Bia Moreno, Author at Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia

March 7, 2025

Nanomedicine and rare diseases: advances and collaboration at Nano Rare Diseases Day 2025

Experts in nanomedicine from various fields met today, 07 March, to present the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases. The Nano Rare Diseases Day event, now … Read more

February 8, 2025February 7, 2025

Experts highlight the role of nanomedicine on Nano World Cancer Day

On the occasion of World Cancer Day, celebrated on 4 February, more than 50 nanomedicine experts gathered today at the ‘Nano World Cancer Day’ event, held at the Vall d’Hebron … Read more

November 23, 2022

Selection process for hiring research personnel is now open

From yesterday, and until December 22nd, the selection process for the recruitment of research personnel within the framework of the Complementary Plan for Biotechnology Applied to Health in Catalonia will … Read more

March 5, 2025November 14, 2022

Researchers develop a “gym on a chip” that will help to study diabetes and find new drugs to treat the disease

Coinciding with World Diabetes Day, researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) reveal a study that combines muscle and pancreatic cells on a single chip and demonstrates that … Read more

November 23, 2022November 11, 2022

IBEC will open the selection process to recruit researchers within the framework of the Complementary Plan for Biotechnology Applied to Health in Catalonia

The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), as coordinator of the Complementary Plan for Biotechnology Applied to Health, will open a selection process to recruit specialized research personal to carry … Read more

March 9, 2022January 14, 2022

nAngioDerm participated in world congress TERMIS

Professor Elisabeth Engel from IBEC, coordinator of nAngioDerm European project, presented the advances of the project at the 6th world congress of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS2021). Professor Engel talked about cells-materials interactions to promote vascularization in one of the most important scientific conferences in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

January 14, 2022

Last advances of European nanomedicine against malaria explained in a new video

Malaria kills over 500,000 people every year. In the last three years, researchers within the NANOpheles Project worked on the development of nanovectors targeting Plasmodium parasites in the mosquito vector. Xavier Fernàndez-Busquets, coordinator of the EU-funded project, explains their advances in a new video.

November 12, 2021

Researchers discover how cellular membranes change curvature depending on BAR proteins

A team of researchers at IBEC and UPC, led by Pere Roca-Cusachs and Marino Arroyo, study how BAR proteins, a family of molecules that bind curved cellular membranes, reshape these membranes. Scientists report in the journal Nature Communications, through both experiments and modelling, the dynamics of these membrane reshaping processes that occur both in normal cells or disease scenarios.

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021

IBEC promotes the development of advanced therapies thanks to FEDER funding

Funding from the 2014-2020 Catalan FEDER Operational Program, through the call for institutional projects for R+D infrastructure with a total amount of 700,000€, has co-financed the adaptation of new laboratory spaces and the acquisition of scientific equipment for IBEC laboratories. These new infrastructures will be aimed at boosting nanomedicine and tissue engineering research for the development of advanced therapies.

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021

Researchers discover how the intestinal epithelium folds and moves by measuring its forces

An international team led by Xavier Trepat at IBEC, with support from “La Caixa Foundation, measures the cellular forces in mini-intestines grown in the laboratory, deciphering how the inner wall of this vital organ folds and moves.