In this week’s internal seminar, Elisa Sturabotti, a postdoctoral researcher in the Carbon Bionanotechnology Lab at CIC biomaGUNE, gave an excellent overview of the group’s research on carbon dots.
#CICbiomaGUNEseminar

🚨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🚨

💡Engineering low-symmetry colloidal crystals with optical anisotropies

📄 Science Advances

👉 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec7382

#ResearchHighlight #CICbiomaGUNE

Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Stephanie Willerth and Dr. Sravya Tekumalla from the University of Victoria, Canada, hosted by Dr. Dorleta Jimenez de Aberasturi. 

 #CICbiomaGUNEseminar #Bioprinting

Aitziber L .Cortajarena, Directora Científica de CIC biomaGUNE, y líder del grupo Biomolecular Nanotechnology Lab, habla de su nombramiento como nueva embajadora de Donostia en el marco del programa Enbaxadore.

🎥  https://youtu.be/0v7oHg_6Jsg

🚨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🚨

💡Self-Sufficient Heterogeneous Biocatalysts for the Synthesis of β-Amino Esters

📄 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

👉 https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c13628 

#ResearchHighlight #CICbiomaGUNE

Miembros del laboratorio de Nanotecnología Biomolecular de CIC biomaGUNE, liderado por la profesora Ikerbasque Aitziber L. Cortajarena. Foto: CIC biomaGUNE.

Pequeñas gotas microscópicas que contienen proteínas fluorescentes verdes (GFP) unidas a fragmentos inmunitarios de interés. Autor: Aitor Manteca / CIC biomaGUNE.

La #IA acelera el desarrollo de secuencias reconocidas por el #sistema #inmunitario para aplicaciones #biomédicas y #tecnológicas
tinyurl.com/2jwmx2pd
@cicbiomagune.bsky.social

🚨𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿: 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗹𝘆𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀🚨
⚠️ Deadline: 31st May 2026
📅 Starting date: 1st November 2026
🔬 Duration: 3 years
📍 Location: San Sebastian (Spain)

👉 More info: https://www.cicbiomagune.es/job-offer-detail?id=43352

🚨𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿: 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆🚨
⚠️ Deadline: 31st May 2026
📅 Starting date: 1st November 2026
🔬 Duration: 3 years
📍 Location: San Sebastian (Spain)

👉 More info: https://www.cicbiomagune.es/job-offer-detail?id=43353

#JobOfferCICbiomaGUNE #MSCA #CanGoNano

Last week, we welcomed Esther Serrano Saiz from @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social, hosted by Fernando López Gallego, for a fascinating seminar on molecular mechanisms supressing brain sex differences.

#CICbiomaGUNEseminars

We celebrated Biophysics Week last evening with science and pizza!

Speakers:

✔️ Mariana Medina (@nanoGUNE)
✔️ Liliana Teixeira (#CICbiomaGUNE)

@biophysicalsoc.bsky.social #BiophyzzaConnection #SBE

🥳Congratulations to our colleague Marita Wagner for successfully defending her PhD thesis on March 17th!

🧪 Thesis title: Combined top-down and bottom-up nanofabrication for surface-enhancement of infrared and Raman signals.

#PhDdefense #PhDthesis

𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗮 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮

Con esta visita oficial, se refuerza la colaboración con Colombia en materia de investigación e innovación.

Last week, we welcomed Pablo Hernansanz from @cncajal-csic.bsky.social, hosted by Susana Carregal, for a fascinating seminar on mitochondrial bioenergetics.

#CICbiomaGUNEseminars

🚨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🚨

💡Decellularized Dermis ECM-Based Melanoma-on-a-Chip Model with Integrated Lymphatic and Vascular Networks for High-Throughput Drug Testing

📄 ACS Applied Bio Materials

👉https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.5c02329

#NALS2026 | Thursday starts with Luis M. Liz-Marzán (CINBIO, @cicbiomagune.bsky.social ) presenting Plasmonic Hybrid Materials to Monitor Tumor Activity.  @uvigo.bsky.social   #EUFunds

To mark International Women’s Day, we welcomed Dr. Yon Ju-Nam from Swansea University for a special seminar on integrating gender equality into research projects.

#CICbiomaGUNEseminars #8M

🚨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🚨

💡epiGPTope: A Machine Learning-Based Epitope Generator and Classifier

📄 ACS Synthetic Biology

👉https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.5c00693

🚨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🚨

💡Mechanistic Determinants of Oriented Enzyme Immobilization from Martini Simulations

📄 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

👉https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c03753

Nuestra compañera Alba Birichinaga Felices estuvo esta semana en el Foro de Empleo de Tecnun para dar a conocer al alumnado las diferentes líneas de investigación de CIC biomaGUNE.

#Tecnun #ForoEmpleoTecnun #CarrerasSTEM #CICbiomaGUNE

Of course!

Dr. Tamara Gómez Dacoba joins CIC biomaGUNE Research Associate through the Fellows Gipuzkoa programme.

👉 www.cicbiomagune.es/index.php/new-detail

#FellowsGipuzkoa

📢 Donostia welcomes world leaders in #nanomedicine.

The international congress on nanomedicine SAHMN 2026, organized by Dr Sergio Moya, group leader at CIC biomaGUNE, is taking place from 25 to 27 February. #SAHMN26

More information: www.cicbiomagune.es/new-detail

Soft skills seminar on media training at CIC biomaGUNE.

Today, Science Communication Manager Clara García and Postdoctoral Researcher Andrea Rizzo shared practical tips with our scientists on how to communicate their research to the media.

#CICbiomaGUNEseminar #ScienceCommunication

#THERABOT mid-term meeting at CIC biomaGUNE, hosted by Sergio Moya, Group Leader of the Soft Matter Nanotechnology Lab. This project aims at advancing cancer therapy through the development of engineered biohybrid agents (iBots).

#MSCA #Bioengineering

CIC biomaGUNE researchers attended  the 7th Young Spanish Molecular Imaging Network (#ySMIN) meeting in Aveiro (Portugal) on 20 February, engaging with the latest advances in preclinical and clinical imaging tools and applications.

 #ySMIN2026 #imaging #CICbiomaGUNE

🚨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🚨

💡Simplifying the access to FLYRCADO™: A shorter route for preparing [18F]flurpiridaz precursors under mild conditions

📄 Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy

👉https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scp.2025.102296

🚨𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿: 𝗠𝗦𝗖𝗔 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄🚨
⚠️ Deadline: 19th March 2026
📅 Starting date: 1st April 2026
🔬 Duration: 36 months
📍 Location: San Sebastian (Spain)

👉 To apply: https://www.cicbiomagune.es/job-offer-detail?id=43257

🧠 About us: https://lnkd.in/eWXDM8FW

#JobOfferCICbiomaGUNE #MSCA #PhD

This week, the Soft Matter Nanotechnology Lab at CIC biomaGUNE, led by Sergio Moya, welcomed Prof. Radostina Georgieva and a group of students from Trakia University (Bulgaria). 

#CICbiomaGUNE #InternationalCollaboration #SoftMatter

🚨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🚨

💡Gold Nanorods as Effective Modulators of Shape Memory Behavior in Physiological Conditions of PLA/PEG Blends

📄 ACS Nanoscience Au

 👉https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.5c00142

Last week, we welcomed Xiaohui Ju from Mendel University in Brno (Czech Republic), hosted by Susana Carregal for an interesting seminar on intelligent #nanoengineering for nanomedicine.

#CICbiomaGUNEseminars