Àngels López 
This week’s press release about the Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group’s work on the regeneration of the central nervous system was covered in Diario Medico and several other Spanish- and English-language news and science sites.
Researchers from IBEC and the University of Barcelona have revealed a promising new strategy for regenerating the central nervous system, in a paper published in the journal Biomaterials. 
IBEC featured on 8tv’s ‘Equip de Reporters’ programme on Sunday night, which was entitled ‘Investigant la investigació’ and focussed on public and private funding for science. Joan Aranda of the Robotics group demonstrated the experimental robotic kitchen as as example of the group’s privately-supported work in developing intelligent robotic systems. Head of Corporate Projects Arantxa Sanz commented on the current financial situation in relation to the research community, pointing out that private funding is always needed and welcome even in affluent times.
IBEC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Barcelona Macula Foundation to jointly promote their respective activities in the context of biomedicine.
Before Christmas, IBEC’s associate director Josep Samitier was a panel member and speaker at a session of the seminar series ‘Nous horitzons per a l’economia metropolitana’ entitled ‘La salut, un gran potencial’. The seminar series seeks to strengthen public policies and private actions in those sectors, such as health, which have the ability to generate or export business successfully in spite of the prolonged financial crisis.
A paper by the Nanobioengineering group reveals a new strategy for targeted malaria treatment that doesn’t rely on the use of expensive antibodies.
An IBEC group leader was elected as president of the Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica (SEIB) at its annual meeting (CASEIB) in San Sebastián last week.
The Nanoprobes and Nanoswitches group’s research into light as a tool to manipulate biological and pharmacological processes remotely and non-invasively was featured last week in Investigación y Ciencia, the Spanish version of Scientific American.
Twenty members of the general public had their minds blown this morning at IBEC’s Open Doors Day, which was entitled ‘La Bioenginyeria per a Tothom’.