¿Y si todos tuviéramos un corazón de repuesto?
Àngels López
“Un animal teledirigido con ondas sonoras”
IBEC’s Pau Gorostiza is a quoted expert in an El Pais article about research into sonogenetics at the Salk, where researchers have produced worms with genetically modified nervous systems that can be controlled by sound waves.
CaixaImpulse selects two IBEC initiatives to promote tech transfer in science
This morning, the 15 research projects that have been selected for funding under in the first CaixaImpulse call, including two IBEC projects, were presented at the Palau Macaya.
Xavier Puñet, a PhD student in the Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group, presented Dermoglass, a dressing that stimulates revascularization in chronic wounds such as skin ulcers and promotes the formation of healthy skin. The other IBEC project selected for funding is RNRbiotics led by Eduard Torrents, group leader of the Bacterial infections: antibiotic therapy group, which aims to develop new antimicrobial agents effective against resistant bacterial infections, currently considered as one of the main threats to human health (World Health Organization).
Expert in novel drug delivery systems joins IBEC
Dr Lorenzo Albertazzi, a nanoscientist whose research focuses on creating smart self-assembling materials for therapeutic applications, is joining IBEC this September.
Lorenzo, who is coming to Barcelona from Eindhoven University of Technology in The Netherlands, will set up a laboratory at IBEC to create a molecular ‘toolbox’ of supramolecular biomimetic structures – self-organized or assembled synthetic materials able to mimic the complexity of biological machinery – for applications in nanomedicine and biotechnology, such as transporting drugs into the body or attacking viruses.
IBEC group presents 4th generation biomaterial that mimics bone
IBEC researchers have published a paper in Nanoscale elucidating a brand new biomaterial that paves the way towards a fourth generation of effective structures for tissue regeneration.
The Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group and their collaborators in the Netherlands and Poland describe a hybrid material which faithfully mimics the structure of bone’s extracellular matrix.
InsideIBEC issue 9 out now
The latest edition of InsideIBEC, the newsletter of IBEC, is available now.
Inside this issue you’ll find articles about the Severo Ochoa award and other prizes, clinical collaborations, new projects, a roundup of the latest activities and events, HR news, and an overview of IBEC’s major new institutional venture, EIT Health. The newsletter is also a handy guide to upcoming events at the institute, and introduces some of our most recent newcomers.
“Investigadora en Australia”
The Diario de Navarra profiles Eva María Álvarez de Eulate, a former technician in the Nanobioengineering group at IBEC who’s continuing her research career as a postdoc at the University of Curtin in Perth, Australia.
“Pronto seremos capaces de generar partes de órganos fuera del cuerpo”
An interview and profile of Xavier Trepat appeared in El Periódico on Saturday by the CEO of Ferrer, Jordi Ramentol.
“Les cel·lules també s’abracen, menys quan hi ha metàstasi”
IBEC group leader Xavier Trepat was the subject of an article by Mònica L. Ferrado in Ara magazine on Sunday.
“¿Cómo nos verán dentro de 50 años?”
What in today’s world will surprise or horrify our grandchildren in 50 years time?
La Vanguardia’s weekend Magazine raised this question with nine “prominent people from different fields”.