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Conductive Bacterial Nanocellulose-Polypyrrole Patches Promote Cardiomyocyte Differentiation

Sumithra Yasaswini Srinivasan, Marina Cler, Osnat Zapata-Arteaga, Bernhard Dörling, Mariano Campoy-Quiles, Elena Martínez, Elisabeth Engel, Soledad Pérez-Amodio*, and Anna Laromaine*
The low endogenous regenerative capacity of the heart, added to the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, triggered the advent of cardiac tissue engineering in the last decades. The myocardial niche plays a critical role in directing the function and fate of cardiomyocytes; therefore, engineering a biomimetic scaffold holds excellent promise. We produced an electroconductive cardiac patch of bacterial nanocellulose (BC) with polypyrrole nanoparticles (Ppy NPs) to mimic the natural myocardial microenvironment.

Call for applications open for the 9th edition of the Science by Women programme

The programme by Women for Africa Foundation is open to applications for visiting senior research fellowships, made possible through partnerships with Spanish Centers of Excellence, such as ICMAB. This programme offers a six-month opportunity for senior African women researchers, with a proposal submission deadline of September 30.

The Physical Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces (PCSI) group offers a PhD position on “Interface engineering for the next future well-performing organic devices


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Open PhD Position in Interface engineering for the next future well-performing organic devices

August 10, 2023
When Herbert Kroemer (Nobel Prize in Physics, 2000) coined the famous phrase “the interface is the device”, he referred to the success of devices based on thin inorganic semiconductor films for photonic and electronic applications that started more than four decades ago. This statement also holds for organic semiconductors, which are predestined by deposition on large-area and flexible substrates to be the electrically and optically active layers with important applications in electronics, l...
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Núria Aliaga-Alcalde and Martí Gich | ICMAB-CSIC

ICMAB researchers receive two ERC Proof of Concept grants to advance in organic electronics and wireless communications

Núria Aliaga-Alcalde and Martí Gich have been honoured with European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept (PoC) grants valued at €150,000 each.

Imma Ratera with other researchers during the Social Return event of La Marató

ICMAB researchers attend the 24th Social Return event of La Marató 2017

In the edition dedicated to infectious diseases, La Fundació La Marató funded one project with the participation of ICMAB researchers from the Nanomol-Bio group. 


Doctor Pamela Machado | ICMAB, CSIC

Congratulations Dr. Pamela Machado, new ICMAB PhD graduate!

Doctor Pamela Machado from the Superconducting Materials and Large Scale Nanostructures (SUMAN) Group at ICMAB-CSIC defended her PhD thesis "Preparation of all-oxide heterostructures based on cation engineered photoferroelectric BiFeO3 thin films by cost-effective methodologies" on Wednesday, 19 July 2023 at ICMAB. 

Docttor Sumithra Yasaswini Srinivasan | ICMAB, CSIC

Congratulations Dr. Sumithra Srinivasan, new ICMAB PhD graduate!

Doctor Sumithra Yasaswini Srinivasan  from the Nanoparticles & Nanocomposites (NN) Group at ICMAB-CSIC defended her PhD thesis "Polypyrrole Nanoparticles & Composites: Cardiac arrhythmia treatment evaluated in cells & Caenorhabditis elegans" on Wednesday, 5 July 2023 at ICMAB. 


Publication of the Journal Citation Reports 2023 (data from 2022) #JCR2023

The 2023 edition of the Journal Citation Reports (with data from 2022) has been published. What are the main differences observed this year?

Alexandre Ponrouch | ICMAB, CSIC

Alexandre Ponrouch wins an ERC Consolidator Grant to develop safe and energy dense multi-metal anode batteries

Alexandre Ponrouch, from the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), has been awarded a 2022 ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-CoG) from the European Research Council.


Two students engaged in cutting-edge research projects at ICMAB through the "Joves i Ciència" Programme

This July, the ICMAB hosted two participants from the "Joves i Ciència" programme by Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera. The students had the opportunity to collaborate with our researchers on projects involving laser manufacturing for supercapacitors and hydrogels for cancer immunotherapy.

Interview with Fraser Stoddart at the José Echegaray School in Martorell.

The students of the José Echegaray School interview the Chemistry Nobel Laureate Sir Fraser Stoddart

The students of the José Echegaray school in Martorell interviewed the 2016 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Sir Fraser Stoddart on Wednesday, 14 June 2023, as part of their Magnet Alliance with the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC.


Participants at the CSIC EBTon | CSIC-CAT

Three ICMAB projects at the final of the CSIC Hackaton (EBTon)

Five ICMAB research groups participated in the CSIC hackathon to develop business ideas out from their scientific projects. Three of them are on the final, which will take place on 17 July 2023. Good luck!

Expoquimia, Equiplast and Eurosurfas at Fira Barcelona

ICMAB at Expoquimia and Equiplast 2023: join the event from 30 May to 2 June

A crossover space between science and industry with a new exhibition area to catalyse the future.


Xavier Obradors | ICMAB, CSIC

Cryogenic Materials Award for Lifetime Achievements 2023 to Xavier Obradors

The International Cryogenic Materials Conference (ICMC) will present at the 2023 Conference the Cryogenic Materials Award for Lifetime Achievements 2023 to“recognize a lifetime’s achievement in advancing the knowledge of cryogenic materials” to Xavier Obradors (ICMAB-CSIC and RACAB, Spain) and David Evans (Rutherford Appleton Lab and Advanced Cryogenic Materials Ltd., UK). 

Dean Kos | ICMAB, CSIC

Dean Kos, MSCA fellow working on charge traps in organic semiconductors

Dean Kos arrived at ICMAB this last May 2023 and is working on a MSCA PF project in the eMolMat group with Marta Mas-Torrent. He is also a photograph lover and winner of our FOTICMAB 2023 contest in two categories. 

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And the EmErgEnt winner is... SOLS: Accelerator of photovoltaic technologies

EmErgEnt Award from the Efficient Energy Cluster in Catalunya (Clúster de l’Energia Eficient de Catalunya, CEEC) in the "Llavor" category for a patented instrument at ICMAB to optimize photovoltaic cells.

The project presented by ICMAB reserachers is "SOLS - Accelerator of photovoltaic technologies" and is an instrument to obtain light with different specific spectrums (light on demand), that can be used for the reserach in optoelectronics and photovoltaics. 
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