BSC is a recognised Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence. The Spanish Government bestows the Severo Ochoa award on national research entities considered to be the most internationally competitive in their respective fields, showing scientific leadership and whose results have had a significant impact. The recognition is accompanied by a grant of four million Euros to carry out a programme of measures aimed at further increasing the scientific and institutional strength of the awardees.
BSC first obtained the Severo Ochoa award in 2011 (SEV-2011-0067). It renewed the award in 2015 (SEV-2015-0493) for a programme developed in the period 2016-2020. The centre achieved the accreditation for a third time in 2022, to carry out a series of measures aimed at continuous improvement during the period 2023-2027.
The specific objectives of the Severo Ochoa programme are:
- Improve the capacity of high-level research centres to organize and carry out their research
- Improve their ability to attract, recruit, train and retain talent
- Create and/or consolidate their relationships with other excellent research centres
- Disseminate research results to the general public
A limited number of Severo Ochoa centres are designated each year after a rigorous selection process. At the end of their four-year accreditation period they may apply again for the award.
List of current Severo Ochoa Research Seminars
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Speakers: Speakers: Cláudia Torres Codeço, a Senior Researcher in Public Health at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz/Brazil), Ana Cláudia Rorato, Degree and Bachelor in Biological Sciences (2010) and Master in Ecology and Conservation (2013) from the Federal University of Paraná - UFPR, Ana Paula Dal’Asta, Collaborating researcher at the Laboratory for investigation of Socio-Environmental Systems (LiSS) at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in Brazil and Raquel Martins Lana, a Beatriu de Pinós Postdoctoral Fellow at the GHR-BSC.
Host: Rachel Lowe, Global Health Resilience Leading Researcher, ES, BSC
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Speakers: Thaleia Dimitra Doudali, Assistant Research Professor at IMDEA Software Institute in Madrid, Spain
Host: Marta Garcia Gasulla, Best Practices for Performance and Programmability Established Researcher, CS, BSC
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Speaker: Núria Queralt Rosinach, Leiden University Medical Center (Amsterdam)
Host: Alfonso Valencia, Life Sciences Department Director, LS, BSC
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Speakers: Speaker: Dr. Zhangxi Tan is an adjunct professor of Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI)
Host: John Davis, LOCA director and EEA group leader, CS, BSC
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Speakers:
- Dr. Oliver Morgan, Director of Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence Systems for the World Health Organization
- Philip AbdelMalik, PhD, MHSc, Epidemiologist and public health informatician, Intelligence Innovation and Integration unit at the World Health Organization’s Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence
Host: Rachel Lowe, Global Health Resilience Leading researcher, ES, BSC
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Speakers: Speaker: Andrea C. Riaño, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University and Universidad De Los Andes
Host: Josep de la Puente, Wave phenomena Group Manager, CASE, BSC
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Speakers: Speaker: Professor Guri Sohi, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Host: Miquel Moretó, High Performance Domain-Specific Architectures Associated Researcher, CS, BSC
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Speakers: Speaker: Tomás Bensadón, Fusion First Stage Researcher, CASE, BSC
Host: Mervi Mantsinen, Fusion Group Manager, CASE, BSC
