Electrical and topographical study of bacterial appendages at the nanoscale Helena Lozano, Nanoscale bioelectrical characterization group Some bacteria can exchange electrons with non-soluble electron acceptors, such as minerals. This phenomenon is called Extracellular Electron Transfer (EET) and it can be done through several mechanisms, especially through conductive bacterial nanowires. The main objective of this thesis ... Read more
Decoding Turbulent Chemical Plumes with Improved Signal Processing and Machine Learning Javier Burgués, Signal and information processing for sensing systems group Millions of years of evolution has aided animals and insects to develop the highly sensitive ability to track and navigate odor plumes over great distances. This behavior is integral to their survival and propagation ... Read more
Mechanobiology of epithelial folding and migration in intestinal organoids Xavier Trepat, Integrative cell and tissue dynamics group More information here Registration here
The principles of advanced virtual reality-based neurorehabilitation Martina Maier, SPECS group How the training in virtual reality and based on principles can support the recovery and diagnosis of disabilities after stroke. This thesis defense will take place on Monday, September 21st, at 11:00 hours. Location: The defense will be online. People are invited to attend upon ... Read more
Imaginenano2020 Online Imaginenano2020 organisers have been closely monitoring global developments of the COVID-19 virus since the start of the year. The health and safety of our speakers, exhibitors, participants and staff being our number one priority, we decided to postpone the in-person event to 2021 but organise a 3 days online event (Imaginenano2020 Online) merging 3 ... Read more
#LancetGate and its broader implications for the pandemic response and science dissemination Carlos Chaccour, ISGlobal, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona On May 22, 2020, the Lancet published an influential report on the use of hydroxychloroquine in COVID conducted using a vast database owned by a company based in Chicago: Surgisphere. The world counted more than 300.000 ... Read more
Registration is now open for the 13th IBEC Symposium on Bioengineering for Future and Precision Medicine The 13th IBEC Symposium will focus on one of our three main areas of application of research at IBEC: Future and Precision Medicine. Although we would have loved to meet everyone in person, due to the COVID-19 outbreak and ... Read more
EIT Health Innovation Day IBEC is participating, once more, in the organization of this year’s EIT Health Innovation Day that will be held on-line from 31st October to 7th November 2020 (Dedication per day: 30-45 min. aprox. (flexible schedule)). Innovation Days (i-Days) promote health innovation among university students through dozens of one-to-two-day programmes held at academic ... Read more
Noninvasive multimodal analysis of thoracic bioimpedance and myographic signals for the assessment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Dolores Blanco, Biomedical Signal Processing and Interpretation Chronic respiratory diseases cause morbidity and premature mortality in adult population. In particular, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represents a socioeconomic burden worldwide. COPD is usually evaluated by a spirometry test ... Read more
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 movements from crypt to villus-like domains. Each of these processes and their coordination in time and space requires patterned physical forces that are currently unknown. ... Read more