2025/06/10

CIC bioGUNE hosts international glycoscience meeting gathering researchers from the Basque Country and the Netherlands

This week, CIC bioGUNE, member of BRTA, hosted a significant international scientific meeting focused on glycoscience, bringing together around fifty researchers from the Basque Country and the Netherlands.

Held over two intensive days, the event featured scientific lectures, keynote presentations, and knowledge-sharing sessions centered on recent advances in glycan research, their biological roles, and biomedical applications. This forum fostered direct interaction between complementary scientific communities, strengthening international collaborations in a field crucial for understanding diseases such as cancer, viral infections, and immune disorders.

Participants included leading institutions such as Utrecht University, Radboud University, and Amsterdam UMC from the Netherlands, alongside CIC bioGUNE, CIC biomaGUNE, and the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). The meeting was opened and closed by Prof. Jesús Jiménez-Barbero, Ikerbasque Research Professor and Scientific Director of CIC bioGUNE.

In addition to invited talks, the program featured numerous “flash talks” and a poster session, showcasing emerging talent and highlighting ongoing research by early-career scientists.

This event reflects CIC bioGUNE’s ongoing commitment to research excellence, scientific internationalization, and the development of inclusive, collaborative research networks.

About CIC bioGUNE
The Centre for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), member of the Basque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA), located in the Bizkaia Technology Park, is a biomedical research organization conducting cutting-edge research at the interface between structural, chemical, molecular and cell biology, with a particular focus on generating knowledge on the molecular bases of disease, for use in the development of new diagnostic methods and advanced therapies.

About Ikerbasque
Ikerbasque - Basque Foundation for Science - is the result of an initiative of the Department of Education of the Basque Government that aims to reinforce the commitment to scientific research by attracting, recovering and consolidating excellent researchers from all over the world. Currently, it is a consolidated organization that has 290 researchers/s, who develop their work in all fields of knowledge.

About BRTA
BRTA is an alliance of 4 collaborative research centres (CIC bioGUNE, CIC nanoGUNE, CIC biomaGUNE y CIC energiGUNE) and 13 technology centres (Azterlan, Azti, Ceit, Cidetec, Gaiker, Ideko, Ikerlan, Leartiker, Lortek, Neiker, Tecnalia, Tekniker y Vicomtech) with the main objective of developing advanced technological solutions for the Basque corporate fabric.

With the support of the Basque Government, the SPRI Group and the Provincial Councils of the three territories, the alliance seeks to promote collaboration between the research centres, strengthen the conditions to generate and transfer knowledge to companies, contributing to their competitiveness and outspreading the Basque scientific-technological capacity abroad.

BRTA has a workforce of over 4,000 professionals, executes 22% of the Basque Country's R&D investment, registers an annual turnover of more than 300 million euros and generates 100 European and international patents per year.

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