“The strength of the BIST lies in the scientific excellence of its centers, joining forces allows for a multidisciplinary approach to the large-scale challenges facing research today”
Miquel A. Pericàs, Director of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) and of the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) was featured last week in an interview for Biocat.
In the interview, Dr. Pericàs talks about the strength and success of BIST, which comes from the scientific excellence of its centres (CRG, ICFO, ICIQ, ICN2, IFAE, IRBB) and the critical mass that has been gained through combining these centres and their resources. He also talks about the BIST strategic research areas (chemical biology, graphene, big data, and microscopy), the BIST Founding Conference, and outlooks for the future.
The full article can be found here.