Synopsis

  • The electric brain: a dialog full of promises

    Breakthroughs in knowledge and technology mean we’re seeing a boom in neuroscience. The prefix "neuro" has invaded nearly every area of our vocabulary, and society demands constantly updated information on developments in this field and their ever more widespread applications. Some of the top global experts in the field presented their work at this B·Debate –an initiative of Biocat and the "la Caixa" Foundation to promote scientific debate– co-organized by IDIBAPS.Read more

  • Domesticated plants, food for the future

    The production of food (mainly grains) will have to increase 70% to feed the more than 9 billion people on the planet by 2050, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Top global experts in agrigenomics presented their work in this field at B·Debate, an initiative of Biocat and the “la Caixa” Foundation to promote scientific debate, in conjunction with the Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) and with support from the National Science Foundation (United States).Read more