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Discover the 13 Science and Tech Projects offered in the 2022 Edition of BIYSC!

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Students

Science 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!

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

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

Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)

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

La Salle R&D - URL

Protein engineering to improve plastic-degrading enzymes

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)

The medicine behind organ transplantation

Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB)

Planarian stem cells: the genetics of immortality

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

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)

Photochemistry: Hands on training in molecular spectroscopy

Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ)

Cosmic rays' detection: astrophysics at your fingertips

Institute of High Energy Physics (IFAE)

The neurobiology of trauma: effects on behavior and brain function

Institute of Neurosciences (INc)

Quantum physics: a tool for new upcoming technologies

Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO)

“Having healthy eating habits is essential to prevent the development of diseases like diabetes and obesity, so join us to find how to influence our lifestyle through cuisine. ”

Elena Roura

Meet the experts

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

Joaquim Palacio

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

Leandro Madrazo

Renowned researcher at La Salle-URV

Nieves Lorenzo

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

Joan J. Guinovart

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

Zahra Raissi (ICFO)

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

Renowned researcher of the Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems Lab (SPECS)
Núria Ros

Coordinator of the project "Uncovering the hidden diversity of the oceans" (IBE)
Javier Ramon

Renowned researcher at IBEC
Raül Andero

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

Renowned researcher at August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute - IDIBAPS
Gorka Muñoz

Coordinator of the project " Quantum physics: a tool for new upcoming technologies " (ICFO)
Josep Maria Campistol

Director of Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
Jordi Garcia Fernández

Director of the department of Genetics, Microbiology and statistics at University of Barcelona (UB)
Vicky Vouloutsi

Coordinator of the project "Neuro-robotics as a tool to understand the brain" (SPECS)
Boris Bourdoncle (ICFO)

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

Director of the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE)
Pep Amengual

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

Coordinator of the project " Computational study of coffee compounds for cancer prevention" (BSC)
Ferran Sancho

Coordinator of the project " Computational study of coffee compounds for cancer prevention" (BSC)
Patricia Suárez Ara

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

Coordinator of the project " Studying neurodegenerative diseases through the eye of molecular biology " (CRG)
Víctor Guallar

Renowned researcher of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC).
Ignacio Javier Marín Blasco

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

Coordinator of the research project " Planarian stem cells: the genetics of immortality" (UB)
Sergi Rodà

Coordinator of the project " Protein engineering to improve plastic-degrading enzymes " (BSC).
José Ramón Galán

Renowned researcher of the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ)
Joan Francesc Gilabert

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

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

Director of the Institute of High Energy Physics (IFAE)
Romain Quidant

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

Renowned researcher of the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)
Leonardo Platania

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

Coordinator of the project "Uncovering the hidden diversity of the oceans" (IBE)
John Calsamiglia (GIQ - UAB)

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

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

Director of the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)
Josep Maria Cruzado

Coordinator of the project " Unravelling the clues of kidney transplantation success " (HUB).
Federica Beduini

Coordinator of the project " Quantum physics: a tool for new upcoming technologies " (ICFO)
Martí Berenguer (GIQ - UAB)

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

Renowned researcher at La Salle-URV
Carlos Abellán

Renowned researcher of Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO)
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...
Carles Lalueza-Fox

Renowned researcher of the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE)
Fabiola Juárez

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

Alícia Foundation’s Director
Carles Pérez

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

Coordinator of the project " Quantum physics: a tool for new upcoming technologies " (ICFO)
Joan J. Guinovart

Emeritus professor at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB)
Gemma Isabel Martínez

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

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

Coordinator of the project "Uncovering the hidden diversity of the oceans" (IBE)
Irma Roig

Coordinator of the project "Genetic engineering for a sustainable food production" (CRAG)
Joaquim Palacio

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

Coordinator of the project " NanoLight: light and matter at the nanoscale " (ICFO)
Mariana Muzzopappa

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

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

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

PhD in Biology in 2000, Associate professor at the Faculty of Biology (University of Barcelona) Involved in several publications and projects related to Planarians Vice-dean of the Faculty of Biology in charge of Quality, Innovation and Professionalization of Teaching
Ramon Gomis

Scientist Emeritus at the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS)
Paul Verschure

Director of the Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems Laboratory (SPECS)
Marta Pujol

Coordinator of the project "Genetic engineering for a sustainable food production" (CRAG)
Lukas Heller

Coordinator of the project " Quantum physics: a tool for new upcoming technologies " (ICFO)
José Luis Riechmann

Director of the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)
Celia Santos

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

Director of the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE)
David Comas

Director of the Department of Experimental and Health Sciences - Universitat Pompeu Fabra (DCEXS-UPF).
Marta Gil (GIQ - UAB)

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

Coordinator of the project " Continuous flow chemistry: the laboratory of the future " (ICIQ)
Sílvia Fornalé

Coordinator of the project "Genetic engineering for a sustainable food production" (CRAG)
Josep Ferrando

Coordinator of the project "Inhabiting Gaudí" (LaSalle-URV)
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).
Francesc Posas

Director of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB)
Francesc Vigués

Coordinator of the project " Unravelling the clues of kidney transplantation success " (HUB).
Emilio Pisanty

Coordinator of the project " Quantum physics: a tool for new upcoming technologies " (ICFO)
Marc Güell Cargol

Renowned researcher of DCEXS-UPF
Martí Municoy

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

Coordinator of the project " Studying neurodegenerative diseases through the eye of molecular biology " (CRG)
Jordi Garcia-Mas

Renowned researcher of the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)
Marco Milán

Renowned researcher of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB)
Adriana Gálvez

Coordinator of the project " Medicine and nutrition: a two-sided strategy to tackle diabetes and obesity "
Laura Hernández Eguía

Coordinator of the project " P hotochemistry: hands on training in molecular spectroscopy" (ICIQ)
Lydia Giménez-Llort

Coordinator of the research project " The neurobiology of trauma: effects on behavior and brain function " (INc)
Andreu Riera (GIQ - UAB)

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

Renowned researcher of the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE)
Javier Macía

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

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

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

Director of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC).
Soledad Pérez

Coordinator of the project "Instructive biomaterials for regenerative medicine" (IBEC)
Jesús Giraldo

Director of the Institute of Neurosciences (INc)
Ivan Supic (ICFO)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Faculty of Health Sciences and Welfare, Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya
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
Esther Alza

Renowned researcher from ICIQ
Mattia Menchetti

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

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

Coordinator of the research project " Planarian stem cells: the genetics of immortality" (UB)
Javier Argüello Luengo

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)
Àlvar Agustí

Renowned researcher at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
Paola Galbany

Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Welfare of Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya
Luis Serrano

Director of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)
Fátima Gebauer

Renowned researcher of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)
Daniel Guberman

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

Director of the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ)
Albert Garcia

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

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

Coordinator of the project " NanoLight: light and matter at the nanoscale " (ICFO)
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)
Elena Fusari

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

Associated researcher of the project " Medicine and nutrition: a two-sided strategy to tackle diabetes and obesity "
Rosa Maria Alsina-Pagès

Director of La Salle R&D - URV │ Coordinator of the project "Inhabiting Gaudí (LaSalle-URV
Martine Bosman

Renowned researcher of the Institute of High Energy Physics (IFAE)
Jaume Biarnés

Alícia Foundation. Responsible for the area of Food Heritage and Sustainability
Míriam Torres

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

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

Director of the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO)