Applications sought for position of director at IBEC
A new director is being sought by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC).
Àngels López
Platforms plan for the future
In its capacity as coordinator of the Spanish Nanomedicine Platform (NanoMed Spain), IBEC was a key player at last week’s 6th Annual Conference of the Biomedical Research Technology Platforms in Madrid, which was organised by the four Spanish platforms working in the healthcare sectors.
Stepping our understanding of cellular function up a gear
An IBEC researcher and his collaborators uncover the crucial role of two molecules in enabling cells to communicate with their environment
Imagine you’re driving a car on a mountain road, and a steep slope appears. To make sure that you can make it up the slope, you reduce gears, which improves force transmission from the motor to the wheels.
“Entrevista a Alícia Casals, enginyera industrial especialitzada en robòtica”
IBEC’s Robotics group leader Alícia Casals was interviewed on local radio station Radio Rubí this week. The interview formed part of the Rubí al dia programme’s celebration of International Women’s Day by featuring women with interesting jobs.
“CASEIB 2012 celebrado en Donostia-San Sebastián” (Eng)
IBEC group leader Raimon Jané, in his role as president of the Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica (SEIB), features in a video about the society’s CASEIB 2012 annual meeting in San Sebastián in November.
“Un mecanismo biológico podría optimizar el tratamiento del párkinson” (Eng)
This week’s press release about Ángel Raya’s Nature Neuroscience paper gained coverage in La Razón, rTVE and many other science and news websites.
Researchers uncover the ‘double-whammy’ that could reveal a promising strategy for Parkinson’s treatments
An IBEC researcher and his collaborators have revealed an important biological mechanism which could shed new light on how best to develop treatments for Parkinson’s disease.
Recercaixa funding for robotics project
IBEC Senior Researcher Joan Aranda’s project ‘InHANDS: robòtica interactiva per a l’assistència humana en l’entorn domèstic’ has been awarded funding by the RecerCaixa programme.
“Raimon Jané, president of the Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica”
An interview with IBEC group leader Raimon Jané appears in the latest edition of CIBER-BBN’s newsletter.
“Una aplicación detecta la somnolencia al volante” (Eng)
Further coverage of the driver drowsiness alerter Somnoalert® developed by IBEC and Ficosa has appeared today in El Mundo and abc.es.