Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia

Dilluns de ciencia
2017-11-20 18:30 - 19:30 (Europe/Madrid) | Salón de Actos de la Residencia de Investigadores CSIC-Generalitat de Catalunya, c/Hospital 64, Barcelona, Spain
Mecanobiología: estudiando las fuerzas físicas de células y tejidos
Carlos Pérez González, Integrative Cell and Tissue Dynamics group, IBEC
Procesos biológicos, como el desarrollo embrionario, la regeneración de tejidos o la metástasis tumoral conllevan movimientos celulares. La mecanobiología se encarga de estudiar las fuerzas físicas causantes de cada uno de estos movimientos. En esta conferencia, se repasarán los avances de este emergente campo de investigación y se discutirán sus potenciales aplicaciones de futuro.
http://www.residencia-investigadors.es/ca/activitats/mecanobiologia-estudiant-les-forces-fisiques-de-cellules-i-teixits-979.htm

IBEC PhD Thesis Defence: Claudia Navarro
2017-11-20 10:15 - 12:15 | Sala d’Actes de la Facultat de Matemàtica i Estadística (FME), C. Pau Gargallo, 5, Barcelona, 08028
“Stimulation of Wound Healing and Vascularization with Calcium-Releasing Biomaterials”
Claudia Navarro, Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group, IBEC
Claudia will be defending her PhD thesis on Monday November 20th at 10:15h in the Sala d’Actes, Facultat de Matemàtiques i Estadística (FME).
Everybody is welcome to attend.
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If you’re an IBEC PhD student and would like to advertise your PhD defense on the IBEC calendar, please contact vleigh@ibecbarcelona.eu

22a Setmana de la Ciència
2017-11-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Sala Dolors Aleu, Cluster II, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
El estudio de la diabetes con órganos en un chip
Este año, en el marco de la Setmana de la Ciència 2017, organizamos una jornada divulgativa en la que Javier Ramón, investigador principal en el IBEC, nos explicará su trabajo con dispositivos que integran tecnologías para detectar el consumo de glucosa y la producción de insulina, así como otros biomarcadores relacionados con la enfermedad de la Diabetes.
Inscripciones aquí.
Miércoles 15 de noviembre
18:00 Visita a los laboratorios (grupo reducido)
19:00 Charla divulgativa
Actividad gratuita  · Para mayores de 16 años ·  Plazas limitadas

Oportunidades de financiación en I+D+i
2017-11-15 10:00 - 14:00 | Sala Dolors Aleu, Cluster II, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
NANOMED Spain, en colaboración con el CDTI, EIT Health Spain y Acció, organiza esta jornada que tiene el objetivo de dar a conocer diferentes instrumentos de financiación de actividades empresariales en I+D+i a nivel regional, nacional e internacional.
La jornada, en la que se presentarán las diferentes iniciativas del CDTI, EIT Health y Acció existentes en el sector de la salud, estará enfocada a todas aquellas entidades nacionales con interés en conocer más sobre las convocatorias de los programas actuales o que estarán disponibles próximamente.
PROGRAMA
10:00 · Apertura de la jornada
10:15 · Sesión 1: Herramientas y Programas de financiación del CDTI
Cecilia Hernández – Presentación CDTI
Juan Luis Romera – Programas de financiación
11:15 · Sesión 2: Presentación de la 7ª Edición del Foro Transfiere
11:30 · Coffee break
12:00 · Sesión 3: Herramientas y Programas de financiación del EIT Health
Josep Lluis Falcó
13:00 · Sesión 4: Herramientas y Programas de financiación ACCIÓ
Pep Orellana, programas de financiación
14:00 · Fin de la jornada
Tras las presentaciones, las empresas que lo deseen podrán mantener encuentros bilaterales con técnicos de CDTI para exponer sus propuestas de proyectos y aclarar dudas. Para ello es necesario hacer una solicitud antes del 10 de noviembre por email a nanomedspain@ibecbarcelona.eu, así como adjuntar debidamente cumplimentada el formulario.
Registro en: Jornada sobre Oportunidades de financiación en I+D+

Learning to write clearly, the 'how' of good scientific writing
2017-11-09 09:30 - 13:30
Training activity in transferable skills.
This workshop aims to help participants improve their writing skills through awareness of the elements of clear writing. Participants will learn linguistic tools to transmit scientific messages.
Dates:
9th and 13th November, from 9.30 to 13.30 pm.
In person class sessions = 8 hours. Two half days.
Target group:
PhD students and post-docs
Provider: Gavin Lucas.

