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SUMMARY:Ciència Radical. Debat: “La medicina del futur” amb Jorge Volpi i Josep Samitier
DESCRIPTION:Josep Samitier\, director de l’Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya i expert en nanomedicina\, conversa amb l’escriptor Jorge Volpi\, autor de l’assaig La invención de todas las cosas\, sobre com la biomedicina transformarà el cos i l’intel·lecte de la humanitat. \nAquesta activitat forma part de Ciència Radical\, un programa cultural creat en col·laboració amb el CCCB\, en el marc del Pla Complementari de Biotecnologia\, que busca explorar les connexions entre ciència\, humanitats i arts per repensar la realitat que ens envolta. \nTenim un codi de descompte per a les entrades. Per més informació\, escriu-nos a: ibeccommunications@ibecbarcelona.eu \nRegistre aquí. \n 
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/ca/event/debat-la-medicina-del-futur-amb-robert-langer-i-jorge-volpi/
LOCATION:Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB)
CATEGORIES:External seminar
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250613T160000
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SUMMARY:NET-NANO. Workshop 2: Selective targeting and biological barriers
DESCRIPTION:IBEC’s Next-Generation Nanomedicine Network (NET-NANO) is dedicated to bridging nanomedicine research with practical applications\, enhancing our ability to diagnose and treat human diseases effectively. As part of this initiative\, a series of thematic workshops are being organised. The second workshop\, scheduled for June 13th\, will delve into nanomedicine design for selective targeting and overcoming biological barriers. Leading international experts and IBEC researchers will present on topics ranging from nanoparticle design strategies for penetrating barriers like the blood-brain barrier\, retina\, and bacterial biofilms\, to innovative targeting approaches using lipid nanoparticles\, multivalent polymeric nanoparticles\, and enzymatic nanomotors. \nScheduled Program: \n09:00–09:10 – Welcome from Network Coordinator \n9:10–09:40 – Prof. Silvia Muro (Targeted therapeutics and nanodevices\, IBEC)“Isoform-dependent targeting and its relevance for the design of drug delivery strategies” \n09:40–10:10 – Dr Núria Blanco-Cabra (Bacterial Infections: Antimicrobial Therapies\, IBEC)“Targeting and crossing bacterial biofilms with nanomedicine to overcome chronic infections.” \n10:10–11:10 – Plenary: Prof. Katrien Remaut (Ghent University\, Belgium)“Investigating and overcoming biological barriers to lipid nanoparticle mediated messenger RNA delivery to the retina” \n11:10–11:40 – Coffee Break & Challenge Board \n11:40–12:10 – Marco Basile (Molecular Bionics\, IBEC)“Multivalent Nanoparticles as Modulators of the Blood–Brain Barrier: A New Paradigm for Superselective Nanomedicine” \n12:10–12:40 – Dr David Esporrín Ubieto (Smart Nano-Bio-Devices\, IBEC)“Enzymatic nanomotors with enhanced motion in viscous media for advanced biomedical applications” \n12:40–13:10 – Dr Sílvia Pujals (IQAC-CSIC and IBEC)“Super resolution methods for nanomedicine” \n13:10–14:10 – Networking Lunch \n14:10–15:10 – Plenary: Pablo Scodeller (Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC)\, Spain)“Identifying targeting peptides and biomarkers using phage-display” \n15:10–15:40 – Roundtable Discussion \n15:40–15:45 – Farewell from Network Representatives
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/ca/event/net-nano-workshop-2-selective-targeting-and-biological-barriers/
LOCATION:Sala Dolors Aleu\, Cluster II\, Parc Científic de Barcelona\, Barcelona\, Spain
CATEGORIES:IBEC Symposium / Conference / Congress
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250613T110000
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SUMMARY:IBEC Seminar. Prof. Brendan Kennedy
DESCRIPTION:Optical coherence elastography: imaging cell and tissue mechanics on the micro-scale\nProfessor Brendan Kennedy. Department of Electrical\, Electronic and Computer Engineering\, School of Engineering\, The University of Western Australia. Group Leader\, BRITElab\, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research\, Western Australia. Institute of Physics\, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun\, Poland \nAbstract: As the importance of mechanical properties in the origin and progression of disease becomes ever clearer\, new elastography tools are required to map cell and tissue mechanics on the micro-scale. Elastography has been developed over a wide range of spatial scales\, from the cellular\, for example\, using atomic force microscopy\, through to the whole organ\, using ultrasound elastography and magnetic resonance