Mini-kidneys, diabetes and COVID-19 in the media
Àngels López
Nanorobots to fight bacterial infections
Researchers develop self-contained micro- and nanorobots with antimicrobial activity, capable of attacking bacteria in the site of infection. The work has been led by Samuel Sánchez (Institute for Bioengineering of Catalunya (IBEC) and Cesar de la Fuente-Núñez (University of Pennsylvania, USA). The new technology, tested in mice, is a valuable tool for the treatment of bacterial infections in a controlled and localized way. In a future not so far, it could help combat infections.
Laboratory-generated mini-kidneys help understand the link between diabetes and COVID-19 disease
In an international collaboration, researchers led by Nuria Montserrat, ICREA Research Professor at IBEC, have generated human mini-kidneys that simulate the kidney of a person with diabetes in the early stages of the disease. These diabetic mini-kidneys open the door to studying, among others, the relationship between diabetes and COVID-19.
IBEC’s “Bioengineering at the Rural School” project makes the leap to Europe
The “Bioengineering at the Rural School” project, led by the Strategic Initiatives unit of the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), is being projected to different European countries in an event organized by the European Network eTwinning, the European online platform for school education, where primary and secondary school teachers from all over Europe have connected to learn, first hand, about different strategies to follow to connect schools in rural environments with cutting-edge education in different fields.
Microfabspace & Microscopy Characterization Facilities, part of NANBIOSIS, renews as a Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructure
NANBIOSIS, the Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructures from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation that counts with the Microfabspace & Microscopy Characterization Facilities from IBEC, recently renewed its permanence in the Council for Scientific, Technological and Innovation Policy, the ICTS 2021-2024, in an event chaired by the Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant.
Núria Montserrat and science in the newspaper “El País”
Núria Montserrat, principal investigator at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), is featured in the newspaper “El País” for her work on the development of organoids through pluripotent stem cells that, in the future, could be used for transplants.
Bioengineering in rural schools
The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is featured in the ARA newspaper for its innovative project that brings bioengineering to rural schools.
IBEC promotes scientific and innovation culture, and renews as a unit accredited by the ministry
The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is once again accredited as a member of the Network of Units of Scientific Culture and Innovation (UCC+i), through the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), under the Ministry of Science and Innovation. IBEC’s UCC+i promotes actions and programs for scientific communication, dissemination and education.
Núria Montserrat in “The transplant chimera”
Núria Montserrat, principal investigator at IBEC, appears on RTVE’s “REPOR” program, where she talks about using mini-organs to identify new therapeutic therapies and new drugs.
Mechanobiology of Cancer Summer School 2022
