The Bioinfo4Women programme at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) is proud to welcome a cohort of outstanding international researchers through the Severo Ochoa Women Fellowship during 2026. This initiative brings world-class scientists to the Life Sciences Department to foster scientific exchange, collaboration, and gender equity in computational biology.
18 Researchers · 13 Countries · 300+ days of scientific exchange
The Severo Ochoa Excellence Programme recognises research centres of outstanding scientific quality in Spain. At BSC, the fellowship supports women researchers at all career stages: from postdoctoral scientists to established group leaders, working across bioinformatics, machine learning, multi-omics, structural biology, and responsible AI.
| Researcher | Institution | Visit dates | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terhi Päivikki Esko | University of Helsinki, Finland | 22 Jan – 12 Feb 2026 | Completed |
| Rocío Espada | Univ. of Buenos Aires / IFIBYNE, Argentina | 2 – 28 Feb 2026 | Completed |
| Garima Singh | University of Padova, Italy | 9 – 17 Feb 2026 | Completed |
| Verónica de Pinho Mixao | Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Portugal | 18 – 29 May 2026 | Completed |
| Irene Consuelo Julca Chávez | Aarhus University (QGG), Denmark | 25 May – 5 Jun 2026 | Completed |
| Sabine Oertelt-Prigione | Radboud Univ. / Univ. of Bielefeld, NL/DE | 26 – 29 May 2026 | Completed |
| Burcu Bakır-Güngör | Abdullah Gul University, Turkey | 15 Jun – 7 Aug 2026 | Upcoming |
| Mónica Cano Abadía | BBMRI-ERIC / Univ. of Graz, Austria | 15 Jun – 3 Jul 2026 | Upcoming |
| Sushma Nagaraja Grellscheid | Univ. of Bergen / ELIXIR Norway | 21 Jun – 9 Jul 2026 | Upcoming |
| Magdalena Masłoń | Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Poland | 25 Jun – 22 Jul 2026 | Upcoming |
| Macha Nikolski | CNRS – Inst. de Génétique Cellulaire, France | 28 Jun – 3 Jul 2026 | Upcoming |
| Alba Lepore | Univ. of Basel / Biozentrum, Switzerland | 6 Jul – 5 Aug 2026 | Upcoming |
| María Rodríguez | TBC | Jul – Aug 2026 | TBC |
| Ana Niarakis | Univ. of Toulouse / INRAE, France | 14–25 Sep · 2–13 Nov 2026 | Upcoming |
| Maria Klapa | FORTH/ICE-HT, Patras, Greece | 26 Oct – 20 Nov 2026 | Upcoming |
| Cátia Pesquita | Univ. of Lisbon / LASIGE, Portugal | TBC | TBC |
| Franca Fraternali | UCL / Inst. of Structural & Molecular Biology, UK | TBC | TBC |
| Monique van der Wijst | UMC Groningen, Netherlands | TBC | TBC |
This fellowship is part of BSC’s commitment to gender equality in science funded by the Severo Ochoa Grant.
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