Let’s start using REDCap!
Let's start using REDCap! The BiSC project has been around for a long time. The work done by the whole team is impressive, but there is still a long way to go; and because we want to excel day after day and work in the most productive and agile way possible, we always think of new tools and methods to improve the project. The amount of data collected [...]
The latest BiSCAPE campaign begins!
The latest BiSCAPE campaign begins! In previous news we have already told you about some campaigns of measures of air pollutants that we are performing at different sampling points in the BiSC study area (BiSCAPE subproject - (Barcelona Life Cohort Study Air Pollution Exposure). During these campaigns, we monitor 34 different locations, making simultaneous measurements at 10-12 points for 10 days ( we do 3 series per campaign). [...]
Introducing BiSC at the INMA 2021 Conference
Introducing BiSC at the INMA 2021 Conference On November 23 and 24, the 17th Scientific Conference of the INMA Project was held in San Sebastian. INMA (Childhood and Environment) is a research project similar to BiSC that began in 2004 collecting data from different cohorts in Spain (Sabadell, Valencia, Gipuzkoa, Ribera d'Ebre, Granada, Menorca, and Asturias). The study aims to describe and evaluate the impact of exposure during [...]
Cognitive skills study at the 18 months of age
How does the environment affect children's development? The BiSC project, in collaboration with the Language Attention, Perception and Acquisition Laboratory (APAL) of the University of Barcelona, aims to go beyond the collection of conventional clinical measures to obtain additional measures of processing and learning. The study of learning skills is important to determine the needs of each stage of children's development. This process can be analyzed from different [...]
We keep installing sonometers!
We keep installing sonometers! There are already more than 70 sonometers installed! The aim is to obtain measures for noise pollution in the homes of volunteer families, as these data could not be obtained due to confinement. This is why the baby's 6-month visit is used, which consists of collecting urine and a stool sample from the baby and measuring the child's exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) through [...]
BiSC at Montserrat!
In this week's news we bring you much more personal content! This last time, since the beginning of the pandemic, has been curious for the BiSC team: a large part of the people who make it up have been teleworking from home, so that personal contact between us has decreased . Little by little we are returning to face-to-face. Last Saturday, November 20, and thanks to the improvement [...]
We begin sequencing the microRNAs from the placenta samples from the BiSC project!
We begin sequencing the microRNAs from the placenta samples from the BiSC project! As part of the BiSC project, placenta samples have been collected on the day of birth. A total of more than 600 mothers' placenta samples were collected! Some of the main objectives of the collection of this type of sample are 1) to be able to characterize the molecular profiles of this tissue, 2) to [...]
A talk about BiSC to BREATHE students!
When two projects meet years later, BiSC and BREATHE! Today, Friday 22 October 2021, Ioar Rivas, a researcher in the BiSC project, gave a talk on the project to second-year high school students at the Sant Gregori School in Barcelona. The talk has been very enriching, and some very interesting questions and topics have come up! The most curious thing is that students in this class participated between [...]