Welcome to BIYSC!

Get ready for a life-changing international experience

as you discover the world of science and research from the inside!

We are getting ready for the 8th BIYSC edition in 2024.

Stay tuned for the launch of updated projects on December

Applications open on January 2024: check out the Key Dates.

Check out the 2023 highlights:

Discover the 14 Science and Tech Projects offered in the 2023 Edition of BIYSC!

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Students

Science and Tech Projects

Challenges

The Program

BIYSC is a two-week international science program for young people (16 to 18)

passionate about Science and Technology.

A world-class experience developing research projects at leading research centers and together with active researchers and scientists, participating in scientific conferences and debates, and enjoying sharing the experience with peers from all over the world with whom share the same interests.

Grow your passion and enjoy this life-changing experience!

The medicine of tomorrow: transforming the future of healthcare through innovation

Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute and Hospital

Multi-omics in the fight against leukemia

Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute

Inhabiting Gaudí: an architecture and engineering approach to human comfort and buildings of the future.

La Salle R&D - URL

Broadening medical expertise: from the clinic to the lab bench and back.

Campus Clínic: Clínic Hospital of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Faculty of Medicine-University of Barcelona

Photochemistry: Hands on training in molecular spectroscopy

Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ)

Planarian stem cells: the genetics of immortality

Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics at University of Barcelona (UB)

The neurobiology of trauma: effects on behavior and brain function

Institute of Neurosciences (INc)

Synthetic biology: engineering life for new social and medical challenges

Department of Medicine and Life Sciences

Drosophila as a model organism to study the intricate paths of tumorigenesis

Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB)

The medicine behind organ transplantation

Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB)

Protein engineering to improve plastic-degrading enzymes

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)

Feeding the world in a changing climate: molecular breeding & gene editing

Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)

Quantum physics: a tool for new upcoming technologies

Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO)

Cosmic rays' detection: astrophysics at your fingertips

Institute of High Energy Physics (IFAE)

“Entering the world of computational modeling will initiate the students in a field that will impact all areas of science and technology in the immediate future.”

Víctor Guallar

Meet the experts

At BIYSC you will have the opportunity to meet, discuss an debate with eminent scientists!

Zahra Raissi (ICFO)

Coordinator of the project "It's a Quantum World!" (ICFO)

Óscar Blanch

Coordinator of the project "Cosmic rays detection, astrophysics at your fingertips" (IFAE)

Raül Andero

Coordinator of the research project " The neurobiology of trauma: effects on behavior and brain function " (INc)

Daniel Kerszberg

Coordinator of the project "Cosmic rays detection, astrophysics at your fingertips" (IFAE)

Raquel Escrich

Head of Strategic Project Management at Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital
Manuel Artero

Coordinator of the project "Cosmic rays detection, astrophysics at your fingertips" (IFAE)
Jery Joy

Coordinator of the project " Drosophila as a model organism to study the intricate paths of tumorigenesis " (IRB).
Daniel Moreno

Head of Innovation at Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol Research Group on Innovation, Health Economics, and Digital Transformation
Josep Maria Campistol

Director of Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
Albert Garcia

Coordinator of the project " Organ-on-a-chip development: a new model for muscular diseases testing " (IBEC)
Gorka Muñoz

Coordinator of the project " Quantum physics: a tool for new upcoming technologies " (ICFO)
Eduardo Beattie

Was born and raised in Madrid in a bilingual Spanish/English household. Completed a bachelor's and master's degree in Physics at the University of Oxford, specialising in particle physics, lasers, and quantum information. Worked as a freelance software developer over the vacations from university,...
Maria Lois

CSIC Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator at the Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), since 2008. Her research, focused on the study of a cellular regulatory mechanism known as SUMOylation, has been published in high impact journals. Her research has received funding from...
Josep Ferrando

Coordinator of the project "Inhabiting Gaudí" (LaSalle-URV)
Isabel Espejo

Coordinator of the project " Studying neurodegenerative diseases through the eye of molecular biology " (CRG)
Joan J. Guinovart

Emeritus professor at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB)
Laura Pérez

Coordinator of the research project " The neurobiology of trauma: effects on behavior and brain function " (INc)
Xavier Valcarce (ICFO)

Coordinator of the project "It's a Quantum World!" (ICFO)
Carles Pérez

Coordinator of the project " Protein engineering to improve plastic-degrading enzymes " (BSC).
Alberto Bueno

PhD. In Biomedicine for the Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) and Associate professor. Author of 7 research papers in the last 5 years. Researcher at the Cancer Epigenetics Lab
Ignacio Javier Marín Blasco

