Mechanobiology Across Networks
2016-10-06 08:00 - 2016-10-07 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Auditori Antoni Caparrós, PCB, Tower D, c/Baldiri Reixac 4-8, Barcelona, Spain
Mechanobiology Across Networks
Joint Meeting of the Spanish Network of Excellence in Mechanobiology and the European Innovative Training Network BIOPOL
By factoring the role not only of biochemical but also of mechanical signals, the emerging discipline of Mechanobiology is reshaping our understanding of molecules, cells, and tissues. This meeting brings together two networks dedicated to this blooming topic: the Spanish Network of Excellence in Mechanobiology, and the European Training Network BIOPOL. The meeting will feature talks and poster presentations from both senior and junior members of both networks, and will address fundamental and applied questions in mechanobiology from the perspectives of physics, biology, and engineering. The meeting is also open for attendance to anyone interested in the topic.

Important deadlines:
Abstract submission: 21st June
Notification of acceptance: 6th July – 21st July
Registration deadline: 16th September
For more details and to register, visit https://ibecbarcelona.eu/events/Mechanobiology_across_networks

FRAILTY - A societal challenge in need of integrated solutions
2016-10-27 10:30 - 2016-10-28 15:30
FRAILTY – A societal challenge in need of integrated solutions
October 27th-28th
We are very pleased to welcome you to this Frailty Workshop, mainly intended to deepen in this concept, a state of high vulnerability to low-power stressors, which place older people at high risk of becoming disabled. Frailty has risen in the last two decades as one of the most innovative concepts in the field of Health and Social Sciences for older adults. The old framework approaches disability by treating diseases. Overcoming it by acting on functional issues arises from the main idea of detecting and intervening in the earliest phases of the functional deterioration leading to disability and dependence. Frailty also demands the incorporation of an appropriate technology to provide clues to its detection and diagnosis and to an integrated, continued and coordinated management. Frailty concept offers the best window of opportunity to significantly reduce the burden of disability in our aged societies. Goals: – Updates from key opinion leaders in the field – To introduce EIT and EIT Health to a broad audience in Spain – To present the FACET project: service and product to promote frailty care and prevention – Business opportunities related to frailty – To reach stakeholders and take action regarding frailty. More information [br] Useful dates: Workshop dates: October 27th-28th, 2016