elastography. However\, existing techniques are not capable of probing tissue mechanical properties on the intermediate micro- to milli-scale: a scale critical in the onset and progression of many diseases. Optical coherence elastography (OCE) aims to bridge the scale gap in elastography techniques. Through the utilization of optical coherence tomography (OCT) to measure tissue motion\, OCE is endowed with spatial resolution as high as 1-10 mm\, much higher than is possible using ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging\, and a sensitivity to tissue displacement on the nanometer-scale\, providing the prospect to detect much finer changes in mechanical properties. \nIn this talk\, I will describe methods we have developed at The University of Western Australia and Nicolaus Copernicus University to quantify tissue elasticity\, ranging from mechanical loading methods to signal processing techniques to map the full strain tensor. I will focus on main two application areas. Firstly\, the application of OCE to tumour margin assessment in breast cancer\, where we have developed both ex vivo and in vivo OCE methods to detect tumour during surgery to enable surgeons to more accurately remove cancer. Secondly\, in mechanobiology\, I will describe the development of optical coherence microscopy-based elastography for imaging sub-cellular mechanics in three dimensions. I will describe a study we performed on tumour cell spheroids that reveals distinct stiffness in non-metastatic and metastatic spheroids embedded in both soft and stiff hydrogels. \nShort Bio: Prof. Brendan Kennedy is Professor in the School of Engineering at The University of Western Australia (UWA) and is Head of BRITElab at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research\, also in Western Australia. He is currently Visiting Professor in the Institute of Physics at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun\, Poland. Prof. Kennedy received his PhD from Dublin City University\, Ireland\, in 2006. His doctoral thesis focussed on the use of nonlinear polarization rotation in semiconductor optical amplifiers for all-optical switching. His current research focusses on the development of optical coherence tomography and optical elastography and their application in a range of fields\, particularly in surgery\, mechanobiology and tissue engineering. He has published 1 book\, 15 book chapters and >100 peer-reviewed journal papers. Prof. Kennedy has delivered >30 invited talks at national and international conferences. He has been Principal Investigator on competitive research funding of >€12 million and industry-sponsored research contracts of >€3 million.  His work has been cited >8\,000 times and he has a H-index of 39 (source: Google Scholar). He has won a number of awards and recognitions\, including being elected as Optica Fellow in 2025. Prof. Kennedy is co-founder of OncoRes Medical\, a medical device company developing OCE for use in surgery. He served as Chief Scientific Officer at OncoRes from 2017 to 2021. OncoRes has received >€30 million in venture capital funding and currently employs >40 people. In 2021\, the company received the breakthrough designation from the US Food and Drugs Administration. Prof. Kennedy holds >40 granted patents from 8 patent families.
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/ca/event/ibec-seminar-prof-brendan-kennedy/
LOCATION:Sala Dolors Aleu\, Cluster II\, IBEC\, Baldiri i Reixac\, Barcelona
CATEGORIES:IBEC Seminar
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250617T170000
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SUMMARY:4ª Jornada Anual del GIPS
DESCRIPTION:El IBEC es el coorganizador de la Jornada Anual de este año\, que se celebrará el próximo 17 de junio y lleva como título ‘Investigación traslacional en tecnología y salud’. La jornada\, que tendrá lugar en el Auditorio Antoni Caparrós del Parque Científico de Barcelona\, será ya la cuarta edición y cerrará un curso 2024-25 lleno de éxitos.
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/ca/event/4a-jornada-anual-del-gips/
CATEGORIES:External symposium / conference / congress
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250618T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250618T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T074353
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SUMMARY:Sessió de cloenda de «Ciència radical»
DESCRIPTION:La catedràtica de Harvard i escriptora Naomi Oreskes reflexiona sobre el valor del coneixement científic al segle XXI en una sessió que s’obre amb l’estrena de l’audiovisual de nova creació de Hamill Industries i Maria Arnal i es clou amb la presentació del poemari científic Magmes.
