BCMaterials shows its work in additive manufacturing at the 'First Lego League' event
BCMaterials presented its research work on new materials through additive manufacturing within the framework of one of the 'First Lego League' tournaments that took place in the Basque Country on March 2. We participated in the science and technology stands that were installed at the Vitoria-Gasteiz tournament, organized by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).
BCMaterials joins the Emakumeak Zientzian initiative
BCMaterials has participated since this year as one of the coordinating entities of the Emakumeak Zientzian (Women in Science) initiative. As a result of a collective effort, Emakumeak Zientzian annually develops an extensive program of activities around the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This year Emakumeak Zientzian reaches its eighth edition offering more than 60 activities including visits, workshops, talks and round tables, exhibitions, film screenings, STEM training...
BCMaterials participation in the UPV/EHU Science Week
BCMaterials participated prominently in 'Science Week' 2023, organized by the UPV/EHU, which took place from November 8 to 12. During those five days, the center organized a stand ('science corner’) at the Bizkaia Aretoa in Bilbao, which received hundreds of visitors, mainly students and families.
TV3 echoes Juan Pablo Esquivel’s work on ecodesigned batteries
The TV3 (Catalonian television) program 'Kanviem?', dedicated to the consequences of climate change, features in its episode entitled “Electronic waste” the research in ecodesigned batteries developed by the group of Juan Pablo Esquivel, Ikerbasque Research Associate at BCMaterials.
BCMaterials collaborates with the Zientziaz Blai outreach event
BCMaterials, as part of its work to support and develop scientific outreach, collaborates for another year with Zientziaz Blai. This event, organized by the Logos Elkartea association, seeks to bring scientific knowledge to neighbourhoods where, for various reasons, the cultural offer does not reach.
Outstanding presence of BCMaterials at the Europe Open Day in Brussels
BCMaterials had an outstanding participation in the Europe Open Day celebrated in Brussels in early May as ambassadors of the MSCA-RISE Action in the Water and Oceans Missions stand at the event. Our researchers Roberto Fernández de Luis, María Calles and Leire Celaya represented our center, which acts as secondee and coordinator of the INDESMOF-RISE-MSCA action and partners of Tailing23Green and SOLARSENIC projects.
Fangyuan Zheng, awarded at the EU TalentON event for a project for detecting and monitoring microplastics in the sea
Fangyuan Zheng, pre-doctoral researcher at BCMaterials, has been one of the young scientists awarded at EU TalentON, an event held from September 14 to 18 in Leiden (The Netherlands). This initiative brought together a hundred researchers from different countries to provide solutions for the five missions included in the Horizon Europe program of the European Union. These missions contribute to achieving the objectives of the European Green Deal, the European Plan to Fight Cancer and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Three BCMaterials researchers, among the 100 young scientists to participate in the TalentON European Event
From September 14 to 18, BCMaterials researchers Leire Celaya, Amaia Zarandona and Fangyuan Zheng will participate in EU TalentON, an event organized by the European Union that will bring together a hundred young scientists from different countries in Leiden (The Netherlands) to contribute with solutions for the five missions included in the Horizon Europe programme.