Àngels López 
This week’s 5th Annual Conference of the Biomedical Research Technology Platforms in Barcelona, which IBEC is attending in its capacity as coordinator of the Spanish Nanomedicine Platform (NanoMed Spain), is the subject of an article in Spanish healthcare magazine Redacción Médica today.
The two IBEC-led CIBER-BBN tissue regeneration projects that were earmarked for funding by the EU’s ERA-NET EuroNanoMed initiative last year (see www.ibecbarcelona.eu/IBEC-News/funding-success-for-two-ibec-projects.html) have both received the national support they need to get started.
IBEC director Josep Planell’s research group has changed its name and is now known as the Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group.
Wednesday last week saw the biannual meeting at the institute of the steering committee of the Spanish NanoMedicine Platform (NanoMed Spain), which is coordinated by IBEC.
The Barcelona Science Park (PCB), where IBEC is located, has just launched a new multimedia platform to publicize the activities of the 75 companies and three research institutes working there.
Alícia Casals’ Robotics laboratory was featured on Barcelona Televisió’s programme “Connexió” on Tuesday 10th January, where they showed some of the robotic devices that the lab is currently developing.
A new spin-off company created by IBEC and the UPC will focus on the manufacture and marketing of surgical systems.Rob Surgical Systems Inc., a technology company driven by IBEC group leader Alicia Casals and senior researcher Manuel Frigola, as well as Josep Amat of the Automatic Control and Computer Engineering Department of the UPC, was approved by the university’s governing council on Friday.
The European Research Media Center’s website, youris.com, features an article about the MySpine project, which is coordinated by IBEC group leader Damien Lacroix.
IBEC’s research will be featured on the TV3 news tonight in an item filmed to highlight the forthcoming ‘La Marató de TV3’ telethon on Sunday.