Mechanobiology of intestinal organoids Xavier Trepat, IBEC Intestinal organoids capture essential features of the intestinal epithelium such as folding of the crypt, spatial compartmentalization of different cell types, and cellular ... Read more
The volitional brain in action: counterfactual error and the virtualization of memory Volitional motor control can be seen as the result of a gradual replacement of feedback by feedforward control. ... Read more
Targeted drug delivery: fundamental aspects and translational applications Silvia Muro, IBEC The design of strategies to enable efficient and safe delivery of therapeutic agents to areas of the body requiring ... Read more
Improving lung cancer management by reengineering tumor-associated fibroblasts Jordi Alcaraz, UB facultat de Medicina & IBEC Associated Researcher Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death due in part ... Read more
Breaking Paradigms: Delivering insulin orally Ester Caffarel, MIT Biologics have revolutionized disease treatment; however, their rapid degradation and poor absorption in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract generally limit their administration to ... Read more
Membraneless compartments based on intrinsically disordered proteins: from biology towards new protein materials Paolo Arosio, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich In the last few years, discoveries in biology ... Read more
Diabetes, where are we? Anna Novials, PI of the group “Pathogenesis and Prevention of Diabetes” at IDIBAPS/Clinic Hospital of Barcelona and member of CIBERDEM network. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a ... Read more
Study on the of the interplay between glucose metabolism and SARS-CoV-2 infection exploiting human kidney organoids Núria Montserrat, group leader "Pluripotency for organ regeneration" at IBEC Severe acute respiratory syndrome ... Read more
A new molecular dimension: exploiting Raman spectroscopy in Biomedicine Mónica Marro, ICFO, The Institute of Photonic Sciences Raman spectroscopy is a promising optical technique that enables the investigation of the ... Read more
Tissue Engineering in Microgravity Jessica Ilenburg, Gravitational Biotechnologist at Yuri gravity Tissue Engineering and regenerative medicine are two fast growing and fast moving research fields. With the invention of bioprinting ... Read more