Coordinator of the research project " The neurobiology of trauma: effects on behavior and brain function " (INc)
Jan Lowinski

Coordinator of the project " Quantum physics: a tool for new upcoming technologies " (ICFO)
Daniel Guberman

Coordinator of the project "Cosmic rays detection, astrophysics at your fingertips" (IFAE)
Javier Ramon

Renowned researcher at IBEC
Joan Francesc Gilabert

Coordinator of the project " Protein engineering to improve plastic-degrading enzymes " (BSC).
Óscar Blanch

Coordinator of the project "Cosmic rays detection, astrophysics at your fingertips" (IFAE)
Ferran Sancho

Coordinator of the project " Computational study of coffee compounds for cancer prevention" (BSC)
Míriam Torres

Coordinator of the project " Medicine and nutrition: a two-sided strategy to tackle diabetes and obesity "
Joaquim Palacio

Coordinator of the project "Cosmic rays detection, astrophysics at your fingertips" (IFAE)
Mattia Menchetti

Coordinator of the research project "Facing the 6 th mass extinction: new tools for biodiversity conservation" (IBE)
Leonardo Platania

Coordinator of the research project "Facing the 6 th mass extinction: new tools for biodiversity conservation" (IBE)
Ramon Miquel

Director of the Institute of High Energy Physics (IFAE)
Laura Zarraoa

Physics Bachelor in Madrid (UAM), where I did my thesis on Silicon Nanowires and Scanning Electron Microscopy. MSc. Physics and Nanotechnology, with specialization in Quantum Engineering in Copenhagen (DTU) and Munich (TUM). There I worked with solid state impurities and photonic crystal structures...
Alba Reguant

Associated researcher of the project " Medicine and nutrition: a two-sided strategy to tackle diabetes and obesity "
Sílvia Fornalé

Coordinator of the project "Genetic engineering for a sustainable food production" (CRAG)
Marco Milán

Renowned researcher of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB)
Eulàlia Genescà

PhD. In Molecular Genetics at the Institut de Recerca Oncològica on the functional role of unknown genes at the 21st chromosome. Postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Genomic Regulation (Barcelona) and the Institut Curie in Orsay (France) and the Institut Universitaire d'Hematologie (France)...
Anna M. Díaz Rovira

First stage researcher at BSC Degree in Chemistry by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Degree in Physics by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Master in Bioinformatics by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Ph.D. Student in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry by Universitat de...
Álvaro Rodríguez

Coordinator of the project " Quantum physics: a tool for new upcoming technologies " (ICFO)
Federica Beduini

Coordinator of the project " Quantum physics: a tool for new upcoming technologies " (ICFO)
Àlvar Agustí

Renowned researcher at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
Jonathan Haenni

PhD student at ICFO, in the group for quantum photonics with solids and atoms (QPSA). Education : Microengineering at EPF Lausanne (Bachelor & Master), ETH Zürich (Bachelor), University of Geneva (Master thesis). Hobbies : Gymnastics, olympic weighlifting, sailing and triathlon. BIYSC role :...
Marta Gil (GIQ - UAB)

Coordinator of the project "It's a Quantum World!" (ICFO)
Bernat Burriel

Coordinator of the research project "Facing the 6 th mass extinction: new tools for biodiversity conservation" (IBE)
Bru Cormand
Mariana Muzzopappa

Coordinator of the project " Drosophila as a model organism to study the intricate paths of tumorigenesis " (IRB).
Lluís Torner

Director of the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO)
Mireia Martínez Sugrañes

Enzyme characterization and engineering modeler at BSC Degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology by Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). Master in Bioinformatics by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).
Silvia Carrasco

Coordinator of the project " NanoLight: light and matter at the nanoscale " (ICFO)
Rosa Gasa

Coordinator of the project " Medicine and nutrition: a two-sided strategy to tackle diabetes and obesity "
John Calsamiglia (GIQ - UAB)

Coordinator of the project "It's a Quantum World!" (ICFO)
Víctor Guallar

Renowned researcher of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC).
Fernando Fernández

Coordinator of the project " Medicine and nutrition: a two-sided strategy to tackle diabetes and obesity "
Panagiotis Giannios

Coordinator of the project " Drosophila as a model organism to study the intricate paths of tumorigenesis " (IRB).
Sergi Rodà

Coordinator of the project " Protein engineering to improve plastic-degrading enzymes " (BSC).
Lara Barrio

Coordinator of the project " Drosophila as a model organism to study the intricate paths of tumorigenesis " (IRB).
Jesús Giraldo

