lechuga, CSIC Research Professor at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), will develop a point-of-care platform for rapid diagnosis and monitoring of coronavirus. The biosensor device will also allow the analysis of different types of coronavirus present in reservoir animals, such as bats, to monitor the evolution of these viruses and prevent future infectious outbreaks in humans.
-- Friday, 21 February 2020
A special edition of the programme interviews a series of female researchers reflecting on their career and gender-related challenges. Dr Neus Domingo, ICN2 researcher and chair of the ICN2 Equal Opportunities Committee, offers her thoughts and views in depth.
-- Friday, 06 March 2020
Dr Sonia Ruiz Raga, postdoctoral researcher at the Renewable Energy Laboratory of the Monash University in Melbourne, discussed novel approaches to study perovskite-based solar cells and to improve their performances, in a seminar held at the ICN2 on 5th March.
-- Wednesday, 19 February 2020
On February 11, the International Day for Women and Girls in Science, the traveling exhibit “Cientifiques Catalanes 2.0” (Catalan Female Scientists 2.0) has been inaugurated at the Museu de l’Aigua in Salt, Girona. Twenty successful female researchers and communication professionals are portrayed on a series of panels illustrating their career paths.