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/ca/event/sessio-de-cloenda-de-ciencia-radical/
LOCATION:Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB)
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250626T133000
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SUMMARY:Ibec Seminar. Dr. Maribel Vazquez
DESCRIPTION:Microfluidic Modeling of Aging Retina\nDr. Maribel Vazquez\,\, Professor of Biomedical Engineering Rutgers\, The State University of New Jersey. https://vazlab.org \nThe dramatic rise of chronic and age-related eye diseases is expected to increase the number of adults with vision loss by 50% in the next decade. Health Disparities with age\, sex\, and geography will further exacerbate impacts of vision loss worldwide. The retinal neurovascular unit plays critical roles in preserving vision from dysfunction caused by common diseases of diabetic retinopathy\, age-related macular degeneration\, and glaucoma. Our group has developed micro-physiological systems to examine cellular and molecular dysfunction across blood retinal barriers produced by food-derived\, advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) in circulating blood. Current projects measure changes in the permeability and resistivity of diabetic retinal barriers\, evaluate the use of electric fields to replace photoreceptors in the macula\, and examine newfound roles of glia in mediating retinal integrity within age-related and chronic\, pathological environments. Results highlight the role of microfluidics-based systems in identifying mechanisms of neurovascular response and evaluating effectiveness of pharmacology at different stages of disease. The laboratory also highlights the blending of Health Disparities in the development of biomedical therapies and training of biomedical engineers. \nDr. Vazquez is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Rutgers\, The State University of New Jersey. She began her career in industry at Intel Corporation and then completed a Doctor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is an inducted Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers (AIMBE) and Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) for the contributions of microfluidic systems in the visual system. She received the 2023 AIMBE Professional Impact Award for the inclusion of Health Disparities within under/graduate training and was honored as the 2024 Plenary Speaker to the BMES Council of Chairs for integration of health disparities in Biomedical Engineering. She is an invited speaker in the special session of Retinal Engineering at the 2025 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS).
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/ca/event/ibec-seminar-dr-maribel-vazquez/
LOCATION:Sala Dolors Aleu\, Cluster II\, IBEC\, Baldiri i Reixac\, Barcelona
CATEGORIES:IBEC Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250627T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250627T163000
DTSTAMP:20260427T074353
CREATED:20250610T102050Z
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SUMMARY:NET-AI. Workshop 3: "Deep learning for biomedical applications: fundamentals\, trustworthiness and explainability"
DESCRIPTION:This third workshop will focus on Deep Learning. It will start with an introductory session where the fundamental concepts of the subject will be presented\, which will then be put into practice during a hands-on activity focused on biomedical imaging. Then\, two more sessions with international speakers will address critical issues such as trustworthiness and explainability of these models\, two crucial aspects in the biomedical field.  \nSchedule programme:   \n9:40 – Registration   \n9:50 – Welcome from Network Coordinator  \n10:00 – Invited national speaker: Petia Radeva\, University of Barcelona (UB)\, “Deep learning – why everybody talks about it?”  \n11:00 – Coffee break  \n11:30 – Invited national speaker: Roser Sala-Llonch\, University of Barcelona\, “Deep Learning in Biomedical Imaging: Hands-on with Neural Networks and CNNs”  Practical activity – own computer required \n13:30 –  Lunch   \n14:15 – Invited international speaker: Lorin Werthen-Brabants\, Ghent University\,  “Trustworthy and Reliable (Deep) Machine Learning for Healthcare”  \n15:15 – Invited international speaker: Aray Karjauv\, University of Berlin\, “Explainability Beyond Labels: Why We Need XAI for Self-Supervised Learning”  \n16:15 – Final remarks and closing  \nTo registres click here \n 
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/ca/event/net-ai-workshop-3-deep-learning-for-biomedical-applications-fundamentals-trustworthiness-and-explainability/
LOCATION:Sala Dolors Aleu\, Cluster II\, IBEC\, Baldiri i Reixac\, Barcelona
CATEGORIES:IBEC Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250630T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250704T170000
DTSTAMP:20260427T074353
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SUMMARY:Bist Career Week 2025
DESCRIPTION:Join the BIST Career Week! 5 days full of contents designed to help you in your career development. Learn trips and tricks in the morning\, and explore new job opportunities in the afternoon. All activities are free and open to everyone. \nWorkshops: learn from experts and get ready for your next professional move. Every morning (Mon-Fri)\, online\, from 10:00 to 12:00. \nRoundtables: listen to professionals working in science-related jobs and ask them about their job and the paths they took. Every afternoon (Mon-Thu)\, online\, from 15:00 to 16:30. \nThe BIST Career Week is an event organized by the BIST People Commission and counts with the support of the Barcelona City Council. \nTo register click here
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/ca/event/bist-career-week-2025/
CATEGORIES:External seminar
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