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SUMMARY:Business Breakfast. Challenges and Opportunities in the development of Advanced Theraphy Medicinal Products (ATMPS)
DESCRIPTION:On November 6th\, ClarkeModet\, in collaboration with IBEC and EIT Health\, will host an event focused on the current landscape of the Advanced Therapies sector\, exploring its main challenges and opportunities from the perspective of funding\, public-private collaboration\, and the regulatory framework. \nThe event will feature the participation of investment funds\, EIT Health representatives\, and innovative start-ups involved in the development of Advanced Therapies. \nInvestment funds\, start-ups\, and companies working with ATMPs may register at the following link: \nREGISTRATION \nAgenda: \n\n09:00 Registration\n09:30 Welcome:\n\nJosep Samitier IBEC\nPresentation: Clara Pombo and Izabel Alfany – ClarkeModet & EIT Health\n\n\n 09:50 Panel Discussion: Challenges and Opportunities for the Future of Advanced Therapies. Success Stories from Catalonia\n\nClarkeModet – Clara Pombo\nBiocat Grupo de ATMPs – Miquel Salas\nReig Jofre – Isabel Amat\nIBEC – Josep Samitier\n\n\n10:50 Fireside Chat: Opportunities and Challenges in Public-Private Collaborations\n\nEIT Health  – Isabel Alfany\nGyala Therapeutics – Claudio Santos\n\n\n11:10 Closing Remarks: Regulatory\, IP & Financing Strategy\n\nClarkeModet – Clara Pombo & Jose María del Valle\n\n\n11:30 Networking Breakfast\n\n  \nThe event will be held in Spanish.
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/ca/event/business-breakfast-challenges-and-opportunities-in-the-development-of-advanced-theraphy-medicinal-products-atmps/
LOCATION:Auditori Antoni Caparrós\, PCB\, Tower D\, c/Baldiri Reixac 4-8\, Barcelona\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Joint seminar / workshop / symposium,Other
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20251110T150000
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SUMMARY:Ibec Seminar. Rob Jelier
DESCRIPTION:Microscopy\, mechanics and modeling in multicellular systems\nRob Jelier\, associate professor at CMPG\, Faculty of Bioengineering\, KU Leuven \nUnderstanding how cells self-organize into functional multicellular systems is central to developmental biology. The physical behavior of cells arises from the interplay of cellular differentiation state\, biochemical signaling\, and mechanical inputs. A crucial aspect of investigating this process involves characterizing the dynamic generation of forces by cells. In this talk\, I will present several examples from my lab where we use highly accurate cell shapes from fluorescent microscopy as the basis for model-based computational analyses. The early embryo of the nematode C. elegans is used as a model. First\, the cell shapes are used to infer the forces that cells exert on each other. Force Inference by Discrete Element method Simulation (FIDES) applies a flexible mechanical model of cell shapes\, with active processes such as division and protrusions. Second\, the C. elegans zygote has a striking cortex\, with large foci of non-muscle myosin connected with thick actin bundles. By modeling these nematic structures\, we explored whether they have an actual functional role in development. Third\, we leveraged the cell shapes and our modeling framework to study a dynamic morphogenetic process in detail: the start of gastrulation. We showed that ingression arises from the combined action of localized actomyosin contraction\, friction-based force transmission\, coordinated cell divisions\, and global tissue flow. Our current work applies our toolset to the study of murine and human development. \n  \nRob Jelier is an associate professor at CMPG\, Faculty of Bioengineering\, KU Leuven. His research combines computational and engineering approaches with experimental biology to address fundamental questions in genetics and embryonic development. In yeast\, his group investigates how molecular network complexity interacts with predominantly additive effects of genetic variants\, using experimental evolution assays to probe adaptive potential. In animal morphogenesis\, his team develops computational and experimental tools for quantitative embryology in C. elegans\, studying how cells coordinate and generate forces to shape tissues. This work includes the development of optogenetic tools\, image analysis and cell simulation software\, biophysical models\, and deep learning approaches for cell shape. \nHe teaches across the MSc of Bioinformatics\, BSc Bioscience Engineering\, and MSc of Cellular and Genetic Engineering\, supervising over 40 MSc theses and serving as program director for the MSc of Bioinformatics since 2023. Previously\, he restructured the MSc of Cellular and Genetic Engineering\, transitioning it to English and doubling enrollment\, making it the largest master’s program in the faculty. \nSince 2019\, he has led the CMPG research unit (7 professors\, ~100 staff)\, overseeing automation in high-throughput experiments including pipetting and screening robots\, a robotized plate reader with plate hotel\, and automated fluorescent screening microscopy. He held a sabbatical from September 2024 to January 2025\, visiting the University of Washington (Cole Trapnell)\, the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Kate McDole)\, and EMBL-Barcelona (James Sharpe).
