Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia

IBEC PhD Discussions Complementary Skills Session: Equity crowdfunding
2018-04-27 10:00 - 11:00 (Europe/Madrid) | IBEC, floor 11, Tower I, Baldiri Reixac 4-8, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Equity crowdfunding to link entrepreneurs and investors in life sciences
Pilar Puig-Sàrries PhD, Head of the BioExpert Network & Lead Analyst at Capital Cell
Capital Cell is Europe’s first equity crowdfunding platform specialising in life sciences. From their offices in Cambridge and Barcelona they source innovative, early stage companies in biotech and healthcare from across Europe to help fund their growth. In this process, the contribution of experts in science and business is crucial to help filter the best investment opportunities. From her experience, Pilar Puig-Sàrries will talk about how we can get funding for our innovative projects through crowdfunding and how we can also become investors from as little as 100€.

PhD thesis defence: Berta Gumí
2018-04-27 11:00 - 13:00 | Sala Antiga de Graus, Faculty of Physics, UB, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
“Structural organization of model membranes: a complementary approach combining atomic force microscopy and x-ray techniques”
Berta Gumí, Nanoprobes and Nanoswitches group
Berta will be defending her PhD thesis on Friday 27th April at 11:00 in the Sala Antiga de Graus, Faculty of Physics, University of Barcelona.
Everybody is welcome to attend.
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If you’re an IBEC PhD student and would like to advertise your PhD defence on the IBEC calendar, please contact vleigh@ibecbarcelona.eu

IBEC Seminar: Francesco Ricci
2018-05-02 12:00 - 13:00 | IBEC, floor 11, Tower I, Baldiri Reixac 4-8, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
DNA-based nanodevices for diagnostic and drug-delivery applications
Francesco Ricci, Chemistry Department, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
DNA nanotechnology uses DNA (or nucleic acids) as a versatile material to rationally engineer tools and molecular devices that can find a multitude of different applications (e.g., in-vivo and in-vitro diagnostics, drug delivery, genetic circuits etc.).
During this presentation I will introduce the field of DNA nanotechnology and I will talk about some of the most exciting examples of the last decade.
I will show how to exploit the “designability” of DNA to fabricate nature-inspired DNA-based nanoswitches and nanodevices that are specifically designed to undergo a conformational change (switch) upon binding to a specific input (i.e. target). This input-triggered conformational change can be used for diagnostic, drug-delivery or synthetic-biology applications.
I will demonstrate how to characterize and recreate in-vitro several mechanisms to control the response of DNA-based nanodevices (1-2) and how to regulate their activity with different chemical and environmental stimuli including pH (3-8), antibodies (2-3), enzymes (9), small molecules (10) and electronic inputs (11).
References
[1] Porchetta. A., et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 13238.
[2] Ranallo, S. et al., Angew. Chem., 2015, 54, 13214.
[3] Ranallo, S. et al., Nat. Commun., 2017, 8, 15150.
[4] Idili, A. et al., Nano Lett., 2015, 15, 5539.
[5] Porchetta, A, et al. Nano Lett., 2015, 15, 4467.
[6] Amodio, A. et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 16469.
[7] Idili, A. et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 5836.
[8] Mariottini, D. et al., Nano Lett., 2017, 17, 3225.
[9] Amodio, A. et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, , 138, 12735.
[10] Del Grosso, E. et al., Nano Lett., 2015, 15, 8407.
[11] Ranallo, S. et al., Chem. Sc., 2016, 7, 66-71.

Mindfulness for improved self-mastery & resilience
2018-05-03 09:30 - 13:30, 2018-05-17 09:30 - 13:30 | IBEC, floor 11, Tower I, Baldiri Reixac 4-8, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Workshop of two ½ day sessions will feature the benefits of mindfulness, a tool to develop self-efficacy and improve stress management and resilience. This training is based on the MBSR (Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction, Center for Mindfulness, Univ. Massachusetts) program and has been designed as an experiential and interactive workshop, aiming to guide participants towards self-reflection and self-regulation. The program emphasizes the importance of stop and see before acting, and then learning to respond instead of reacting to stressful the events.
Dates:
3rd and 17th May from 9.30 -1:30pm. In person class sessions = 8 hours + Pre-reading material
Target group:
All IBEC members (maximum 14 participants).
Trainer:
Dr. Andrés Martin Asuero

