Junior Group Leader position within the BIST- la Caixa initiative in Chemical Biology
Application Deadline: 31/05/2020
Àngels López
Researchers at IBEC help identifying a drug in clinical phase that blocks the effects of SARS-Co-V2
IBEC researchers led by ICREA Research Professor Núria Montserrat, together with international collaborators, have identified a drug capable of blocking the effects of the SARS-Co-V2 virus, the origin of the Coronavirus 2019 disease.
IBEC researchers led by ICREA Research Professor Núria Montserrat, together with international collaborators, have identified a drug capable of blocking the effects of the SARS-Co-V2 virus, the origin of the Coronavirus 2019 disease.The treatment, which can be tested on two hundred Covid-19 patients as of today, has proven effective in mini-kidneys generated from human stem cells. Using hese organoids generated by bioengineering techniques, it has been deciphered how SARS-Co-V2 interacts and infects human kidney cells.
IBEC in the catalan TV news
IBEC appears on the catalan news on TV3, where they summarise the various Catalan initiatives to fight against Covid-19.
IBEC appears on the catalan news on TV3, where they summarise the various Catalan initiatives to fight against Covid-19.The European Research Council awards funding to 10 projects in Catalonia
Several media channels have reported this year’s European Research Council grants to various projects being undertaken in Catalonia. Among these projects is that of Xavier Trepat, group leader at IBEC.
Several media channels have reported this year’s European Research Council grants to various projects being undertaken in Catalonia. Among these projects is that of Xavier Trepat, group leader at IBEC.The European Research Council awards funding to 10 projects in Catalonia
Several media channels have reported this year’s European Research Council grants to various projects being undertaken in Catalonia. Among these projects is that of Xavier Trepat, group leader at IBEC.
Xavier Trepat receives the ERC Advanced Grant to lay the basis of a new generation of biological robots
The researcher at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Xavier Trepat, has received the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) worth 2.5 million euros.
Thanks to this grant the expert and his group will be able to study the mechanical properties of the epithelium in 3D and to lay the foundations for a pioneering technology called “Epifluidics”, which will allow the design of biological robots.
IBEC researchers develop a model to design precision nanomedicine
Researchers at Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have proposed a model that gives important insights into how nanoparticles interact with cells, virus, bacteria or proteins, among others.
Researchers at Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have proposed a model that gives important insights into how nanoparticles interact with cells, virus, bacteria or proteins, among others. The findings provide a very powerful tool to design personalized nanomedicines, since allow the scientists to create nanoparticles tailor-made for each patient.
IBEC researchers contribute to an international study to regenerate infarcted hearts
Within the EU project BRAVƎ, experts at Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) combine cell therapy and bioengineering to design a biological device that recovers cardiac functionality in people with cardiovascular diseases.
Researchers at IBEC led by the ICREA Professor Núria Montserrat contribute to the EU project BRAVƎ, an initiative for cardiac regeneration that combines cell therapy and bioengineering to design a biological device capable of recovering cardiac functionality in people with coronary heart disease.
IBEC participates in an international study to stop coronavirus contagion
Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) led by Professor ICREA Núria Montserrat are studying the role of the receptor ‘Angiotensin converting enzyme’ (ACE2), one of the pathways that the SARS-Co-V2 virus uses to enter our body.
To do this, experts use mini-kidneys, as well as other cell cultures such as cardiac organoids. The goal is to exploit these mini-organs to better understand how the virus works.
Núria Montserrat on TV talks about Covid-19
