Antimicrobial resistance is a global health emergency. Caused by multi-drug-resistant bacterial pathogens, it is making common infections more and more difficult to treat. Gram-negative bacteria (GNB), a major cause of infections in recent years, are resistant to almost all antibiotics, leaving no option for treatment at all. BREAKthrough is a Doctoral Network which aims to […]

Luis Gutiérrez, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Julio Lloret-Fillol (ICIQ), has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Metal-Organic Frameworks and Covalent Organic Frameworks as Single-Site Catalysts for Organic Transformations” (assigned to the Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on January 20th. The members of the evaluation committee were Prof. […]

ICIQ announces the appointment of Professor Cristina Nevado (from University of Zurich) and Professor John Hartwig (from University of California) to its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). As an international consultative body, the purpose of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) is to contribute to the evaluation of the progress made by ICIQ in the achievement of its research goals, as well as to provide expert guidance and recommendations […]

The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) is already offering their scientific know-how at the digital platform Scientist.com, a marketplace used by the pharmaceutical industry to connect partners in the health sector. With this digital tool, pharmaceutical companies now can outsource their drug discovery projects very easily and take profit of the outstanding know-how […]

Scientists at EPFL, ICIQ and TUM have built new hybrid materials based on molecular Fe porphyrins and Cu nanocubes that act in tandem for the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to ethylene. The modular nature of this hybrid materials opens up facile and versatile routes towards the preparation of this type of hybrid materials that can […]

Fei Cong, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Rubén Martín (ICIQ), has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Forging sp3 Architectures via sp3 C−C Bond Cleavage and 1,2-Alkylboration Strategies” (assigned to the Organic and Analytical Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on January 16th. The members of the evaluation committee were Prof. […]

ICIQ is proud to announce the acquisition of the first electron diffractometer conceived exclusively for the structural determination of molecules. Rigaku, a leader in developing crystallography solutions, will be installing the XtaLAB Synergy-ED after having won a competitive tender (EQC2021-006956-P) This instrument will play a key role in ICIQ’s research: helping to resolve crystal structures […]