Àngels López, Author at Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia

August 24, 2015May 5, 2014

Researchers uncover a fundamental mechanism in breast cancer

A study by IBEC researchers reveals in Nature Materials how mammary cells detect tissue stiffening, which is key to the development of breast cancer

Achieving control of tissue stiffness could open a new avenue to treat tumours like those in the breast

Abnormally rigid tissues are also found in several other types of cancer, so the newly revealed mechanism could be a key aspect behind the onset of various diseases

December 4, 2014April 28, 2014

IBEC participates in 1st CERCA Conference

Today the 1st CERCA Conference brought together its 46 research centres at the new Centre Cultural in the former Mercat del Born.

October 20, 2015April 10, 2014

Sounds of health

A new acoustic method for better diagnosis in patients with diaphragmatic paralysis

A PLOS ONE article by researchers from the joint unit IBEC, the Fundació Institut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP) and the Pneumology Service at Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital describes the acoustic analysis of pulmonary sound intensity as a non-invasive, more objective, easier and cheaper method to improve diagnostics in unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis.

December 4, 2014April 9, 2014

IBEC advisor to EC and Horizon 2020 under RO-cKETs study

Institute’s nano-bio-info-cogno expertise to determine medical and pharma products of the future

March 2, 2015April 7, 2014

Generalitat’s education event held at IBEC

IBEC welcomed members of the Generalitat’s Department of Education and about 150 teachers through its doors yesterday evening, when the Department held its event ‘Presentació del Programa de Competències Científiques’ in a research institute for the first time.

April 16, 2015April 7, 2014

“Science advances towards light-activated drugs”

An article about, and interview with, Pau Gorostiza appears in El Periódico today, talking about his work on light-activated drugs.

January 14, 2015April 7, 2014

Faster and more accurate testing for causes of lower respiratory tract infections

Research and industry collaboration develops miniature diagnostic platform for respiratory infections such as pneumonia and infectious bronchitis

Featured on the cover of the latest issue of Lab on a Chip

December 4, 2014April 7, 2014

IBEC to take part in excellence programme for teacher training

IBEC is one of the 13 research centres to be chosen to take part in Fundació Catalunya–La Pedrera’s 2014 edition of Professors i Ciència, an excellence programme for the specialized training for secondary school science teachers.

December 4, 2014March 26, 2014

IBEC winner to give address at RecerCaixa ceremony

At Friday 28th March’s official ceremony for the 2013 round of RecerCaixa funding, IBEC junior group leader Elisabeth Engel will represent all the winners and centres as the investigator chosen to speak at the event.

January 8, 2015March 25, 2014

“Hello, robot”

IBEC group leaders Alícia Casals and Santiago Marco feature in a Sunday supplement about robots in La Vanguardia this week.