Reprogramming the Factory of Life to Target the Delivery of mRNA via Helical Chirality Virgil Percec, Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Homochiral helical self-organizations are known at the macroscopic level in nature, art, architecture and science for thousands of years . However, molecular helicity was discovered in proteins ... Read more
Biomaterials for cancer study and accelerate wound healing Dr. Andy Tay , Assistant Professor, Presidential Young Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering Magnetic hydrogels are materials containing magnetic microparticles which help transduce magnetic fields into mechanical forces. In the presence of a static magnet, the stiffness of magnetic hydrogels can be altered to investigate the reversible ... Read more
We are delighted to announce the first edition of the symposium "The Future Now: Emerging Leaders in Biomedicine". This event is specifically tailored for advanced postdoctoral researchers and junior Group Leaders who are at the forefront of the vibrant biomedical community of the Barcelona area. Join us at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC) on ... Read more
Supercomputer-based virtual humans: the future of medicine NOW Mariano Vázquez, ELEM Biotech & Barcelona Supercomputing Center In this talk we are going to address the potential of supercomputer-based virtual humans for the biomedical realm. Virtual Humans are computational "avatars" of a patient, which combines data with a mathematical model which are used to predict (as opposed ... Read more
New technologies for accelerating drug discovery and preclinical testing Maria Majellaro, Chief Scientific Officer of Celtarys. Abi J Vazquez. Co-founder and COO of DIVERSA Technologies SL. Bruno K Rodiño-Janeiro, Chief Scientific Officer of BFlow. Celtarys, DIVERSA and BFlow belong to the Galician biotechnology ecosystem and are dedicated to provide cutting-edge technologies applied in different ... Read more
Conserved nucleocytoplasmic density homeostasis drives cellular organization across eukaryotes Simone Reber, Max Planck Institut for Infection Biology, Berlin (invited by Pere Roca-Cusachs) The packing and confinement of macromolecules in the cytoplasm and nucleoplasm has profound implications for cellular biochemistry. How intracellular density distributions vary and affect cellular physiology remains largely unknown. We show that the ... Read more
BIOENGINEERING FOR FUTURE AND PRECISION MEDICINE October 3rd · Auditori Axa, Barcelona The 16th IBEC annual Symposium brings together high-profile international experts for an open forum for interdisciplinary discussions and networking. This year the symposium is dedicated to Bioengineering for Future and Precision Medicine, one of IBEC’s three major application areas. Scientific community is invited to participate. Attendees from ... Read more
Workshop held in the framework of the EIC Pathfinder project BIOACTION “Bacteria biofilm as bio-factory for tissue regeneration” (Project Number 101098972). BIOACTION aims at developing a new methodology in implant technology based on functionalized bio-hydrogels that will convert the negative occurrence of biofilm-associated infections, the primary cause of implant infections and failure, into a positive ... Read more
Microfluidic technology enabling biomedical applications Jaap den Toonder, Microsystems Research Section, Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology. Currently, visiting professor at IBEC, Barcelona Microfluidics is the science and technology of manipulating and analyzing fluid flow at small scales, typically from millimeters down to micrometers. At these scales, ... Read more
Multiscale buckling of epithelial shells Thomas Wilson, Integrative Cell and Tissue Dynamics group Numerous natural and engineered structures are shaped as thin curved shells. When subjected to excessive compressive loading, these shells undergo buckling instabilities that result in wrinkling patterns with complex dynamics. Epithelial tissues such as those enclosing embryos or lining glandular organs are ... Read more