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The "emakumeak Zientzian" initiative, recognized with the STEAM Euskadi seal
The initiative "Emakumeak Zientzian" has been recognized with the STEAM Euskadi Seal by the Basque Government for promoting STEAM education in the Basque Country.
More than 500 people took part at Emakumeak Zientzian 2020
Nine Basque entities joined forces to celebrate the International Day of Women Scientists from 7th to 14th February.
CIC nanoGUNE will collaborate with Elhuyar Zientzia Azoka to promote science and technology among young people
Thanks to this agreement, nanoGUNE will help on the development of the Elhuyar Zientzia Azoka, which will take place on the 9th of May 2020 in Bilbao.
The winners of the Elhuyar Zientzia Azoka will enjoy a two-day stay at the nanoGUNE center, getting to know the researchers and their research work.
Emakumeak Zientzian 2020 because science certainly is a girls’ thing
The research centres CIC nanoGUNE, the Materials Physics Centre (CFM CSIC-UPV/EHU), CIC biomaGUNE, the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Biodonostia, Tecnun-School of Engineering, Ceit, POLYMAT and Elhuyar have come together to present a joint programme to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science to be held internationally on 11 February across the world.
HR Excellence in Research
nanoGUNE has been acknowledged with the 'HR Excellence in Research" award from the European Commission.
International Day of Women and Girls in Science brought to Donostia-San Sebastian by four research centres
The research centres Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), the Centre for Materials Physics (CFM CSIC-UPV/EHU), CIC nanoGUNE and CIC biomaGUNE have joined forces to present a joint programme to mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, being held worldwide on Monday, 11 February. In Donostia-San Sebastian the programme will go on until Friday 15 February with public talks, workshops, visits and seminars in which 50 volunteers from the organising research centres will be participating. The aim of the initiative is to transmit a clear message: Science is girls’ stuff.
Launch of the “Alliance of Severo Ochoa Centres and Maria de Maeztu Units of Excellence”
The Secretary of State for R&D+i, Carmen Vela, chaired the kickoff meeting of the new Severo Ochoa and Maria Maeztu Alliance of Excellence. The alliance’s target is to internationally promote and strengthen the centres and units accredited with this distinction, to give their research a higher profile.
Graphenea's new facilities
The new headquarters of the first start-up company founded by nanoGUNE in April 2010 in a joint venture with a group of private investors, has been inaugurated by the Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu. The new facilities of the company occupy an area of 600 square meters and are located in the Scientific and Technological Park of Gipuzkoa.
nanoGUNE recives the María de Maeztu distinction
Ikerbasque Professor Luis Hueso, accompanied by the Director General of nanoGUNE, José M. Pitarke, has collected the distinction Maria de Maeztu for research excellence on behalf of the Basque research center in nanoscience. This distinction will bring nanoGUNE a financial envelope of 500,000 euros per year for four years.
A comic for developing nanopowers
After "Dayanne and Murillo. The power of nanoscience", we present the nanoKOMIK 2017 project, co-organized with the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) and the collaboration of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) - Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, with the purpose of producing a collaborative nanofiction comic.