Introduction to Research Integrity
2018-05-09 09:30 - 13:30 | IBEC, floor 11, Tower I, Baldiri Reixac 4-8, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
The goal of this interactive training session is to raise participants’ awareness of some key research integrity issues. This includes understanding the concept of research integrity, visit some guidelines and explore some examples of research misconduct or questionable research practices, and how to avoid them. Concepts such as data management, record keeping, and bias will be discussed, as well as authorship and other issues related to scientific publishing in our competitive environment.
Dates:
9th May, 4Hours, from 9:30 to 1:30pm
Target group:
PhD students (maximum 18 participants).
Trainer:
Dra. Maruxa Martínez

reSearch4Talent 2018
2018-05-10 10:00 - 14:00 | Sala Dolors Aleu, Cluster II, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
On Thursday 10th May we’ll open our doors to UNDERGRADUATE & MASTERS 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 our labs.
In 2017 IBEC signed more that 130 internship agreements for Undergraduate and Master Students with a wide range of national and international universities. If you are interested in IBEC’s fourth edition of reSEARCH4TALENT, please register now. Limited spots.
Programme:
10:15 Welcome
10:35 Director’s talk, “What is IBEC?”
10:50 Human Resources + PhD Committee
11:15 Careers Fair: a chance for participants to mingle and chat with our researchers
13:00 – 14:00 Lab visits
Registration: http://events.ibecbarcelona.eu/research4talent/

“I’ll Push You”
2018-05-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Cinesa Diagonal, Carrer de Santa Fe de Nou Mèxic, s/n, Barcelona, 08021, Spain
Join us for a night at the movies and help accelerate research into muscular dystrophy!
IBEC, in collaboration with Cinesa Diagonal, is delighted to welcome you to an exclusive European première of
“I’ll Push You”
This inspiring story follows Justin Skeesuck and Patrick Gray, the first people to complete the Camino de Santiago in a wheelchair.
The proceeds from the screening will go to IBEC’sFaster Future project for this year, which will develop a new platform – a ‘muscle-on-a-chip’ – that uses a patient’s own cells to study their disease.
Invite your friends and family, and help make this medicine of the future a reality!
Thursday 10th May · 19h30 · Cinesa Diagonal, Barcelona
In English with Spanish subtitles
Find out more here, or buy your tickets here.

Pint of Science 2018
2018-05-14 19:00 - 2018-05-16 23:00 | Various venues, Barcelona
Various venues

IBEC researchers Samuel Sanchez, Miguel Bosch and María Rodríguez are set to take part in a global science outreach event taking place simultaneously in 21 countries.
The Pint of Science festival on 14th-16th May aims to deliver interesting, fun and relevant talks on the latest scientific research by the people who carry it out – in the pub!
On 15th May María, who is a PhD student linked to IBEC’s Biomedical signal processing and interpretation group, will give a talk, “El mundo al revés: Diseño de herramientas matemáticas para sabes cómo funciona la médula espinal” at La Iguana bar on Carrer de Rosés. The following night, ICREA research professor Samuel and Nanoprobes and Nanoswitches senior researcher Miguel will giving talks on “Engineering Living Hybrid Robots” and “Lighting up the brain with photo-drugs” at the Grizzly 72 Sports Bar on Gran Via.
Other scientists taking part in Barcelona bars include researchers from ICTA, IFAE, IRB Barcelona, CRG and several other centres, covering topics ranging from cosmology and climate change to big data and the science behind fear.
Pint of Science, which was established by a community of postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers at Imperial College in 2012, takes place annually over three days simultaneously in pubs in 21 countries.
If you’d like more information, visit https://pintofscience.es/events/barcelona, or please come along to support Maria, Miguel and Samuel at their talks!

Jornada sobre Nanotoxicidad
2018-05-24 10:30 - 15:00 | PCB, Baldiri Reixa 4-8, 10-12, 15-21, Barcelona, Spain
El incremento de los riesgos potenciales para la salud ha creado una nueva disciplina, la nanotoxicidad, esto es, el estudio de la toxicidad producida por el efecto de nanopartículas y nanomateriales. El objetivo de esta jornada es la de conocer más ampliamente las líneas que se están siguiendo en investigación en el área de la nanotoxicidad, los avances de diferentes proyectos en este ámbito, así como herramientas existentes para conocer y reducir la toxicidad de nanopartículas y nanomateriales.
La nanotecnología, ciencia que interviene en el diseño, la producción y el empleo de estructuras y objetos que cuentan con al menos una de sus dimensiones en la escala de 100 nanómetros o menos, está permitiendo la consecución de avances en diversas áreas con repercusiones de gran alcance para la sociedad. Actualmente, existen diversas áreas en las que la nanotecnología está en proceso de desarrollo o incluso en fase de aplicación práctica.
Sin embargo, las nanopartículas manufacturadas pueden tener propiedades y efectos muy diferentes a los de los mismos materiales en tamaños convencionales, lo que puede plantear nuevos riesgos para la salud del hombre y de otras especies. Algunas nanopartículas, que se emplean como vehículo para que los fármacos lleguen en mayor cantidad a las células deseadas, para disminuir los efectos secundarios del fármaco en otros órganos o para ambas cosas, tienen las mismas dimensiones que determinadas moléculas biológicas y pueden interactuar con ellas.
http://events.ibecbarcelona.eu/nanotoxicidad/
