CERCA delegation to visit Finland
The aim of the trip is to establish partnerships and new projects with R&D institutions in the country. From Tuesday to Friday, a delegation of centres led by Lluís Rovira, director of CERCA, will visit different research and innovation bodies associated with the Finnish Government. The Catalan delegation, made up of directors and researchers from […]
CERCA centres and the Natural Resources Institute of Finland sign a partnership agreement
The agreement signed this week with the Natural Resources Institute of Finland (LUKE) is aimed at submitting European projects jointly to Horizon Europe calls for proposals, especially in the fields of life sciences, bioeconomy, forestry, agri-food and ecology. CERCA centres and LUKE will also work on research data management policies, technology transfer and other cross-cutting […]
CERCA centres support Ukrainian research
The CERCA system of Catalonia’s research centres currently includes 42 centres employing around 12,000 people. It is now a European leader in research and innovation excellence. The CERCA system opposes all forms of war to resolve disagreements between people, countries or regions. There is no rational justification for loss of human life through war. We […]
CERCA Institute presents the 2021 Pioneer Awards
Graphene material for retinal implants, muscle fibre 3D printing, low-cost biosensors for disease detection, advances in the recording of neuronal activity, a new method for modelling faces and biotechnology applied to personalised medicine were the projects awarded in the eighth such awards. The Pioneer Awards recognise recent PhD graduates who have aimed their research towards […]
TECNIO association created to promote technology transfer in Catalonia
It brings together the 59 research groups that have been awarded the TECNIO seal by ACCIÓ, which includes the Catalan universities, the CERCA Institute and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) The Catalan Minister for Business and Labour, Roger Torrent i Ramió, and the Catalan Minister for Research and Universities, Gemma Geis, took part in […]
Incorporation of the 157 spin-offs from CERCA centres into the Flintbox technology catalogue
The new CERCA System Technologies catalogue is displayed on the Wellspring platform The CERCA Institute has collected data on 58 products and 157 spin-offs from CERCA centres on the Flintbox platform. This is one of the leading marketplaces for commercialising technologies, especially in the US and Asian markets. What is Flintbox?Flintbox, a technology from the […]
