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Chemistry that changes society. Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) is a CERCA centre and member of BIST and SOMMa.
Today is the international #HuggingDay!

We’ve taken the chance to celebrate it the ICIQ way: by matching different types of hugs with different types of chemical bonds.

From covalent to ionic, metallic or hydrogen bonding — every hug has its chemistry. Discover them all!
January 21, 2026 at 9:02 AM
#ICIQJobs

👩🏻‍🔬 Looking for an exciting research opportunity in one of the leading scientific research institutes?

🙌🏼 Join Dr. Elisabet Romero’s Group as Postdoctoral Researcher.

Apply 👉🏼 careers.iciq.org/jobs/7060045...

@cerca.cat @bist.eu @sommalliance.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 8:54 AM
#ICIQSeminar

➡️ "Synthesis of Hypervalent Iodine Reagents Containing Nitrogen Functional Groups and Their Use in Amination Reactions" by Prof. Kensuke Kiyokawa from University of Osaka, Japan

📅 26/01/2026
🕛 12:00 h
📍 ICIQ Auditorium

Info 🔗 iciq.org/event/prof-k...

🔵Sponsored by @basf.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 9:35 AM
#ICIQJobs

📣 Fellowships for the Training of Pre-doctoral Researchers

🔸 Postgraduate students worldwide to support their participation in a training and research programme in chemistry, ultimately leading to a Doctoral Thesis.

🔗 careers.iciq.org/jobs/6883256...

@cerca.cat @bist.eu #SOMM_alliance
January 19, 2026 at 8:35 AM
#ICIQJobs

🔸 Software Engineer to join our Digitalisation team

💻 Work alongside the project team designing and building technical solutions that enable FAIR/Open Science and a fully digital research environment

🔗 careers.iciq.org/jobs/6940500...

@sommalliance.bsky.social @bist.eu @cerca.cat
January 16, 2026 at 11:39 AM
#ICIQNews

👥 ICIQ joins TERRA-MED, a new doctoral programme that will train researchers to address climate and environmental challenges in Mediterranean regions.

👩🏻‍🔬ICIQ will host two doctoral fellows and contribute to training activities.

Read more 🔗 iciq.org/new/iciq-joi...
ICIQ joins the TERRA-MED doctoral programme to train researchers in sustainability and climate resilience - ICIQ
16th January 2026 – ICIQ is one of the implementing partners in TERRA-MED, a new doctoral programme that will train 33 early-stage researchers to address major climate and environmental challenges in ...
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January 16, 2026 at 9:53 AM
#ICIQPhD

🎓 恭喜 Huihui Zhang from Prof. Ruben Martin's group

➡️Today she defended her thesis on "Nickel Catalysis as an Enabling Vehicle for C–H and C–C Functionalization"

Read more🔗 iciq.org/new/%e6%81%a...

@cerca.cat @bist.eu @sommalliance.bsky.social
恭喜 Huihui Zhang! - ICIQ
15th January 2026 – Huihui Zhang a PhD stuent under Prof. Ruben Martin’s supervision has successfully defended her thesis entitled “Nickel Catalysis as an Enabling Vehicle for C–H and C–C Functionaliz...
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January 15, 2026 at 1:32 PM
#ICIQOutreach

🔵Torna el #BlaudePrússia

➡️Avui parlarem del repte de la #descarbonització amb Júlia Viladoms i Emilio Palomares

🎧12.30 h
📻96.7

Amb la col·laboració de Tarragona Ràdio

#FEDERcat
January 15, 2026 at 6:58 AM
#ICIQInstitutional

👐We welcome three PhD students selected through the FPI-ICIQ 2024 Programme funded by @CienciaGob and #ESFPlus

➡️They start their doctoral research in catalysis, supramolecular chemistry and biosensing

Read more🔗 iciq.org/new/iciq-wel...

@cerca.cat @bist.eu
ICIQ welcomes new PhD students through the FPI–ICIQ 2024 programme - ICIQ
14th January 2026 – Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) welcomes new PhD students selected through the FPI–ICIQ 2024 call, funded by Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universi...
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January 14, 2026 at 12:56 PM
#ICIQPhD

📚 Thesis defense by Huihui Zhang from Prof. Martin's group

➡️Nickel Catalysis as an Enabling Vehicle for C–H and C–C Functionalization

📅TOMORROW 🕥10.30 h

Info🔗 iciq.org/event/nickel...

@cerca.cat @bist.eu @sommalliance.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 7:05 AM
#ICIQSeminar

🙌 Thank you Prof. Rosa Palacín from @icmabcsic.bsky.social for delivering a seminar about the current state-of-the-art in post-Li battery chemistries.

🔵 Also thanks to our seminar sponsor @basf.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
#ICIQSeminar

➡️ "Back to the future: beyond Li-ion batteries" by Prof. Rosa Palacín from @icmabcsic.bsky.social 

📅 TODAY
🕛 12:00 h
📍 ICIQ Auditorium

Info 🔗 https://iciq.org/event/prof-rosa-palacin/

🔵Sponsored by @basf.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 7:01 AM
#ICIQEquality

🟣To the Mothers of Science 2026 programme is now open

➡️Supported by @bist.eu this initiative recognises and supports women researchers who combine scientific excellence with motherhood

📅Deadline to apply 23 January!

Info🔗 bist.eu/talent/mothe...
📢 Applications are open for the BIST To the Mothers of Science programme!

