Àngels López, Author at Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia

January 15, 2015March 2, 2011

Electromechanics at the nanoscale

Flick a switch, turn a knob or pull a lever and you’re operating an electromechanical device, albeit a complex one. Now an IBEC researcher and his collaborators have broken new ground with a proven concept for the first such electronic component to operate using just a single-molecule electrical contact.

In a study published in Nature Nanotechnology, Ismael Díez Pérez, a researcher in IBEC’s Nanoprobes and Nanoswitches group, and Prof. Nongjian Tao from Arizona State University describe their success in attempting to find a way to simulate the same electromechanical effects achieved on conventional electronics but in a single-molecule device that allows the accurate mechanical control of the current flow.

December 4, 2014March 1, 2011

4th Annual Conference of the Biomedical Research Technology Platforms

This week more than 200 researchers from across the country are in Madrid for the 4th Annual Conference of the Biomedical Research Technology Platforms, which includes the IBEC-managed Spanish Platform for Nanomedicine (NanoMed Spain).

December 4, 2014March 1, 2011

“Protecting nanotechnology research results”

IBEC’s recently completed FP7 project on technology transfer, Nano2Market, was featured in the recent Commission’s Research*EU magazine supplement (Vol. 30, December 2010/January 2011).

April 14, 2015February 23, 2011

Escolab 2011

Yesterday 23 students from the Escola Técnica Profesional del Clot enjoyed a visit to IBEC and took part in some lab activities as part of the ESCOLAB initiative.

December 4, 2014February 21, 2011

Funding from RecerCaixa for photopharmacology project

ICREA group leader Pau Gorostiza’s project ‘Development of light-modulated ligands for remote, non-invasive regulation of neuropathic pain’ was announced today as one of the first twenty projects to be chosen for funding by a brand new programme, RecerCaixa.

December 4, 2014February 21, 2011

Think Lab

In the first event of what’s hoped to become an ongoing collaboration, IBEC is joining forces with Barcelona’s Arts Santa Monica centre and the British Council this weekend for a special activity looking at the scientific laboratory from a cultural point of view.

December 3, 2014February 21, 2011

El 9 Nou: “Cal connectar les mans robotiques amb el nervi perquè rebin ordres”

Robotics group leader Alícia Casals appeared last week in Catalan local paper El 9 Nou, which covers the Osona/Ripollès and Vallès Oriental areas. Alícia gave a lecture about this century’s challenges in robotics at the 3rd Workshop on Mechatronics at the University of Vic on 16 February.

December 4, 2014February 13, 2011

RecerCaixa video about photopharmacology project

Pau Gorostiza features in a short video produced by funders RecerCaixa about the project ‘Development of light-modulated ligands for remote, non-invasive regulation of neuropathic pain’, of which he is the coordinator.

December 4, 2014February 9, 2011

Better tools for food safety

On 2 February the kick-off meeting of a transnational project coordinated by postdoc Beatriz Prieto of the Nanobioengineering group took place at IBEC. The project, ‘Development of innovative tools for Ochratoxin A’, will evaluate and tackle the threat to humans and animals of exposure to mycotoxins (fungal metabolites) in food.

December 4, 2014February 9, 2011

Spanish Minister for Education visits Nanobioengineering group

On a tour of the Parc Científic de Barcelona (PCB) earlier this week, the Minister for Education, Ángel Gabilondo, paid a visit to IBEC’s Nanobioengineering lab and spoke at length to Associate Director Josep Samitier about his group’s research.