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January 19, 2015July 4, 2014

IBEC and Israeli Ministry of Health join forces to promote nanomedicine

IBEC’s Xavier Fernández-Busquets appears in a video produced by the EU‪-‬funded‪ ERA-NET‬ project‪ EuroNanoMed‬ on “‪Drug Delivery‬:‪ The Use of Nanoparticles in Medicine‬”.

It’s the second in a series of videos featuring scientists working in the field of nanomedicine which are being produced for ‪EuroNanoMed‬ by its Israeli partner, the Chief Scientist Office of the country’s Ministry of Health (CSO-MOH).

August 31, 2015July 1, 2014

Why Alzheimer’s patients have no memory loss when the disease starts

Researchers at IBEC and the UB have discovered a new factor that participates in the lack of symptoms in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease – which is one handicap that makes the disease so hard to diagnose.

In the paper published in Molecular Neurobiology, the researchers reveal that our nervous system’s naturally protective response to the onset of Alzheimer’s may contribute to the fact that patients do not suffer memory loss until the disease has progressed further.

January 19, 2015June 30, 2014

4th Advanced Summer School taking place at IBEC this week

This week, 24 young researchers from Spain, Italy, Portugal and even further afield are at IBEC to learn about the state-of-the-art of stem cell research and regenerative medicine, as well as learning some essential lab techniques, in the fourth “Interrogations at the Biointerface” Advanced Summer School.

The Summer School, which is co-organised annually by IBEC, the Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica (INEB) and the Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUB), both in Portugal, features a stellar line-up of speakers for three days and then introduces PhD students and early postdocs to advanced experimental techniques for a day.

January 26, 2015June 30, 2014

“Implants to regenerate the brain”

The Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group has appeared on science programme ‘El problema de Gettier’. Junior group leader Elisabeth Engel talks about the group’s development of a tuned implant that could aid the regeneration of brain tissue, particularly in cases of pre- and postnatal injury.

Made by La Xarxa, the programme is broadcast on various regional TV channels at different times.

June 27, 2016June 26, 2014

Molecular mechanisms that regulate the migration of Cajal-Retzius cells during brain development shown for the first time

Researchers from IBEC and the University de Barcelona (UB), in collaboration with the Institute of Marseille Luminy, University of the Mediterranean in France and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, USA, have identified for the first time a new molecular mechanism regulating the migration of Cajal-Retzius cells in the early stages of development of the cerebral cortex, the outermost layer of the brain.

January 8, 2015June 25, 2014

“Democratizar la ciencia, acercar la nanotecnología” (Eng)

On 16 June El Mundo published an article about Barcelona’s Festa al Parc de la Ciutadella, specifically about the NanOpinion Mobile Station which was co-organised by IBEC and IrsiCaixa, as well as the nanotechnology workshop held at IBEC the following day.

January 26, 2015June 19, 2014

Alícia Casals on ‘Illa Robinson’, El Punt Avui TV

On Tuesday, Robotics group leader Alícia Casals was interviewed about her field of research in the programme ‘Illa Robinson’ on the TV channel El Punt Avui.

January 19, 2015June 19, 2014

IBEC and the municipality of Sant Feliu de Guíxols join forces to create health exhibition

On Monday 16th June IBEC signed an agreement with the council of Sant Feliu de Guíxols to work together on a new museum exhibit on the history of health and medicine in Catalunya, “Curar-se en salut”.

Sant Feliu de Guíxols’ Museu d’Història will host the exhibition, which will begin with a journey through the past to the present and future of medicine.

March 23, 2015June 11, 2014

“Ingenieros en ciencias de la vida”

In its Innovadores supplement, El Mundo devotes an article to IBEC and its three areas of application: Bioengineering for future medicine, Bioengineering for regenerative therapies, and Bioengineering for active ageing.

January 19, 2015June 11, 2014

Marie Curie IOF for IBEC researcher

Andrea Malandrino, a postdoc in IBEC’s Biomechanics and Mechanobiology group, will spend two years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship.

Andrea will work in new ISC member Roger Kamm’s Mechanobiology lab developing the “Coordination And Migration of Cells during 3D vasculogenesis” (CAMVAS) project, in which existing 3D microfluidic techniques are combined with a computational model of vasculogenesis.