Predoctoral researcher at the Biosensors for Bioengineering Research Group
Application Deadline: 30/11/2021
Ref: PhD-JR
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Àngels López
‘Dancing molecules’ repair severe spinal cord injuries in paralyzed animals
Researchers from the University of Northwestern, in the United States, and the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), develop a new injectable therapy that uses synthetic nanofibers to repair spinal cord lesions. Nanofibers, which contain ‘Dancing molecules’ effectively stimulate cellular receptors by promoting spinal cord regeneration. After a single injection, paralyzed animals treated with this new therapy were able to walk again in just four weeks. The article has been published in Science.
PostDoc Researcher at the Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies Research Group
Application Deadline: 23/11/2021
Ref: PD-EE
The Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for a Postdoc position to work on the development of new platforms for skin regeneration. The contract will be within the framework of the European Consortium nAngioderm, an EuroNanoMed 3 project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, whose objective is to develop devices based on nanotechnology and drug delivery tools able to address the healing of acute and chronic wounds.
The director of IBEC receives the Narcís Monturiol award
Josep Samitier, director of IBEC, appears in different media for having been awarded the Narcís Monturiol prize for his scientific and technological work and takes the opportunity to remind him of the need to strengthen support for scientific and technological efforts.
The Pioneer in Supramolecular Biomaterials, Sam Stupp, joins IBEC as Severo Ochoa Distinguished Professor
Professor Samuel I. Stupp from the Northwestern University, in USA, joined last November 1st the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) as a Visiting Severo Ochoa Research Distinguished Professor. Stupp is a pioneer demonstrating how supramolecular biomaterials can be used to regenerate neural, vascular, and musculoskeletal tissues such as the spinal cord, cartilage, bone, blood vessels, or muscles.
IBEC’s Director receives the Narcís Monturiol Medal for his contributions to science and technology
The Catalan Government awarded yesterday the Narcís Monturiol Medal for scientific and technological merit to the Director of the IBEC, Josep Samitier i Martí, for his contributions to the development of the Catalan system of science and technology. During his speech on behalf of all winners, Samitier reminded us the need to strenghten the support to science and technological efforts.
Artificial smell to control food quality
Researchers from IBEC, in collaboration with the University of Cordoba, recently published a study where they develop protocols that optimize the use of a technique capable of analysing, at the molecular level, substances present in the aroma of food, managing to differentiate samples of ham from Iberian pigs fed with acorn or feed. This new approach, which uses artificial intelligence to analyse the data, will simplify the analysis of aromas, and can be very useful to determine the traceability and quality of food, and fight against fraud.
Núria Montserrat wins the Premi Nacional de Recerca al Talent Jove
Núria Montserrat, IBEC group leader and ICREA research professor, appears in the media for winning the “Premi Nacional de Recerca al Talent Jove” thanks to her pioneering work with mini-organs.
RAS gene and tissue physics act in tandem to drive cancer processes
Researchers from IBEC, the UCL (UK), UPC (Spain) and the TU/e (Netherlands) show that activation of the RAS oncogene (a mutation occurring in approximately 30% of human cancers), induces tumour features in an epithelium via coordinated physical changes of all cells forming the affected tissue. Published in the scientific journal Science Advances, the new work suggests that future cancer treatments should target both the biological processes underlying the disease and the evolving mechanical structure of the affected tissue.
14th IBEC Symposium brings international experts and 300 attendees together
