Last week, we celebrated PhD Day, providing our predoctoral researchers with a great opportunity to share their work, exchange ideas, and connect with colleagues from across the center.
The event, organized by the Research Associates in the center as part of the PhD training program and promoted by the Training Committee, featured oral presentations, a poster session, and a talk on career paths by Dr. Marcos Navascuez from BioTech Foods S.L., a former PhD student at CIC biomaGUNE.
The day concluded with the announcement of the winners of the PhD Day awards, recognizing scientific contributions, as well as the winners of our annual art contest.
PhD Day 2026 Award Winners:
•    Best Talk (PhD Students’ Choice): Patricia Fraga
•    Best Talk (Committee’s Choice): Rocío Cárdenas-Pérez
•    Best Poster (PhD Students’ Choice): Niranjana Subrahmanian
•    Best Poster (Committee’s Choice): Aitor Harismendy Ortega
•    Best Question: Rocío Cárdenas-Pérez
•    Best Answer: María Gómez Martínez
Art Contest 2026 Winners:
•    1st Prize – Scientific Photography: Aitor Harismendy Ortega, “A Star Is Born”
•    2nd Prize – Scientific Photography: Eva Carpintero Cueto, “ROS in HeLa Cells”
•    1st Prize – Photo Montage: Laura Pérez Fernández, “Spider-Mind”
•    2nd Prize – Photo Montage: Laura Fallert, “The Starry Night Through the Microscope”