Predoctoral researcher at the Smart Nano-Bio-Devices Research Group (Phd_SS)
Ref: Phd_SS // Deadline: 06/04/2023
Àngels López
A blood-brain barrier on a chip to study drugs against Alzheimer’s
A study led by the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) describes the development of an organ-on-a-chip that mimics the human blood-brain barrier. With this system, researchers can study the barrier permeability to different drugs and screen the most effective ones, avoiding animal tests. The device could also incorporate cells from patients to make a personalized study of the disease.
Researchers developed a chip to simulate the blood-brain barrier in the brain
A study led by IBEC researchers has made it possible to reproduce the blood-brain barrier using the organ-on-a-chip (OoC) platform with the ultimate goal of being able to study the permeability of this membrane to different Alzheimer’s drugs. This type of chip will also make it possible to screen for the most effective drugs, avoiding … Read more
FES Ripoll students develop a prototype for IBEC
IBEC’s Nanoprobes and Nanoswitches research group challenged students at the Fundació Eduard Soler (FES) of Ripoll as part of a research project with photosensitive molecules. One of the students, Gerard Pérez, developed a prototype as part of his final project. This prototype made it possible to improve experimental measurements. Subsequently, IBEC has proposed an improvement … Read more
Laboratory Technician at the Smart Nano-Bio-Devices Research Group (Ref: LT_SS)
Ref: LT_SS // Deadline: 20/03/2023
Photopharmacology could be the key to new therapies
On 2 March, “La Caixa” Foundation organised a debate on the latest advances in light-activated drugs as part of the “CaixaImpulse Debate”. Nuria Camarero, a researcher in IBEC’s Nanoprobes and Nanoswitches group, together with Amadeu Llebaria, leader of the Medicinal Chemistry group at the IQAC-CSIC Institute, discussed the possible application of photopharmaceuticals in today’s medicine. … Read more
IBEC participates in the first edition of Barcelona Health Innovation Week
On February 15, IBEC organized the round table Personalized medicine and its transfer to society. The event had about 45 attendees and was part of the Barcelona Health Innovation Week, organized by Biocat. It was a dialogue in which experts from different fields shared their perspectives on how personalized medicine is changing the diagnosis and … Read more
IBEC holds the first International Symposium on Neuroblastoma therapies
On February 6-7, the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) organized the first International Symposium on transdisciplinary approaches for Neuroblastoma therapy, an event that brought together more than a hundred experts at the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona. On International Childhood Cancer Day, this event takes on special relevance due to its innovative … Read more
Research Assistant at the Medical Informatics Department of Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (PPCC-DATOS-CAT_HCB)
Ref: PPCC-DATOS-CAT_HCB // Deadline: 31/05/2023