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 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection leads to a high risk of hospitalization and mortality in diabetic patients. SARS-CoV-2 binds to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor, which is ... Read more
Noves metodologies per al tractament de bacteris creixent en forma de biofilm Núria Blanco-Cabra, Bacterial infections and antimicrobial therapies group at IBEC The defence will take place online, if you wish to attend to this defence, write an email to doctoratmedicina@ub.edu at least 48 hours before the defence.
Deciphering the utility of Galleria mellonella as an infection and toxicity in vivo model Laura Moya, Bacterial infections: Antimicrobial therapies The defence will take place online, if you wish to attend to this defence, you will find the link to access and all the information here
Correlating super-resolution microscopy and transmission electron microscopy for nanoparticle characterisation Teodora Andrian, Nanoscopy for nanomedicine group The functionalization of nanoparticles with surface functional moieties is a key strategy to achieve bioactivity and cell targeting in nanomedicine. The interplay between size and ligand number and distribution is crucial for the formulation performance and needs to be ... Read more
Nanoscale dielectric mapping of biomembranes with in-liquid Scanning Dielectric Microscopy Martina Di Muzio, Nanoscale bioelectrical characterization group The defence will take place online, if you wish to attend to this defence, you can find the link to access here and you can find more information here Please join the meeting few minutes before the mentioned time to avoid session interruption. ... Read more
Nanoscale Tomography based in Electrostatic Force Microscopy Harishankar Balakrishnan, Nanoscale bioelectrical characterization group The defence will take place online, if you wish to attend to this defence, you can find the link to access here and you can find more information here Please join the meeting few minutes before the mentioned time to avoid session ... 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 molecular content of biological samples in a rapid, non-invasive, label-free and multiplexed approach. In the biomedical field, it is of special interest because the device ... Read more
On Friday 21st May we’ll open our doors virtually to UNDERGRADUATE & MASTER’s students interested in a research career The day is a chance for you to talk to our researchers and ask them questions about their day-to-day work in the lab, career paths, work-life balance, mobility etc, as well as a visit to ... Read more
Effects of substrate-derived cues in driving the self-organization of organoid-derived intestinal epithelia Enara Larrañaga, Biomimetic systems for cell engineering The defence will take place online, if you wish to attend to this defence, you can find the link to access here and you can find more information here
EMBL and IBEC aim to contribute to the discussion on challenges and opportunities in the expanding field of Multi-cellular engineered living systems (M-CELS). We have organized a satellite session to the M-CELS Workshop 2021 organized by the Center for Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems. The session aims also to be an appetizer to the 2nd EMBL-IBEC Winter Conference on Engineering Multicellular Systems to be ... Read more