ARTES invite submissions for the Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Prize for the best art-historical essay on a Hispanic theme. To encourage emerging scholars that are based in the UK, ARTES, in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain, awards an annual essay medal and a cash prize of £400 to the author of the best art-historical essay or study on a Hispanic theme, which must be submitted in competition and judged by a reading Sub-Committee. Call for Applicants: Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Prize, deadline 30th April 2024 ..read more

7 Feb – 2 Mar | Arcola Theatre | London Sergio Blanco and Daniel Goldman return to the Arcola Theatre, after the success of their critically acclaimed OFFIE award winning productions of Thebes Land and The Rage of Narcissus, to tell a mesmerising story of love and lust beyond the grave. When You Pass Over My Tomb ..read more

As part of its ongoing effort to promote Spanish literature, the Spanish Ministry of Culture has opened a new call for translation grants. The aim of these awards is to encourage the editing and publishing in foreign languages of works included in the cultural heritage of the Spanish State. For more information, press HERE ..read more

A new study, by researchers from the National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) and other international institutions, published this week in the journal Nature, provides a series of biomarkers that could make it possible to choose the optimal therapy for tumours with the highest mortality rate in a much more personalised way. The method described in the article facilitates the detection of “fingerprints” in the genome of tumours that allow knowing the mutational mechanism that causes their development and, thanks to this, makes it possible to identify the vulnerability of these tumours against whi ..read more

SciTech DiploHub, the Barcelona Science and Technology Diplomacy Hub and IBEI, the leading academic and research institution on global affairs from Barcelona, have partnered to offer a first-of-its-kind, university-accredited training in Science and Technology Diplomacy in a will to train the next cohort of leaders of a field that is increasingly essential to tackle humanity’s global challenges. Aimed at mid-career scientists and technology experts, as well as diplomats and international relations practitioners, this online edition of the Summer School offers an immersive 30+ hours of live ses ..read more

In almost every human cell, two meters of DNA must fit into a nucleus that is only a few millionths of a meter in size. Like wool in a skein, this extreme challenge of space requires the DNA to wrap itself around proteins called histones. This spiral genetic architecture, known as chromatin, protects DNA from potential damage and plays a key role in regulating gene expression. Despite its fundamental role, the exact origin of this genetic structure has been shrouded in mystery. Chromatin is characteristic of higher organisms, called eukaryotes, which have a nucleus. Unicellular bacteria, on th ..read more

José J. Baldoví (Institute for Molecular Science, ICMol, Universitat de València) has obtained an ERC Starting Grant 2021. During his project 2D-SMARTiES (Chemical Design Of Smart Molecular/2D Devices For Information Technologies) he will develop a general computational methodology to create new materials formed by smart molecules on magnetic surfaces. José J. Baldoví is a distinguished researcher with international experience at the Institute for Molecular Science (ICMol) of the University of València (UV), where he currently leads the research line on chemical design and modelling of hybrid ..read more

Analysis of the genomes of different mammals has shown that, although they all have a similar catalogue of genes, they may be ordered differently and turned on and off differently. These chromosomal rearrangements influence gene function and regulation and contribute to defining the identity of species, but their origin was unknown until now. A study led by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and the University of Kent (United Kingdom) shows that the formation of male germ cells is key to determining which regions of the genome are reorganized within and between chromosomes during evo ..read more

Isaac Baley (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, UPF) has obtained an ERC Starting Grant 2021. During his project MacroTaxReforms (The Macroeconomic Effects of Corporate Tax Reforms) he will study the macroeconomic effects of corporate taxation and delineate and quantify the trade-offs associated with different reforms. Isaac Baley is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, an Associated Researcher at CREI, an Affiliated Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics, and a Research Affiliate of CEPR. He received his PhD in Economics from New York University and a Master in Econ ..read more

Susana Velasco (Institute of Chemical Synthesis and Homogeneous Catalysis, ISQCH) has obtained an ERC Starting Grant 2021. During her project PIEZOZYMES (Enzymatic Piezoelectric Composites to Regenerate Redox-Cofactors driven by Mechanical Sources) she will pursue novel biotechnological tools aimed at the efficient regeneration of redox cofactors powered by mechanical sources. From her early beginnings, Susana always felt particularly attracted by the inspiring reaction mechanisms naturally occurring inside living organisms and cells. Nature has evolved through millions of years to perfectly o ..read more