Director of the Institute of Neurosciences (INc)
Núria Ros

Coordinator of the project "Uncovering the hidden diversity of the oceans" (IBE)
Fabiola Juárez

Associated researcher of the project " Medicine and nutrition: a two-sided strategy to tackle diabetes and obesity "
Natalia Alves

Degree in Physics by Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) in Brazil. Went from trapping millions of atoms in my MSc at UFPE to just a single atom in my current PhD research at ICFO, where we want to study light-matter interactions at the most fundamental level. In my first semester as an...
Paola Galbany

Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Welfare of Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya
Raül Andero

Coordinator of the research project " The neurobiology of trauma: effects on behavior and brain function " (INc)
Marta García

Coordinator of the project " NanoLight: light and matter at the nanoscale " (ICFO)
Francesc Posas

Director of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB)
Carlos Abellán

Renowned researcher of Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO)
Gerard Santiago

Coordinator of the project " Computational study of coffee compounds for cancer prevention" (BSC)
Adriana Gálvez

Coordinator of the project " Medicine and nutrition: a two-sided strategy to tackle diabetes and obesity "
Javier Macía

Coordinator of the project "Synthetic biology: engineering life for new social and medical challenges" (DCEXS-UPF)
Fátima Gebauer

Renowned researcher of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)
Carles Lalueza-Fox

Renowned researcher of the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE)
Rosa Maria Alsina-Pagès

Director of La Salle R&D - URV │ Coordinator of the project "Inhabiting Gaudí (LaSalle-URV
Jordi Garcia-Mas

Renowned researcher of the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)
Mateo Valero

Director of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC).
Leandro Madrazo

Renowned researcher at La Salle-URV
Maria Blancas

Associated researcher of the project "Neuro-robotics as a tool to understand the brain" (SPECS)
David Comas

Director of the Department of Experimental and Health Sciences - Universitat Pompeu Fabra (DCEXS-UPF).
Esther Alza

Renowned researcher from ICIQ
Emili Saló

Coordinator of the research project " Planarian stem cells: the genetics of immortality" (UB)
Ana Lobato

Associated researcher of the project " Medicine and nutrition: a two-sided strategy to tackle diabetes and obesity "
Luis Serrano

Director of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)
Celia Santos

Coordinator of the projecte "Drosophila melanogaster: a model to study human disease" (IRB)
Elisabeth Engel

Renowned researcher of the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)
Gemma Isabel Martínez

Coordinator of the research project "Facing the 6 th mass extinction: new tools for biodiversity conservation" (IBE)
Anna Mura

Renowned researcher of the Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems Lab (SPECS)
Pep Amengual

Coordinator of the project " Protein engineering to improve plastic-degrading enzymes " (BSC).
Emilio Pisanty

Coordinator of the project " Quantum physics: a tool for new upcoming technologies " (ICFO)
Daniel Kerszberg

Coordinator of the project "Cosmic rays detection, astrophysics at your fingertips" (IFAE)
Josep Maria Llovet

Renowned researcher at August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute - IDIBAPS
Marc Masdeu

Coordinator of the project "Can computers do math? An approach through axiomatic geometry" (UAB-CRM)
Marta Pujol

Coordinator of the project "Genetic engineering for a sustainable food production" (CRAG)
Tomas Marques

Director of the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE)
Miquel A. Pericàs

Director of the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ)
Alicia Sánchez

Coordinator of the project "Uncovering the hidden diversity of the oceans" (IBE)
Marta Rivera

Faculty of Health Sciences and Welfare, Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya
Ramon Gomis

Scientist Emeritus at the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS)
Roberto Rubio

Coordinator of the project "Can computers do math? An approach through axiomatric geometry" (UAB-CRM)
Boris Bourdoncle (ICFO)

Coordinator of the project "It's a Quantum World!" (ICFO)
Irma Roig

Coordinator of the project "Genetic engineering for a sustainable food production" (CRAG)
Lydia Giménez-Llort

Coordinator of the research project " The neurobiology of trauma: effects on behavior and brain function " (INc)
Albert Cañellas Solé

Junior Research Engineer at BSC Degree in Biotechnology by Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). Degree in Computer Engineering by Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). Master in Bioinformatics and Biostatistics by Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC).
Andreu Riera (GIQ - UAB)

Coordinator of the project "It's a Quantum World! " (ICFO)
Josep Maria Cruzado

Coordinator of the project " Unravelling the clues of kidney transplantation success " (HUB).
Josep Samitier

Director of the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)
José Ramón Galán

Renowned researcher of the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ)
Jaume Biarnés

Alícia Foundation. Responsible for the area of Food Heritage and Sustainability
Zahra Raissi (ICFO)

Coordinator of the project "It's a Quantum World!" (ICFO)
Pablo Menéndez

PhD in Biochemistry at the Department of Medicine in the University of Salamanca (Spain). Postdoctoral training in stem cell biology at Mick Bhatia Laboratory (Canada) and in childhood leukemia at Mel Greaves Laboratory (UK). Director of the Andalusian Stem Cell Bank (Spain) and Principal...
Marc Güell Cargol

Renowned researcher of DCEXS-UPF
Teresa Adell

Coordinator of the research project " Planarian stem cells: the genetics of immortality" (UB)
Martí Municoy

Coordinator of the project " Protein engineering to improve plastic-degrading enzymes " (BSC).
Elena Fusari

Coordinator of the project " Drosophila as a model organism to study the intricate paths of tumorigenesis " (IRB).
Ana Robles Martín

Degree in Biochemistry by Universidad de Sevilla (US). Master in Bioinformatics by Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB). PhD student in Biotechnology by Universitat de Barcelona (UB).
Alberto Pérez

Coordinator of the project "Uncovering the hidden diversity of the oceans" (IBE)
Romain Quidant

Renowned researcher of the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) and coordinator of the project " NanoLight: light and matter at the nanoscale "
Patricia Suárez Ara

Coordinator of the research project "Facing the 6 th mass extinction: new tools for biodiversity conservation" (IBE)
Nieves Lorenzo

Coordinator of the project "Taking a closer look at DNA: using sequencing to explore evolution and biodiversity" (CRG)
Lukas Heller

Coordinator of the project " Quantum physics: a tool for new upcoming technologies " (ICFO)
Martine Bosman

Renowned researcher of the Institute of High Energy Physics (IFAE)
Ivan Supic (ICFO)

Coordinator of the project "It's a Quantum World!" (ICFO)
Samuele Grandi

Coordinator of the project " Quantum physics: a tool for new upcoming technologies " (ICFO)
Laura Hernández Eguía

Coordinator of the project " P hotochemistry: hands on training in molecular spectroscopy" (ICIQ)
Maria Alejandra Ortega

Coordinator of the project " Organ-on-a-chip development: a new model for muscular diseases testing " (IBEC)
Javier Argüello Luengo

Coordinator of the project " Quantum physics: a tool for new upcoming technologies " (ICFO)
Vicky Vouloutsi

Coordinator of the project "Neuro-robotics as a tool to understand the brain" (SPECS)
Francesc Vigués

Coordinator of the project " Unravelling the clues of kidney transplantation success " (HUB).
Cèsar Sierra

Coordinator of the project " Studying neurodegenerative diseases through the eye of molecular biology " (CRG)
Soledad Pérez

Coordinator of the project "Instructive biomaterials for regenerative medicine" (IBEC)
Elias Campo

Director of Research at the Hospital Clínic, the IDIBAPS and the Clinical Foundation for Biomedical Research and professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Barcelona University
Martí Berenguer (GIQ - UAB)

Coordinator of the project "It's a Quantum World!" (ICFO)
Paul Verschure

Director of the Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems Laboratory (SPECS)
Salvador Carranza

Director of the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE)
Manel Esteller Badosa

M.D., Ph.D from the Universitat de Barcelona and researcher at Johns Hopkins, where his work was decisive in establishing promoter hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes. Leader of the CNIO Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory and the Director of the Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program in Barcelona...
Francesc Cebrià

PhD in Biology in 2000, Associate professor at the Faculty of Biology (University of Barcelona) More than 40 publications related to planarians Principal investigator of 5 consecutive projects since 2008, focused on planarian regeneration
Damiana Álvarez

PhD. In Life Sciences at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain). Postdoctoral fellow at IDIBAPS and IDIBELL’s Cancer Epigenetic and Biology Program. Research Associate and Head of Genomics Unit at the Josep Carreras Institute.
Iñaki Ruiz

Renowned researcher of the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE)
Laia Pellejà

Coordinator of the project " Continuous flow chemistry: the laboratory of the future " (ICIQ)
Jordi Garcia Fernández

Director of the department of Genetics, Microbiology and statistics at University of Barcelona (UB)
Rubén Muñoz Tafalla

Degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology by Universtitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). Master in Condensed Matter Physics and Biological Systems (specialization in Biophysics) by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) PhD student in Biotechnology by Universitat de Barcelona (UB)