{"id":11898,"date":"2024-12-18T17:13:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T16:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cerca.cat\/actualitat\/noticies\/la-institucio-cerca-lliura-els-premis-pioner-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T17:22:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T16:22:40","slug":"la-institucio-cerca-lliura-els-premis-pioner-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cerca.cat\/en\/actualitat\/noticies\/la-institucio-cerca-lliura-els-premis-pioner-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The CERCA Institution Presents the 2024 Pioner Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nanobots to treat cancer, sustainable management of electric vehicle batteries, a new gene therapy for ALS, and an innovative approach to democratising access to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were the projects recognised this year.<\/h3)<\/h3>\n

Today’s ceremony brought together award winners, institutions, and collaborating companies. Laia Pellej\u00e0, Director of CERCA, highlighted the quality of the works and the importance of ensuring that science transcends the laboratory to generate economic, social, and industrial value.<\/p>\n

This year, in a special feature, the event included a talk by Dami\u00e0 Viana, a systems architect at INBRAIN Neuroelectronics, a spin-off from the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) and a 2020 Pioner Award winner. Viana spoke about the impact of science on innovation.<\/p>\n

This edition\u2019s awarded works:<\/p>\n