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/ca/event/ibec-seminar-rob-jelier-2/
LOCATION:Baobab room\, Floor 11\, Tower 1
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20251113T092000
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SUMMARY:NET-RARE. Workshop 3: Identification of Biomarkers and Diagnostic Models for Rare Diseases
DESCRIPTION:NET-RARE third workshop third workshop focuses on the latest technologies for identifying new biomarkers to enable early detection and better characterization of rare diseases. It also aims to explore strategies for using biomarkers to monitor disease progression and incorporate them as secondary endpoints in clinical trials. \nThe session will open with Marina Giannotti from IBEC’s Nanoprobes & Nanoswitches group\, whose research explores mechanical biomarkers and evaluates therapeutic approaches for several rare conditions\, including lysosomal storage disorders and collagen VI-related dystrophies. This will be followed by a presentation from Turgut Durduran of ICFO’s Medical Optics group (ICFO-MEDOPT)\, who will showcase his collaborative work with Sant Joan de Déu Hospital on rare paediatric diseases. This interdisciplinary group focuses on creating advanced photonic technologies to support pre-clinical and clinical biomedicine. \nThe plenary lecture will be delivered by international guest Pietro Spitali\, from the Department of Human Genetics at Leiden University Medical Center (Netherlands). His research focuses on advancing our understanding of neuromuscular disorders through biomarker-based approaches. His group combines spatial technologies to connect biomarker signatures with tissue morphology and employs a multidisciplinary strategy that integrates molecular biomarker discovery in blood samples with a range of “omics” techniques. His work spans quantitative laboratory methods\, statistical modeling\, and the integration of complex datasets. \nAfter a networking break\, Marc Moltó from VHIR’s Clinical Biochemistry\, Drug Delivery and Therapy group will present their recent progress in biomarker identification for lysosomal storage disorders. The workshop will conclude with a talk by Aranzazu Villasante of IBEC’s Nanobioengineering group\, who will present their work on biomarker discovery using engineered models of rare cancers \n Join us to explore the next steps to tackle rare diseases ! \nWorkshop held in the framework of the IBEC Thematic Networks. \nRegistration (below) is mandatory. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPROGRAMME \n09:20 – Registration \n09:30 – Welcome and introduction \n09:40 – Marina Giannotti\, IBEC group “Nanoprobes & Nanoswitches”\, “Nanomechanics in the search for Disease Markers: Focus on Molecular Dystrophy and Lipidosis” \n10:10 – National invited speaker: Turgut Durduran from ICFO-Medical Optics (ICFO-MEDOPT) group. “Non-invasive measurement of deep tissue oxygen metabolism and blood flow:  background\, clinical relevance and potential for personalized treatment of rare diseases”. \n10:40 – International invited speaker: Pietro Spitali from Human Genetics Department of the Leiden University Medical Center (Netherlands)\, “Circulating and local biomarkers in neuromuscular disorders” \n11:30 – Coffee break and Networking \n12:00 – National invited speaker: Marc Moltó from VHIR group “Clinical Biochemistry\, Drug Delivery and Therapy”\, “Biomarkers in Fabry disease: Challenges in clinical diagnosis and follow-up” \n12:30 –Aranzazu Villasante\, IBEC Group “Nanobioengineering”\, “Predictive Bioengineered Niches for Biomarker Discovery in Developmental Cancers” \n13:00 – Remarks and Closing \nAbstracts of the plenary talks will be available here (Network programme). \n  \n\nREGISTRATION
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/ca/event/net-rare-workshop-3-identification-of-biomarkers-and-diagnostic-models-for-rare-diseases/
LOCATION:Baobab room\, Floor 11\, Tower 1
CATEGORIES:IBEC Seminar
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SUMMARY:Thematic Network. NET-QUASI Workshop 3: Designing Life-like Function
DESCRIPTION:Part of the IBEC Thematic Network “Quasi-living systems: Merge and Emerge” (NET-QUASI)\, this third workshop explores how life-like function can be designed into synthetic and hybrid systems. By merging molecular\, material\, and biological approaches\, researchers are uncovering how responsiveness\, adaptability\, and collective behavior emerge across scales—from molecular assemblies and delivery systems to tissues that sense and reorganize.   \nThis session gathers leading voices in synthetic biology\, materials science\, and mechanobiology to discuss how bridging the living and synthetic worlds can inspire a new generation of functional\, adaptive systems. \n  \nAgenda  \n\n09:30 – Opening Remarks. Nina Kostina (Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia\, Spain) \n09:40 – Keynote Lecture: Prof. Wilhelm T. S. Huck (Radboud University\, Nijmegen\, Netherlands) “Towards Molecular Networks that Learn”  \n10:35 Invited Lecture: Dr. Benjamí Oller (IQS\, Barcelona)\, “Engineering conditionally active proteins and synthetic receptors for precision delivery”  \n11:20 – IBEC Lecture: Dr. Subhadip Ghosh\, “Motility of Enzyme-Powered Protocells”  \n11:55 – Coffee Break  \n12:25 – Keynote Lecture: Prof. Kerstin Göpfrich (Center for Molecular Biology\, Heidelberg University\, Germany)\, “RNA design for quasi-living cellular systems”  \n13:10 – IBEC Lecture: Prof. César Rodríguez-Emmenegger\, “Phagocytic Synthetic Cells: Non-Living Predators to Fight Bacteria”  \n14:00 – Lunch Break  \n14:50 – Early Career IBEC Lecture: M.Sc. Aina Albajar\, “Studying the mechanical regulation of nucleocytoplasmic transport using Single Molecule Tracking”  \n15:25 – IBEC Lecture: Prof. Xavier Trepat\, “Synthetic mechanobiology of epithelial shape and migration”  \n16:10 – Closing Remarks. Nina Kostina  \n\nREGISTRATION
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/ca/event/thematic-network-net-quasi-workshop-3-designing-life-like-function/
LOCATION:Sala Dolors Aleu\, Cluster II\, Parc Científic de Barcelona\, Barcelona\, Spain
CATEGORIES:IBEC Symposium / Conference / Congress
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