IBEC B·Debate: Bioengineering for Healthy Ageing: Adding Life to Years
2017-11-09 08:00 | CosmoCaixa Barcelona, Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 08022 Barcelona, Spain
Bioengineering for Healthy Ageing: Adding Life to Years
CosmoCaixa Barcelona. C/ Isaac Newton 26, Barcelona
Demographic change and well-being have been identified as major societal challenges. The rapid growth of the oldest age groups will have a major impact on health care costs. Engineering must play a substantial role managing the effects of this surge in demand for healthcare and providing care to be delivered in new ways. In concrete, biomedical engineering underpins many of the actions required to improve the quality of life of older people, including medical, social and infrastructure needs, so that the degree of independence and activity for ageing citizens can be improved.
There is a growing need for innovative medical technology solutions that contribute to our concept of healthy ageing. Technical innovation can provide solutions such as telemetry, distant-virtual consulting and checking, the automation of processes, and robot technology. Intelligent implants that use new design methods, materials, and software can keep patients mobile and fit as long as possible. Early recognition using accurate diagnostic equipment that employs imaging techniques, lab-on-chip analysis, and advanced sensors can reduce treatment costs and improve recovery rates. As a consequence, medical care can be provided at home, in the patient’s personal environment, instead of in a hospital. Regenerative medicine can as well offer a solution to major clinical needs related to ageing such as heart strokes, central/peripheral nerves damage, osteoporosis or ulcers.
This B·Debate, an initiative of Biocat and “la Caixa” Foundation, is jointly co-organized by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and will highlight the challenges an ageing population will have to face in terms of health and wellbeing and the possible solutions bioengineering can provide. The following hot technological topics will revolutionize healthcare and assistance to aged people: M-Health, Robotics for assisted living, Point of care diagnostics and Regenerative therapies.
Register here before 7th November.

PhD Discussion Sessions: Berta Gumí and Natalia Feiner
2017-10-27 10:00 - 11:00 | IBEC, floor 11, Tower I, Baldiri Reixac 4-8, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Nanomechanical and structural properties of supported lipid bilayers
Berta Gumí, Nanoprobes and nanoswitches group
Biological membranes are flexible self-sealing boundaries that form the permeability barriers for cells and organelles, also playing a structural role under combination of forces. Understanding the physical properties of the membrane is essential to get a better knowledge on the function of its constituents. Moreover, changes in membrane properties can affect receptor functioning, protein-membrane and protein-protein associations, as well as small molecule gradients. With atomic force microscopy (AFM) and AFM-based force spectroscopy (AFM-FS) we evaluate morphological and nanomechanical parameters of hydrated supported lipid bilayers (SLBs), that can be directly correlated with the lipid lateral organization and composition in the membrane. Being SLBs 2D ordered structures, grazing incidence X-Rays (XR) techniques are powerful to probe lateral and vertical organization in the length scales ranging from angstroms to microns. By combining AFM and XR we obtain not only information about the morphological and nanomechanical properties, but also more insights on the structure and organization of SLBs. This approach allows studying the interaction of membrane constituents and its associations with small molecules.
Studying nanoparticle interactions with blood components using super resolution microscopy
Natalia Feiner, Nanoscopy for nanomedicine group
The formation of the protein corona when nanoparticles are introduced into the blood stream alters their interactions with the target cells, affecting their functionality and performances in vivo [1]. Therefore, to improve the design of effective nanoparticles it is important to understand the composition and temporal evolution of the protein corona. In the present work we use super-resolution optical microscopy (SRM) to study the protein corona growing on mesoporous silica nanoparticles. SRM enables us not only the imaging but the quantification of single proteins [ref]. Interestingly, we observed a significant heterogeneity in protein absorption between individual nanoparticles which was only possible to detect thanks to the high resolution of the technique and its ability to image in a particle-by-particle basis. We studied the role of the surface chemistry in the corona formation and the role of the degradability in the corona evolution in time. Moreover, we investigate the consequences of protein corona formation on selective cell targeting which provide us a detailed understanding of corona-activity relations. The present methodology is widely applicable to a variety of nanostructures and complements the existing ensemble approaches to further investigate protein corona phenomenon.

IBEC group leader retreat
2017-10-24 08:45 - 2017-10-25 18:45
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Montserrat Hotel & Training Center, Collbato
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