Àngels López, Author at Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

Nanotechnology to improve human tissue growth in the laboratory

Researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have developed an innovative scaffold that allows muscle tissues growth at the millimetre scale in the laboratory.

This technology opens the door to potential applications in fields such as organ transplantation and engineering, drug screening and disease modelling.

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020

Researchers identify a mechanism that explains the recurrence of many lung infections

A team of researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) has discovered that strains of the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from patients are more persistent than laboratory strains and propose a molecular mechanism to explain intracellular survival.

The study, published in the journal Virulence, finds that the class II ribonucleotide reductase enzyme (RNR) plays a key role in frequent lung infections, for example, those that occur in patients with cystic fibrosis.

February 24, 2021July 27, 2020

Irene Marco and Núria Torras from IBEC winners of the second edition of “To the Mothers of Science” programme

IBEC researchers Irene Marco and Núria Torras, together with eight more female scientists, have won the programme “To the Mothers of Science” organized by The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), supporting them along the way to greater responsibility positions.

September 2, 2020July 23, 2020

IBEC technology against malaria gets new impulse

The project led by IBEC researcher Elena Lantero from Nanomalaria IBEC-ISGlobal Joint Group, gets funding from CaixaImpulse Validate program to develop a new technology for rapid, cheap and efficient diagnosis of a disease which threats millions of people worldwide.

Despite being preventable and treatable, malaria is an infectious disease that threatens the life of 3.2 billion people globally. Only in 2018, an estimated 228 million cases of malaria occurred worldwide, accounting for hundreds of thousands of deaths.

July 22, 2020July 22, 2020

Josep Samitier, awarded with the Narcís Monturiol medal for his contribution to science and technology

The Catalan Government announced yesterday the Narcís Monturiol Medal award for scientific and technological merit to the Director of the IBEC, Josep Samitier Martí, for his contribution to the development of the Catalan system of science and technology.

In total, ten researchers from the Catalan knowledge system (six men and four women) have received this distinction, as well as a research center that has been awarded the Narcís Monturiol Plaque, which recognizes an institution in the country.

July 21, 2020July 21, 2020

More connected than ever: IBEC reaches 16000 people and institutions on social networks

The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) has overcome the number of 16k followers on social networks, an impressive increase of 50% since May 2019. Thanks to the new Instagram account and to intensive communicative efforts of the communication unit and the research groups, IBEC is more connected than ever.

Social networks represent a global phenomenon which has radically change many aspects of communication, also in science. According to AAAS, the number of Americans going online for scientific information increased from 20% to 47% between 2006 and 2014.

November 19, 2020July 16, 2020

Research Assistant at the Smart Nano-Bio-Devices Group

Application Deadline: 23/07/2020
Ref: RA-SS.2

The nanodevices group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for a Research Assistant to join the working group of bio-bots working alongside the rest of the team in highly multidisciplinary projects in the line of research.

November 6, 2020July 13, 2020

PhD position in the Molecular Bionics Research Group

Application Deadline: 15/08/2020
Ref: PR-GB

The Molecular Bionics group led by Dr. Giuseppe Battaglia at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for a Predoctoral researcher to study and characterise biological trafficking vesicles to identify and characterise potential active phoretic transport

November 19, 2020July 10, 2020

Project Manager in Research

Data límit: 21/08/2020
Ref: PM2_JA

The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) a cutting-edge research center based in Barcelona, is looking for a Project Manager in Research . His/her role will be to oversee and manage the research projects of several research lines, liaising with other sites and institutions across Spain and Europe.

July 29, 2020July 9, 2020

New avenues for identifying and evaluating treatments for CDKL5 deficiency disorder

Researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have participated in a study led by Imperial College London in which the role of cyclin-dependent protein kinase 5 (CDKL5) in pain perception has been uncovered.

The defective version of the gene that produces this protein is behind CDKL5 deficiency disorder, a rare disease with no cure for which effective treatments will now be testable in mouse model, thanks to the results of this work.