“Avanza la búsqueda de medicinas personalizadas, incluso para los resfriados”
Àngels López
Safe nanomotors propelled by sugar
Researchers at IBEC and their collaborators have made a breakthrough in nanomotors for applications in medicine by developing the first ever fully biocompatible self-propelling particles that are powered by enzymes that consume biological fuels, such as glucose.
In Nanoletters today, IBEC group leader and ICREA research professor Samuel Sánchez and his collaborators at Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS), the University of Tübingen and the MPI for Solid State Research, describe their fabrication of enzyme-powered synthetic nanomotors that overcome the disadvantages of current systems by being both biocompatible and powered by biologically benign fuels.
Tècnic en Processat de Senyal (Ref. PS-SM)
Application Deadline: 15/10/2015
Ref: PS-SM
El grup de Signal and Information Processing for Sensing Systems de l’Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC) requereix incorporar un/-a Tècnic de Recerca per a un projecte industrial en l’àmbit del desenvolupament de detectors químics intel·ligents.
Administratiu/va Comptable (Ref. TC-AG)
Application Deadline: 23/10/2015 — EXTENDED DEADLINE: 15/11/2015 —
Ref: TC-AG
L’Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC) requereix incorporar un/-a Tècnic Comptable.
“La física nos podrá enseñar a detener la progresión del cáncer”
Integrative Cell and Tissue Dynamics group leader and ICREA research professor Xavier Trepat has been profiled in El País, where he discusses how combining physics and biology can open new roads to discovering mechanisms that can help us overcome disease, regenerate organs and improve ageing.
Integrative Cell and Tissue Dynamics group leader and ICREA research professor Xavier Trepat has been profiled in El País, where he discusses how combining physics and biology can open new roads to discovering mechanisms that can help us overcome disease, regenerate organs and improve ageing.Secretary of State visits IBEC
This morning IBEC had the chance to show off its research facilities and investigators to Carmen Vela, Spain’s secretary of state for research, development and innovation.
After inaugurating the IBEC-organized B·Debate on “Future Tools for Biomedical Research” at CosmoCaixa at the beginning of the day, Mrs. Vela was taken on a tour of IBEC’s laboratories, where she chatted with heads of research groups – including Nuria Monserrat, Samuel Sanchez, Elena Martinez, Eli Engel, Lorenzo Albertazzi and Pau Gorostiza – about their work. Afterwards, Mrs. Vela enjoyed morning coffee with IBEC’s directorate and several more group leaders.
PhD Positions in Nano-Micro Robotics (Ref. NM-SS)
Application Deadline: 15/11/2015
Ref: NM-SS
The Smart Nano-Bio Devices group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for predoctoral candidates to develop the PhD thesis in Chemical Micro-Nanomotors.
The busiest week of the year
Next week will be a full one at IBEC, with several important events on the agenda.
Next week will be a full one at IBEC, with several important events on the agenda.Monday 28th September will see the arrival of Scientific Advisory Board for their annual two-day meeting with IBEC’s directorate. Among other things, the panel of experts from research and industry, who will be coming from as far afield as the USA and Singapore, will be reviewing the international candidates for the group leader and tenure track positions.
On Wednesday 30th September, IBEC’s 8th Annual Symposium will take place at Barcelona’s AXA auditorium.
Reaching out to the public at the Nit Europea de la Recerca
IBEC group leader and ICREA Research Professor Pau Gorostiza will be taking part in the Barcelona version of European Researcher’s Night this Friday, 25th September.
Held at the CCCB, the Nit Europea de la Recerca Barcelona will be in celebration of the Year of Light. At 20:00 Pau will take part in a round table moderated by BIOCAT on the subject of “Humans amb més llum: re-evolució humana gràcies a les noves tecnologies basades en la llum”.
Visit of HT Cluster partners to IBEC
Yesterday IBEC welcomed some of its partners from HT Cluster, a new alliance of industry, research centres and other bodies working in the health technologies sector in Catalonia, through its doors.
IBEC Director Josep Samitier and researchers Elisabeth Engel, Xavier Puñet, Lucas Pedraz, Agustín Gutiérrez and Mateu Pla gave talks to the visitors, who represented some of the businesses and other organizations that form the cluster. Afterwards, Mateu led a tour of IBEC’s facilities.