Therapeutic effects of HDAC3 inhibition on spinal injuries and autoimmune demyelinating diseases Arnau Hervera, Molecular and Cellular Neurobiotechnology The molecular mechanisms discriminating between regenerative failure and success remain elusive. While a regeneration-competent peripheral nerve injury mounts a regenerative gene expression response in bipolar dorsal root ganglia (DRG) sensory neurons, a regeneration-incompetent central spinal cord injury ... Read more

Updates on a new lab at IBEC: hyperpolarised magnetic resonance for real-time, in situ monitoring of cell metabolism Irene Marco, Molecular Imaging for Precision Medicine group at IBEC There is a clinical need for non-invasive and reliable markers to diagnose, stage and evaluate treatment response in many diseases such as cancer or non-alcoholic fatty liver ... Read more

Smart and multifunctional artificial materials for bioengineering Carlos Aleman, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunta (UPC) The research of the " Innovation, Modeling & Engineering in Materials" group in the field of multifunctional materials. Three, different examples of multifunctional systems will be presented: 1) Magnetic electroconductive and self-healing PEDOT:alginate hydrogels for sensing, drug-delivery and energy storage; 2) ... Read more