On Wednesday 8th May 2024 we’ll open our doors to UNDERGRADUATE & MASTER's students interested in a research career The event offers you the opportunity to engage with our researchers and inquire about their day-to-day work in the lab, career trajectories, work-life balance, mobility, etc. In 2023, IBEC signed more than 130 internship agreements for undergraduate and ... Read more
2P-BRAINSCOPY: pushing the boundaries of two-photon microscopy to study large neuronal networks in behaving mice. Nicolò Accanto, Inserm researcher at the in Insitut de la Vision (IDV), in the group of Valentina Emiliani, Paris In the past 15 years, the synergy of two-photon (2P) microscopy and optogenetics has transformed neuroscience, enabling high-resolution imaging and precise photostimulation ... Read more
We are glad to invite you to this seminar organized by IBEC where Marek W. Radomski, Vice-Dean Research College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada will talk about the Canadian health research following COVID-19 pandemic, the next Tuesday 14th of May at 15h at the Faculty of Medicine Clinic (UB). Marek W. Radomski, Vice-Dean of Investigation College ... Read more
Beating Organs-on-Chip: leveraging on motion to mimic human organ physiological/diseased states in vitro Erika Ferrari, Commercial Science Leader, BiomimX Srl Beating Organs-on-Chip are in vitro miniaturized models developed within the uBeat® platform, which integrates microfluidics, 3D human cell culture and controlled mechanical stimulation to recapitulate, with unprecedented precision and predictability, clinically relevant models reflective of ... Read more
Delegations of the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC, Spain) and Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST, Korea) will introduce some of their exciting research at the IBEC – KAIST Mini Symposium with presenters from the field of materials science, polymer chemistry, tissue engineering, self-assembly, chemical biology and synthetic biology. Date: May 20th ... Read more
To fulfil the promise of applying bioengineering to improve the lives of patients, we need to adopt a holistic approach encompassing understanding of biological/pathological mechanisms, development of engineered systems, and consideration of clinical needs. Hence, the B4 symposium, by bringing together experts studying the BBB from a biological, engineering and medical perspective, will greatly aid ... Read more
Single molecule insights into cellular mechanotransduction Sergi Garcia-Manyes, Single Molecule Mechanobiology laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute and King’s College London Cellular mechanostransduction relies on the conversion of mechanical cues into chemical signals, which propagate from the focal adhesion hub through the cytoskeleton to ultimately reach the nucleus through the Nuclear Pore Complex (NPC), and ... Read more
Event in Spanish El objetivo de las Doctoral Networks es implementar programas de doctorado mediante asociaciones de organizaciones de diferentes sectores de Europa y más allá para formar doctorandos y doctorandas altamente cualificados, estimular su creatividad, mejorar sus capacidades de innovación y potenciar su empleabilidad a largo plazo. Gracias al componente de movilidad (internacional, interdisciplinar e intersectorial) ... Read more
Engineering the Nanoscale Membrane Topography in Cells Wenting Zhao, School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Institute for Digital Molecular Analytics and Science (IDMxS), Singapore Abstract. Cell membranes serve as a central platform to host a variety of proteins essential for cellular activities such as cell signaling, morphogenesis, and membrane ... Read more
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