@icn2.bsky.social
🔬 We study and apply the behaviour of matter at the #nanoscale. 🤝 Center of #iCERCA and member of #BIST, #SOMM_alliance and #ACER_Recerca. 🔗 Website: https://icn2.cat/en/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=Social%2520&utm_campaign=Bio
🏠 ICN2 Visits
Fa poc vam rebre alumnes de l'Institut Cirviànum (Torelló) per l'activitat 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮'𝗺, en què van entrevistar estudiants de doctorat del grup Physics and Engineering of Nanodevices i també van visitar tres laboratoris.
🙏 Gràcies per la visita!
🤝 Iniciativa del @bist.eu
📃 LATEST NEWS❗
After #BeastCancer surgery, over 90% of patients experience skin side effects from radiotherapy. The NANORADIOMED project, with the Nanosfun Research group, aims to prevent and ease these reactions.
🤝 @uab.cat | @igtp.bsky.social | Grupo CARINSA
ℹ️ Read more: f.mtr.cool/melfvltkud
📃 NEW PAPER OUT❗
A team of researchers led by Prof. Klaas-Jan Tielrooij explored the cooling performance of hBN, a 2D material with excellent thermal, electrical and optical properties, key for future nanodevices.
📜 Nano Letters
ℹ️ Discover the main findings here: https://f.mtr.cool/dstbqjsvvl
🔬 Could the movement of our organs produce electricity?
Meet Dr Elena Del Corro as she explains #triboelectricity and how combining it with graphene electrodes could be key to treating #NeurologicalDiseases such as #epilepsy or depression in the future.
#ScienceShorts
♀️ To mark #11F, within the #científiques programme, around 600 women visited schools to share their journeys in #STEM and inspire the next generation of younger scientists.
👀 Meet the ICN2 researchers who took part: https://f.mtr.cool/vwtyvgetvm
🤝 @bist.eu | @fcri.bsky.social
#Científiques2026
🤔 Què els passa als dispositius electrònics de #grafè quan estan en contacte amb un medi aquós?
ℹ️ Les Dres. Elena del Corro i Marta Delgà ho expliquen a l'article del portal UAB Divulga: https://f.mtr.cool/nwwgeqsmbn
🗣️ #ICN2Seminars
We invite you to this 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 by Prof. Farkhad G. Aliev (@uam.es), hosted by Dr Juan F. Sierra.
📆 27/02/2026
⏰ 12 PM
📍 ICMAB Campus UAB (Spain)
📝 Register here to attend! 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/tvbliyqlgo
🔃 Sharing is appreciated!
#Spintronics
🤝 Together with @pruab.cat & European Innovation Council, we had an InfoDay this week on how to prepare proposals for #EICTransition & #EICPathfinder. There was a round table on success stories and presentations on the evaluation process.
Thank you to the co-organisers and everyone who joined!
🚀 Apeiron Intelligence possibilities are limitless. From atoms to devices, their simulations unlock infinite applications.
After MWC Doha, they're now bringing their vision to #MWC26 Barcelona & @4YFN_MWC to connect with anyone in #DeepTech.
ℹ️ https://f.mtr.cool/jrcdkytgmo
#MWCBarcelona #B2BTech
11/ 🪟 El projecte WINPRINT (@icn2.bsky.social) busca reduir el consum energètic i avançar cap a una Barcelona climàticament adaptada.
Per aconseguir-ho, crearan finestres intel·ligents que regulen el pas de la llum i l’acumulació de calor, reduint el consum per refrigeració.
bit.ly/3NTUZL6
Join us for the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗕𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 on Microscopy, Nanoscopy & Imaging Sciences!
ℹ️ Free event, but prior registration is required.
🔗 Link to program & registration: https://f.mtr.cool/hvfgxvcoel
🤝 ICREAs @jarbiol.bsky.social (ICN2) & Maria Garcia (@icfo.eu)
🤝 @bist.eu
#Collaboration
📢 Registrations are open for the 9th Edition of the BIST Symposium on Microscopy, Nanoscopy and Imaging Sciences.
Free registration
👉Programme: bist.eu/events/event...
Could a Mussel-Inspired Adhesive Patch Help Treat Brain Tumours?
Researchers at @icn2.bsky.social, @uab.cat & Bellvitge University Hospital develop an adhesive membrane able to kill up to 90% of cancer cells in lab models
📝 Published in #AdvancedScience
#BISTCommunity
👉 bist.eu/could-a-muss...
📃 NEW PAPER OUT❗
ICREA Prof. @mariaescesc.bsky.social (@nanoesc.bsky.social) led a Perspective article revisiting how surface area is used to assess catalyst performance, clarifying key concepts & offering a more rigorous approach to interpretation.
