Pint of Science is one of the most popular science outreach activities in Spain, and is back in Barcelona during May 15th-17th, this year in its 3rd edition.

The TV program Verd Primera, from betevé, has emitted on May 8th, a short video report on superconducting materials.

The International Conference On Nanomedicine And Nanobiotechnology is an annual event that hosts high-profile plenary speakers, world-class researchers, oral and poster presentations, workshops, sponsor exhibits and afterworks. It is a great opportunity to share your research findings with a wide audience, promote knowledge exchange, and network.

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Antonio Ardizzone presented his PhD Thesis on New Fluorescent Nanovesicles, by Self-assembly of Organic Fluorophores, Sterols and Surfactants, as Probes for Bioimaging on Friday 28 April at ICMAB.

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).

The PhD Student Nico Dix, from the Multifunctional Thin Films and Complex Structures (MULFOX) group will defend his PhD thesis:

Manuel Souto, Li Yuan, Dayana C. Morales, Li Jiang, Imma Ratera, Christian A. Nijhuis, and Jaume Veciana. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 4262−4265. DOI:10.1021/jacs.6b12601

The ICMAB ERC Researcher Mariano Campoy, from the NANOPTO group (Nanostructures optoelectronic materials), is one of the organizers of the Research Workshop for Young Researchers Thin Film Emerging Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Technologies (EMTECH), which will be held in Barcelona from 27th to 28th April 2017. 

El Festival de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia 10alamenos9 té com a objectiu la sensibilització i l’augment del coneixement general cap a la nanociència i la nanotecnologia al nostre país, mostrant les implicacions i l’abast d'aquestes dues disciplines a través de tallers, exposicions, taules rodones, cafès, tertúlies, seminaris, classes magistrals, actuacions de ciència, art i moltes altres activitats.

Mariona Coll, from the Superconducting Materials and Large Scale Nanostructures group, visited last week the Secondary school IES La Plana, in Vic, within the program "A researcher in your classroom".

El CSIC ha abierto un contrato para trabajar en el ILL en el contexto del CRG D1B y del futuro CRG XtremeD.

Magdalena Kierkowicz, Jose M. González-Domínguez, Elzbieta Pach, Stefania Sandoval, Belén Ballesteros*, Tatiana Da Ros*, and Gerard Tobias*
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2017, 5 (3), pp 2501–2508, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b02850

Xavier Granados García es Científico Titular del CSIC y miembro del Departamento de Materiales Superconductores y Nanoestructuración a Gran Escala. Desde 1987, ha colaborado con el grupo de Superconductividad en la Universidad de Barcelona y posteriormente en el Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona desde su fundación, contribuyendo en el desarrollo de actividades de I+D+i en el campo de la Superconductividad y sus Aplicaciones  en el Área  “Large Scale” de sistemas electrotécnicos, liderando las actividades en este área dentro del grupo de Investigación.

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.

L. F. Pinto, I. Marín-Montesinos, V. Lloveras, J. L. Muñoz-Gómez, M. Pons, J. Veciana and J. Vidal-Gancedo*. Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 3757-3760. DOI: 10.1039/C7CC00635G

 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".

During the Youth Mobile Festival Barcelona (YoMo) (February 27th - Mach 2nd), Andrés Gómez and Guillermo de Andrés from ICMAB used the 3Doodler 3D printing pens to teach the scientific method to those, young students and adults, approaching the ICMAB stand. The activity consisted in building a resistant bridge with the 3D printing pens. 

Ignasi Fina, Alberto Quintana, Jessica Padilla-Pantoja, Xavier Marti, Ferran Macià, Florencio Sanchez, Michael Foerster, Lucia Aballe, Josep Fontcuberta, Jordi Sort. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, Article ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b00476

Nico Dix presented his PhD Thesis on Preparation and characterization of biferroic nanostructures with magneto-electric coupling on Thursday 27 April at ICMAB.

The PhD Student Antonio Ardizzone, from the NANOMOL group will defend his PhD thesis:

The EuroNanoForum biannual conference series has grown since 2003 into the most significant European forum offering opportunities for discussions among scientists, industrialists and policy makers, focusing on the use of research results in the various nanotechnology fields and associated industrial sectors.

The Capri Spring School on Transport in Nanostructures will take place from Sunday, April 23 till Sunday, April 30

• 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

The L'ORÉAL-UNESCO For Women in Science Program opens the call for its 2017/18 Research Awards. In this edition, five prizes will be awarded, each of 15,000 €, to the Research Centers that support the projects developed in the center by Spanish women scientists during the year 2018. 

Dr. Gonca Seber, Dr. Alexander V. Rudnev,  Dr. Andrea Droghetti, Dr. Ivan Rungger, Prof. Jaume Veciana, Dr. Marta Mas-Torrent, Prof. Concepció Rovira, Dr. Núria Crivillers. Chemistry, Volume 23, Issue 6, January 26, 2017, Pages 1415–1421. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201604700 

L. López-Conesa,* J. M. Rebled, D. Pesquera, N. Dix, F. Sánchez, G. Herranz, J. Fontcuberta, C. Magén, M. J. Casanove, S. Estradé and  F. Peiró. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017,19, 9137-9142. DOI:10.1039/C7CP00902J

Dr. Paula Mayorga Burrezo, Dr. Nai-Ti Lin, Dr. Koji Nakabayashi, Prof. Shin-ichi Ohkoshi, Dr. Eva M. Calzado, Dr. Pedro G. Boj, Prof. María A. Díaz García, Carlos Franco, Prof. Concepciò Rovira, Prof. Jaume Veciana, Michael Moos, Prof. Christoph Lambert, Prof. Juan T. López Navarrete, Dr. Hayato Tsuji, Prof. Eiichi Nakamura, Prof. Juan Casado. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 2898. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201610921

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. 

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.

Offer for a position as the director of UAM technical services (www.uam.es/segainvex). Details should be obtained from attached document from the official bulleting of Madrid.

Hasta el 17 de mayo de 2017 se puede participar a través de su web: inspiraciencia.es. Las obras se pueden presentar en castellano, catalán, gallego y euskera, en dos categorías, joven y adulto. El concurso de relatos va acompañado de un ciclo de charlas dedicado en esta edición a las relaciones entre la química y la literatura.

J. A. Mundy, J. Schaab, Y. Kumagai, A. Cano, M. Stengel, I. P. Krug, D. M. Gottlob, H. Doğanay, M. E. Holtz, R. Held, Z. Yan, E. Bourret, C. M. Schneider, D. G. Schlom, D. A. Muller, R. Ramesh, N. A. Spaldin & D. Meier. Nature Materials (2017) doi:10.1038/nmat4878