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
Development of 3D in vitro platforms for the study of muscle function and axonal growth and regeneration Author: Karen Wells Cembrano, Molecular and cellular neurobiotechnology group Reading date: 27/10/2023 Reading time: 11:00 Reading place: Aula de Graus, Biology Faculty, UB Teams Link here.
Human Pluripotent stem cells: towards the definition of the new engineering approaches to target heart and kidney disease Author: Maria Gallo, Pluripotency for organ regeneration group Reading date: 8/11/2023 Reading time: 10:00 Reading place: Aula Magna of Hospital Clinic
What can microfluidic technologies offer during self-assembly processes? Josep Puigmartí-Luis, Departament de Ciència dels Materials i Química Física, Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (invited by César Rodriguez-Emmenegger) Self-assembly has long being used to control covalent and non-covalent interactions where molecular design has been the major driving force to achieve a desired outcome. Like in ... Read more