22/06/2010
KIMbcn and Biopol'H organized last thursday June 17th the first breakfast of Henry Chesbrough with managers of pharmaceutical companies. During the event professor Chesbrough explained the model of open innovation and gave some examples of its aplication in pharmaceutical industry.
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17/05/2010
Manel Esteller, director of the program of Epigenetics and Cancer Biology of IDIBELL, has been awarded for a work that discovered a connection between
07/05/2010
Santiago Nofuentes, chief operating officer of Consorci Sanitari Integral - the Holistic Health Consortium – has presented the results of the
06/05/2010
A scientific study led by Genevieve Buckland and Carlos Alberto Gonzalez Svatetz from the Nutrition, Environment and Cancer Unit at ICO-IDIBELL has
03/05/2010
Ramon López - director of Consortium Biopol’H - and Santiago Nofuentes - chief executive officer of Consorci Sanitari Integral (Holistic
27/04/2010
Biopol’H consortium has initiated the preparations for the Second Conference of Bioàgora, which will take place on November, 18. The novelty of this year's edition is that Biopol’H has turned Bioàgora website into a Web 2.0. This new portal is not limited to the passive
MIT's Vice President for Finance supports Biopol’H project
20/04/2010
Last April 16th Núria Marín, mayoress of Hospitalet de Llobregat, welcomed Israel Ruiz, Vice President for Finance of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Among other issues, she explained one of the most ambitious projects of the city – Biopol’H project.
New teaching block of the University of Barcelona
12/04/2010
In the last economic commission representative of its governing council, the University of Barcelona approved the budgetary item for the construction of the first phase of the new teaching block of Bellvitge campus. The construction of this building will start in few days and it will be made up of
Hesperia Tower Hotel joints Biopol’H’s area
16/03/2010
By signing the agreement with Biopol’H, Hesperia Tower Hotel turns into an organization under consortium within Biopol’s area. Its facilities provide scientists, doctors, professors and the whole staff of Biopol’s entities with meeting rooms, bedrooms and services at very
Biopol's Coordination Commission established
09/03/2010
Last February 26th Biopol’s Coordination Commission was established, gathering all the organizations that are under consortium or had joined to Biopol’s area. Coordination Commission is the consultant body of consortium Biopol. Its mission consists of analysing and coordinating in an
Virus and bacteria cause 20% of worlwide diagnosed cancers
04/02/2010
Due to the World Cancer Day being held every year on February 4, three distinguished scientists from Biopol’H met with the purpose to emphasize the important link between infections and cancer. Xavi Bosch –head of Programme of cancer epidemiology of Institut Català
29/01/2010
Within the framework of the European Regions of Knowledge Work Programme (FP7), Biopol has submitted a proposal to the Eurobiomarkers project. This initiative aims to support and encourage the cooperation of the following four ‘research-driven clusters’ across Europe: Alsace (France),
Leading experts gather to discuss nanotechnology and cancer
29/12/2009
Experts in nanotechnology, biotechnology and clinical practice will meet in Montpellier on 28 and 29 January 2010 to attend the "Clinical Applications of Nanotechnologies in the Field of Cancer" symposium.
Biopol joins the Scientific Ring
23/12/2009
The chairman of the Executive Committee of the Biopol'H Consortium, Miquel Gomez, and the Director-General for Research of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Joan Roca, acting chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supercomputing Center of Catalonia (CESCA), have just signed the Framework Agreement on
Scientists from IDIBELL associate overgrowth syndrome with cancer
22/12/2009
The research group led by Manel Esteller, director of the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, has found out a link between childhood overgrowth syndromes caused by genetic mutations and cancer development.
Esteller, awarded for his contributions to cancer epigenetics
04/12/2009
On November 11, Manel Esteller of the Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), received the Research Award in Molecular Biology 2009 granted by the Carmen and Severo Ochoa Foundation for his contributions in the field of cancer epigenetics, i.e. the environmental factors that regulate
Biopol'H receives the Best Ideas of the Year Award
24/11/2009
Biopol'H has been granted the award as one of "The best ideas of the year" under the "Management" category by the leading Spanish medical newspaper Diario Médico.In a solemn award ceremony, the four entities comprising the Biopol Consortium (Generalitat de Catalunya, University of Barcelona,
Success at the Bioagora conference
23/11/2009
With a great success of attendance, the Hesperia Tower Hotel hosted on November 19, 2009 the first Bioàgora Conference organized by Biopol. Intended as a meeting point for investors, entrepreneurs and researchers, Bioàgora was opened at 10am by the Mayor of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat,
Dr. Francesc Xavier Bosch awarded for his research career in the field of oncology
19/11/2009
Francesc Xavier Bosch, Head of the Cancer Epidemiology Research Program at the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), was granted the Carlos IV Research Award in Preventative Medicine and Public Health awarded on 18 November by The Royal National Academy of Medicine for his contribution to research in
First scientific publication of the use of the hypobaric chamber for therapeutic purposes
10/11/2009
On October 29, the research group at the Hypobaria and Biomedical Physiology Service at Biopol'H, published in the Journal of Translational Medicine their first scientific paper on new applications of the hypobaric chamber in the biomedical field. The article entitled "Combined intermittent hypoxia
06/11/2009
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Ten professors of Korea Polytechnic University visit Biopol'H
27/10/2009
A delegation of 10 professors of Korea Polytechnic University visited the Biopol Consortium at L'Hospitalet de Llobregat last October 21. Interested to see first-hand the performance and objectives of a biocluster, as well as the knowledge transfer between University and
Biopol introduces itself to its entities
13/10/2009
The director of the Consortium, Dr. Ramon López, has been introducing the strategic guidelines, objectives and future prospects of Biopol'H to the entities that make up this project during the month of September. The professionals at the Campus of the University of Barcelona, Bellvitge
Ferrer Group chooses Biopol for the location of its new laboratory
09/10/2009
The pharmaceutical Group Ferrer has decided to locate its new research laboratory at Biopol L'Hospitalet. The fact of "being next to where clinical research is being conducted" was crucial in order to take the decision, in the words of Ferrer CEO, Jordi Ramentol. The proximity of the hospitals of
Expectancy and good entrepreneurial reception in the presentation of Biopol
08/10/2009
More than 45 entrepreneurs attended the breakfast-symposium held at the Hesperia Tower Hotel and organized by the Fòrum Empresarial del Baix Llobregat to see first-hand all the details about BIOPOL, an ambitious project structured as a pole of knowledge management and innovation, necessary in
Presentation of Biopol at the Forum Empresarial del Baix Llobregat
07/10/2009
On June 18, the director of Biopol L'Hospitalet, Ramon López, will present the cluster and their 4 areas of action at the Fòrum Empresarial del Baix Llobregat. The breakfast-symposium will be held at the Hesperia Tower Hotel (Gran Via 144, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat), at 9.30 h.The
