The Basque Science Minister visits nanoGUNE
The Minister for Science, Universities, and Innovation of the Basque Government, Juan Ignacio Perez, and the Deputy Minister for Universities and Research, Adolfo Morais, have visited CIC nanoGUNE. The representatives of the new department of the Basque Government met Jose M. Pitarke and Javier Martinez Ojinaga, Director-General and President of nanoGUNE respectively, and had the opportunity to get a close look at the course and projection of the Basque center on nanoscience and nanotechnology.
During the meeting, nanoGUNE's Director presented the two new research groups opened in 2024: one dedicated to the field of advanced therapeutic and diagnostic technologies through the creation of miniaturized solutions and specialized in gynecology and infertility challenges, and the other focused on the development of quantum hardware based on semiconductor technology. With these two lines, nanoGUNE completes its capabilities to continue as a reference in three strategic areas: quantum nanoscience, nanomaterials, and nanomedicine. In addition, they were able to review the expansion plans of the center with the construction of a new tower, planned for 2025, where quantum hardware will be developed in the framework of a collaboration with the British scale-up company Quantum Motion.