Prof. Concepció Rovira, one of the winners of IUPAC 2013 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering, awarded by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, at the ceremony celebrated during the "IUPAC World Congress" held in Istanbul (Turkey) from 11 to 16 August.

NANOMOL, in collaboration with all the other partners of the EU project BERENICE, is working on the development of an improved nanotechnological version of the drug used for the treatment of Chagas disease. This new treatment is expected to improve the drug efficacy and to reduce the intrinsic side effects.

Dr. Marta Mas-Torrent, has made original contributions in the field of materials science and multifunctional materials at the interface between chemistry, physics, materials and applied science, from fundamental research to patents, towards technological applications.

Jaume Veciana, Nuria Crivillers, Marta Mas-Torrent, Concepcio Rovira, Francisco-Javier Casado, Takeshi Akasaka, Yuta Takano and Yuya Matsumoto

Chem. Commun., 2013, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC43578D

Witold I.Tatkiewicz, Joaquin Seras-Franzoso, Elena García-Fruitós, Esther Vazquez, Nora Ventosa, Karl Peebo,Imma Ratera, Antonio Villaverde,and Jaume Veciana, ACS Nano, 2013, 7 (6), pp 4774–4784, DOI: 10.1021/nn400907f

Jose Muñoz, Núria Crivillers and Marta Mas-Torrent. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201703264

Dr. Nuria Crivillers has been selected to participate in the prestigious "63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting", this year dedicated to chemistry and will be held from 30 June to 5 July in Germany.

Raphael Pfattner, Egon Pavlica, Michael Jaggi, Shi-Xia Liu, Silvio Decurtins, Gvido Bratina, Jaume Veciana, Marta Mas-Torrent* and Concepcio Rovira

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013,1, 3985-3988
DOI: 10.1039/C3TC30442F

Lidia Ferrer-Tasies, Evelyn Moreno-Calvo, Mary Cano-Sarabia, Marcel Aguilella-Arzo, Angelina Angelova, Sylviane Lesieur, Susagna Ricart, Jordi Faraudo*, Nora Ventosa*, and Jaume Veciana; Langmuir, 2013, 29 (22), pp 6519–6528

DOI: 10.1021/la4003803

The RSEQ (Real Sociedad Española de Química) Awards are given annually to researchers in recognition of their scientific contributions in the different fields of chemistry.