🤝 @unileiden.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/4aoefco
🗣️ #ICN2Seminars
Join us for this 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 by Prof. Damion Corrigan (@unistrathclyde.bsky.social)
🔷 Hosts: ICREA Prof. @arbenmerkoci.bsky.social & Dr Andrew Piper
📆 23/02/2026
⏰ 10 AM
📍 ICMAB Campus UAB (Spain)
📝 Register here to attend! 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/fkmbdxwxfe
🔃 Sharing is appreciated!
La setmana del PRUAB, en tres idees centrals: l'infoday de l'EIC amb @icn2.bsky.social, el vídeo de l'Elevator Pitch i la presentació de PLANeT Biotech, darrera spin-off del @creaf.cat! @uab.cat
Tots els vídeos i presentacions, al nostre perfil. 🖱️
♻️ En Muy Interesante, la Prof. @mariaescesc.bsky.social @nanoesc.bsky.social explica que el electrolito es vital en la electrocatalisis para convertir electricidad renovable en moléculas útiles sin emisiones.
💡 Descubre el por qué: https://f.mtr.cool/wzcizcvjgp
#TransiciónEnergética
🦠 Una empresa surgida del #CSIC y el @icn2.bsky.social impulsará un dispositivo de diagnóstico rápido de infecciones bacterianas
🔬 Permitirá la detección de estas infecciones en menos de 30 minutos y a través de una pequeña muestra de sangre del paciente
👉 http://tiny.cc/8aqy001
Join us! firechat w 4 entrepreneurs of #BISTCommunity spin-offs!
Learn from their experiences in leading science-based companies.
🔹Carlos Abellán-Quside
🔹Cristina Sáenz-Orchestra Scientific
🔹Lluís Armengol-qGenomics, Veritas Genetics
🔹Teresa Tarragó-iProteos, Telara Pharma
bist.eu/events/event...
🔹 Catalunya Press ➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/illtemarpp
🔹 La Voz de Galicia ➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/eewlvzncod
🔹 The New Barcelona Post ➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/quqyukdtxl
📰 ¡𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚!
🧠 Inspirarse en las propiedades adhesivas de los mejillones para tratar el cáncer cerebral más agresivo, el #glioblastoma. Esto hicieron los investigadores del Nanosfun Research Group en su último estudio.
¡Lee los artículos en el hilo! 👇
#11F: Day of Women & #GirlsInSTEM
Are you a woman working in science? Today and every day, we recognise your resilience, impact, and last but not least, your contributions to research and technology!
🔍 Meet some of the inspiring, powerful women behind ICN2! 👇
#WomenInSTEM
🎒 #BojosPerlaCiencia: Física
🔬 A l'ICN2, observem materials mil cops més petits que un cabell humà, i dissabte passat ho vam comprovar!
💡 Vam aprendre sobre nanopartícules i vam descobrir les diferències entre els microscopis SEM i TEM.
🤝 Coordinat per Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera
L’EIC Pathfinder Open ha obert la nova edició de la seva convocatòria amb més de 165 M€ esperant a tecnologies disruptives que vulguin obrir-se camí!
En aquest sentit, amb @icn2.bsky.social hem organitzat un infoday per resoldre dubtes i presentar-ne tots els detalls: www.pruab.cat/ca/agenda/se...
🎉 Avui és un dia especial! Celebrem els #25anysICREA al CCCB.
Ens trobem més de 320 persones per celebrar un quart de segle de recerca d'excel·lència que ha transformat Catalunya i l'ha projectat al món.
Avui, més que mai, tots #SomICREA.
📰 BIG NEWS❗
🚀 Mobile World Capital BCN identified ICN2 as one of Spain's most dynamic scientific and academic centers in creating spin-off companies, with 12 currently active!
🔍 https://f.mtr.cool/euksqqvomj
ℹ️ Find the MWCapital report here: https://f.mtr.cool/lugptiorma
#KnowledgeTransfer
🎉 Celebrating 25 years of #ICREA 🎉
Honoured to be one of 300 ICREA Professors in Catalonia.
Freedom to research, strong support, and inspiring collaboration #ecosystem #ExcellentScience.
#ICREA25 #Science #Collaboration
@bist.eu
@icercano.bsky.social
@icn2.bsky.social
@merkocigroup.bsky.social
📃 NEW PAPER OUT❗
🧠 From mussel-inspired adhesive membranes to a treatment for #Glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain tumour and one of the hardest to treat.
🤝 Hospital Bellvitge & Institut de Neurociències (UAB)
💡 How does this work? ➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/rqsfspkepp
#Biomimetism
Join us to learn from the EIC Programme Officer on preparing key sections of #EIC proposals & book one-to-one meetings with NCPs for Transition and Pathfinder.
📅 17/02/2026
🕓 9:30-5 PM
📍 @pruab.cat
📋 Final agenda coming soon!
📝 Open to all, register here: https://f.mtr.cool/wtlwufiifa
🗣️"Thermal transport properties of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides"
🤝Seminar by David Saleta @icn2.bsky.social
📆February, 10 - 11.30AM
🔗More info: www.icmm.csic.es/en/seminar-d...
