The Nanomotors International Conference: 20th Anniversary will be held June 2-5, 2024 in Barcelona. This event will gather high-profile plenary and invited speakers and world-class researchers specializing in nanomotors to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first publications in the field. From the early days of artificial catalytic nanomotors, the expanding field of active matter has moved ... Read more
Enhanced regeneration through in vivo cell reprogramming: lessons from the first decade of research and a success story in the mouse heart Irene de Lázaro, PhD1,2,3 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, New York University 2 Cardiovascular Research Center, NYU School of Medicine and NYU Langone Health 3 Harvard John A ... Read more
El Instituto de Bioingeniería de Cataluña acoge la Jornada Informativa de las Plataformas ISCIII de Apoyo a la I+D+i en Biomedicina y Ciencias de la Salud, organizada por la Plataforma ISCIII de Biomodelos y Biobancos (P_ISCIII_BB), la Plataforma ISCIII de Dinamización e Innovación de las Capacidades Industriales del SNS y su Transferencia Efectiva al Sector ... Read more
Nuclear mechanobiology – from striated muscle disease to ultrarapid cellular mechanosensing Jan Lammerding, PhD, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology & Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA Abstract. The nucleus is the characteristic feature of eukaryotic cells and houses the genomic information of the cell. The Lammerding laboratory is investigating ... Read more
CIENCIA ABIERTA Y PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL Open science and intellectual property (IP) regulation share the same fundamental objective of promoting innovation for social, scientific and economic development. However, there may be some tension due to the fact that IP rights can be used as a basis for controlling and managing the way in which protected subject ... Read more
To celebrate the World Environment Day (5 June) IBEC’s Sustainability Committee is organizing a second-hand exchange market! You can bring those pieces of clothing and lab materials that are clean and in good shape, but you don’t use anymore, and take one for free! SAVE THE DATE: 📅 21st of June 📍 in front of ... Read more
Multimode User Day Agenda: 1. Absorbance, Fluorescence and Luminescence reading modes 1. Incubation options: gas, temperature, shaking, injectors,… 2. Brightfield Imaging 3. Fluorescence Imaging 4. Hands-on session: SparkCyto Where? Parc Científic de Barcelona c/Baldiri Reixach, 10. Torre I, Floor 11, Sala Baobab (IBEC) When? 25th June 2024 (Tuesday), 14-17h Organizer: Institute for Bioengineering of ... Read more
As part of IBEC's science education initiatives, this year we have been running the IMAB project, which aims to bring the latest advances in bioengineering in organ and tissue regeneration to the over-65s. The aim of the project, beyond being a dissemination activity, has been to gather their impressions and transmit them to the scientific ... Read more
Laboratories consume three to five times more energy and resources than standard office spaces, with significant environmental impacts from constant equipment operation and disposable plastic use. Against this background, the project ‘Sustainable Laboratories’ (NACH-LABS), a joint effort of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, the Technical University of Darmstadt, and IUTA e.V., the European School of Sustainability Science and ... Read more
Developability assessment of biologics and formulation of novel molecules Shahid Uddin, PhD, MBA, Senior Director of Drug Product, Formulation & Stability within the CMC department at Immunocore, UK It’s vital to ensure appropriate assessment of molecules at the early research phase is carried out to risk mitigate movement into the development phase. This ensures the best risk ... Read more