👉 €400 monthly salary top-up for 1 year
👉 Group coaching to support professional growth & leadership development

👩‍👦For #BISTCommunity women with children
🗓️ Deadline January 23 2026
🔗 bist.eu/talent/mothe...
#equity #diversity
January 9, 2026 at 1:33 PM
#ICIQSeminar

➡️ "Back to the future: beyond Li-ion batteries" by Prof. Rosa Palacín from @icmabcsic.bsky.social

📅13/01/2026
🕛12:00 h
📍ICIQ Auditorium

Info 🔗 iciq.org/event/prof-r...

🔵Sponsored by @basf.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 10:58 AM
#ICIQOutreach

🌱 Amb l'any nou, estrenem una sèrie de vídeos sobre elements químics i plantes, en col·laboració amb #LaTerrapeutica

👏Amb el suport del @recercauniscat.bsky.social (Ajuts als centres de recerca per a actuacions de foment i ús de la llengua catalana en l'àmbit de recerca)
January 9, 2026 at 10:05 AM
#ICIQJobs

✨ New year, new career opportunities!

🔸 Don’t miss the second call for the ICIQ Severo Ochoa Predoctoral Fellowships 2025.
🔸 8 multidisciplinary research projects.

Last days, apply now 👉🏼 careers.iciq.org/jobs/6678086...

@cerca.cat @bist.eu @sommalliance.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 11:14 AM
#ICIQNews 🏆 Two ICIQ projects have been awarded funding in the Proyectos de Prueba de Concepto 2025 call.

🔬 HYAVOP managed by Prof. JR Galán-Mascarós and MAC-EDIT led by Prof. Rubén Martín will advance research results towards market-oriented applications.

Read more 📎 iciq.org/new/two-iciq...
Two ICIQ projects awarded funding in the 2025 AEI “Proyectos de Prueba de Concepto” call - ICIQ
18th December 2025 – The Spanish State Research Agency (AEI) has awarded funding to two ICIQ initiatives under the 2025 Proyectos de Prueba de Concepto call, a programme aimed at accelerating the tran...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
#ICIQJobs

🔸 Looking for an exciting opportunity?

We are seeking a hands-on Software Engineer to join ICIQ’s Digitalisation team

Apply 👉🏼 careers.iciq.org/jobs/6940500...

@sommalliance.bsky.social @cerca.cat @bist.eu
December 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#ICIQNews

🤖 ICIQ participates in the 2AID project to advance AI-driven chemical discovery.

🔬 Leading two subprojects, ICIQ researchers will combine AI and robotics to discover new sustainable fuels, materials and CO₂ technologies.

Read more 📎 iciq.org/new/iciq-adv...
ICIQ advances AI-powered research with participation in a collaborative project funded by the State Research Agency (AEI) - ICIQ
16th December 2025 – The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) will participate in an awarded collaborative project under the 2025 “Proyectos de Investigación en el Ámbito de la Inteligen...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
#ICIQNews

💊 ICIQ joins Oniria and @vhio.bsky.social to advance ONR-001, an innovative therapy targeting resistant colorectal cancer.

⏩ Awarded €1.7M from @CienciaGob & the EU, the project aims to complete the steps needed to reach first clinical trials.

More info 📎 iciq.org/new/oniria-t...
Oniria Therapeutics, VHIO and ICIQ awarded over €1.7 million from Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation to advance drug targeting resistant colon cancer - ICIQ
15th December 2025 – Biopharmaceutical company Oniria Therapeutics, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) and Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ) will work together on the regulatory pr...
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December 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
#ICIQPhD

🎓 ¡Felicidades Dr. Gimeno from Prof. Marcos García Suero Group!

➡️Today he has defended his thesis entitled "Stereoselective Single-Carbon Insertion into C–C Bonds by Carbynoid Species"

More🔗 iciq.org/new/felicida...

@cerca.cat @bist.eu
¡Felicidades, Dr. Gimeno Alfonso! - ICIQ
11th December 2025 – Dr. Gimeno, doctoral candidate under the supervision of Prof. Marcos García Suero, has successfully defended his PhD thesis. The dissertation, entitled Stereoselective Single-Carb...
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December 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
#ICIQPhD

📚 Thesis defense by Valero Gimeno Alfonso from Prof. Marcos García Suero's goup

➡️"Stereoselective Single-Carbon Insertion into C–C Bonds by Carbynoid Species"

📅Tomorrow 🕚11.00h

Info🔗 iciq.org/event/stereo...
Stereoselective Single-Carbon Insertion into C–C Bonds by Carbynoid Species - ICIQ
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December 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#ICIQJobs

🔝 ICIQ is hiring a Project Researcher to work at the CRYSFORMA unit.

🔸 Work on the solid state development, characterization and scale-up of crystallization process of pharmaceutical candidates.

Apply 👉🏼 careers.iciq.org/jobs/6855625...

@cerca.cat @bist.eu @sommalliance.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
#ICIQJobs

🔬 ICIQ is hiring a Project Researcher in Synthetic Organic Chemistry

💊 Join our Innovation and Valorisation Laboratory to develop processes and design new synthetic strategies for pharmaceutical candidates

Apply 👉 careers.iciq.org/jobs/6855609...

@cerca.cat @bist.eu #SOMM_alliance
December 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
#ICIQJobs

⚠️ Looking for an exciting research opportunity? Come join us at ICIQ!

🔸 Project Researcher ICIQ - Innovation and Valorisation Laboratory

Apply now 👉🏼 careers.iciq.org/jobs/6822929...

@cerca.cat @bist.eu @sommalliance.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM