Anna May

Project Researcher
September 2016 – February 2017
Topic: Crystallization of metastable phases under negative pressures in mesoporous silica.
Current position: M.Sc. student in Biomedical Engineering (UB-UPC).

Irene Anton Sales

Written by Anna May on October 7, 2016. Posted in People, PhD Student.

+34 93 5801853 (ext 293)
ianton@icmab.es

PhD topic: Functionalized bacterial nanocellulose for epithelial regeneration

Supervisors: Anna Roig & Anna Laromaine

Some of the N&N members visit Paris for Iván’s farewell

Written by Anna May on October 5, 2016. Posted in Group activities, News.

Jordi, Miquel and Iván went to Paris and they sent us this nice picture! It’s great to make friends at ICMAB =)

Call for papers for Spring Meeting MRS: Symposium NM3: Aerogels and Aerogel-Inspired Materials (Abstract deadline: October 13)

Written by Anna May on October 1, 2016. Posted in Conferences, News.

The next Spring Meeting and Exhibit MRS will take place on April 17-21, 2017 in Phoenix, and it will include an interesting Symposim on Aerogels and Aerogel-Inspired Materials.

Call for papers is now open!! And abstract deadline is October 13,2016.

Don’t miss the opportunity to present your work and participate in the discussions with some of the best scientists in the topic!

For more information about the Symposium click here or go to the conference website: http://www.mrs.org/spring2017

Join us in Phoenix!

Anna Laromaine, one of the five granted scientific women in the “For Women in Science” program of L’Oréal #Ponlescara

Written by Anna May on September 30, 2016. Posted in Awards and scholarships, News.

Anna Laromaine is one of the five scientific women granted by L’Oréal in the iniciative “For Women in Science” #Ponlescara, to visualize scientific women in various disciplines and bring them close to society and to students.

During the day, the five scientific women, with other three more, have answered the questions of more than 100 highschool students. The idea is to see that women are in all the scientific areas, and that the scientific career is a possibility to consider.

The five scientific women have received 15.000 € to spend in Research Projects in their scientific areas within the XI Edition of the “Bolsas de Investigación 2016” program. Apart from Anna Laromaine, the other granted women are Vanesa Esteban, Azucena Bardaji, Jaione Valle and Anna Shnyrova. The ceremony took place in Madrid, with Cristina Cifuentes, president of the Comunidad de Madrid, and Carmen Vela, secretaria de Estado in Research, Development and Innovation.

More information in: http://www.loreal.es/periodistas/notas-de-prensa/2016/sep/ponlescara-iniciativa#

And follow the hashtag #Ponlescara: https://twitter.com/hashtag/ponlescara?src=hash

News at ICMAB: http://icmab.es/news/awards/880-anna-laromaine-premiada-con-una-beca-del-programa-l-oreal-unesco?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

Other links:
UAB: News at UAB page
El País: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/09/29/ciencia/1475167149_087039.html
Cassà Digital: http://www.cassadigital.cat/noticia/3930/beca-loreal-unesco-per-a-la-cassanenca-anna-laromaine
Agencia Sinc: http://www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/Cinco-cientificas-espanolas-premiadas-por-el-programa-L-Oreal-Unesco
20 minutos: http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2850212/0/beca-cientificas-loreal-unesco-for-women-in-science/
RRHH Digital: http://www.rrhhdigital.com/secciones/talento/119992/
Diari de Girona: http://www.diaridegirona.cat/comarques/2016/10/05/programa-loreal-unesco-beca-cientifica/807679.html
Tu Otro Diario: http://tuotrodiario.hola.com/futuro/2016092963500/cientificas-espanolas-premiadas-loreal-unesco/
Ràdio Cassà: http://www.radiocassa.cat/web/index.php/llistat-noticies/9-breus/1042-el-programa-l-oreal-unesco-beca-la-cientifica-cassanenca-anna-laromaine

Welcome to Dani Beltran in the N&N Group

Written by Anna May on September 28, 2016. Posted in News, Welcome and farewell.

We welcome Dani Beltran, who will stay with us until February 2017. Dani Beltran already did his Final Degree Project in our group (Synthesis and crystallization of SiO₂-GeO₂ gels), supervised by Martí Gich, while he was studying Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at UAB. Now he is a M.Sc. student in Biomedical Engineering at UB-UPC and will work with us in a project of crystallization of metastable phases under negative pressures, also supervised by Martí Gich.

Welcome Dani! We hope you enjoy this stay with us!

Martí Gich at the COMMON SENSE 36 Month meeting in Sardinia

Written by Anna May on September 28, 2016. Posted in Conferences, News, Projects News.

Martí Gich is at the COMMON SENSE 36 Month meeting, which will take place in Oristano, Sardinia, on September 29-30. The COMMON SENSE project aims at developing low cost sensors that will revolutionise current marine monitoring strategies.

Please enjoy this short video featuring field testing of COMMON SENSE sensors, which have been testes in various cruises throughout the past year:
http://www.commonsenseproject.eu/2014-02-21-11-34-56/commonsensenews/1645-common-sense-featured-in-new-video

Website of the project: http://www.commonsenseproject.eu/

Jordi Floriach attends the B·Debate on “Plant proteostasis: towards a green based industry” at CosmoCaixa, co-organized by CRAG

Written by Anna May on September 27, 2016. Posted in Conferences, News.

CosmoCaixa Barcelona hosts on September 27^th and 28^th a meeting of international researchers in basic and applied plant research focused on the development of new sustainable materials: “Plant proteostasis: towards a green based industry”.

The meeting is organized by B·Debate, an initiative of Biocat and Obra Social “la Caixa”, together with the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) (CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), and the COST Proteostasis action.

Jordi Floriach, student from the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology degree at UAB and intern in our group under the supervison of Anna Laromaine, is attending this meeting, whose scientific leaders are L. Maria Lois and Núria Sànchez Coll, from CRAG and collaborators of the N&N Group.

The purpose of these debates is to bring together multidisciplinary biotechnology experts to create synergies that would facilitate the transition from a fossil-dependent economy to a sustainable bioeconomy, but also to gain acceptance and support from the general public to carry out this transition.

More information about the agenda and the speakers can be found here: http://www.bdebate.org/ca/debat/plant-proteostasis-towards-green-based-industry

Author: Anna May