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
Enhanced regeneration through in vivo cell reprogramming: lessons from the first decade of research and a success story in the mouse heart Irene de Lázaro, PhD1,2,3 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, New York University 2 Cardiovascular Research Center, NYU School of Medicine and NYU Langone Health 3 Harvard John A ... Read more
El Instituto de Bioingeniería de Cataluña acoge la Jornada Informativa de las Plataformas ISCIII de Apoyo a la I+D+i en Biomedicina y Ciencias de la Salud, organizada por la Plataforma ISCIII de Biomodelos y Biobancos (P_ISCIII_BB), la Plataforma ISCIII de Dinamización e Innovación de las Capacidades Industriales del SNS y su Transferencia Efectiva al Sector ... Read more
Nuclear mechanobiology – from striated muscle disease to ultrarapid cellular mechanosensing Jan Lammerding, PhD, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology & Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA Abstract. The nucleus is the characteristic feature of eukaryotic cells and houses the genomic information of the cell. The Lammerding laboratory is investigating ... Read more
CIENCIA ABIERTA Y PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL Open science and intellectual property (IP) regulation share the same fundamental objective of promoting innovation for social, scientific and economic development. However, there may be some tension due to the fact that IP rights can be used as a basis for controlling and managing the way in which protected subject ... Read more