IBEC Seminar

Cochlear optical stimulation of the auditory pathway Antoine Huet , Institut für Auditorische Neurowissenschaften, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen Optical stimulation of spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) in the ear for coding sound information provides an interesting alternative to electrical stimulation that is used in current cochlear implants for hearing restoration. As light can be conveniently confined in space, ... Read more

How to build a biological nanomachine Andela Saric , University College London The molecular machinery of life is largely created via self-organisation of individual molecules into functional larger-scaled structures. Such processes are multi-scale in nature and constantly driven far from thermodynamic equilibrium. Our group develops minimal coarse-grained computer models to help understand how the assembly ... Read more

How to build a biological nanomachine Andela Saric , University College London The molecular machinery of life is largely created via self-organisation of individual molecules into functional larger-scaled structures. Such processes are multi-scale in nature and constantly driven far from thermodynamic equilibrium. Our group develops minimal coarse-grained computer models to help understand how the assembly ... Read more

Alteraciones en el sistema melanopsínico en la retinosis pigmentaria y durante el proceso de envejecimiento Gema Esquiva , Universitat d'Alacant La retinosis pigmentaria es la degeneración hereditaria de la retina más frecuente, siendo la cuarta causa de ceguera en el mundo. Además, en esta enfermedad, se producen alteraciones en los ritmos circadianos, esenciales para llevar ... Read more

Alteraciones en el sistema melanopsínico en la retinosis pigmentaria y durante el proceso de envejecimiento Gema Esquiva , Universitat d'Alacant La retinosis pigmentaria es la degeneración hereditaria de la retina más frecuente, siendo la cuarta causa de ceguera en el mundo. Además, en esta enfermedad, se producen alteraciones en los ritmos circadianos, esenciales para llevar ... Read more

Translational chemistry, optical imaging and precision medicine Marc Vendrell , University of Edinburgh Optical imaging has revolutionised our understanding of how biological systems behave at the molecular level. In the last years, my group has developed dynamic activatable fluorophores (DYNAFLUORS) as chemical tools to image the function and activity of immune cells in disease. We ... Read more

Translational chemistry, optical imaging and precision medicine Marc Vendrell , University of Edinburgh Optical imaging has revolutionised our understanding of how biological systems behave at the molecular level. In the last years, my group has developed dynamic activatable fluorophores (DYNAFLUORS) as chemical tools to image the function and activity of immune cells in disease. We ... Read more

Bioprinting methods for organ-on-a-chip applications Javier Ramón , IBEC Engineered tissues in three-dimensional (3D) cell culture platforms that resemble the complex native structure and organization can be used as in vitro models to study tissues physiology and metabolism. Our technology allows us to develop a new platform to model metabolic and muscle diseases in vitro ... Read more

BioEngineering Hybrid Robotic Machines: from nanobots to 3D Bioprinted Robots Samuel Sánchez , IBEC The combination of biological components and artificial ones emerges into what we called hybrid machines/bots/robots. Here, I will present two types of hybrid systems that we are currently developing in our lab which span across different length scales, from a few ... Read more