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SUMMARY:reSearch4Talent 2016
DESCRIPTION:reSearch4Talent 2016\nOn Thursday 5th May 2016 we’ll open our doors again to undergraduate and masters students interested in a research career. \nThis is the second edition of reSearch4Talent\, the first of which was held in April last year and which attracted 60 participants. \nFor more details or to register\, visit http://ibecbarcelona.eu/events/re-search4talent
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/research4talent-2016-2/
LOCATION:IBEC\, Baldiri Reixac 10-12\, Barcelona\, 08028\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Outreach / Fair / Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160505T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160505T170000
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SUMMARY:reSearch4Talent 2016
DESCRIPTION:reSearch4Talent 2016\nOn Thursday 5th May 2016 we’ll open our doors again to undergraduate and masters students interested in a research career. \nThis is the second edition of reSearch4Talent\, the first of which was held in April last year and which attracted 60 participants. \nFor more details or to register\, visit https://ibecbarcelona.eu/events/re-search4talent
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/research4talent-2016/
LOCATION:IBEC\, Baldiri Reixac 10-12\, Barcelona\, 08028\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Outreach / Fair / Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160506T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160506T140000
DTSTAMP:20260506T035659
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SUMMARY:PhD Thesis Defence: Anita Kosmalska
DESCRIPTION:“Physical principles of membrane remodeling during cell mechanoadaptation”\nAnita Joanna Kosmalska\, Cellular and molecular mechanobiology group\nAnita will be defending her PhD thesis on Friday 6th May at 12:00 at the Faculty of Medicine (Aula 15\, 5th floor) of the UB. \nEverybody is welcome to attend. \n—\nIf you’re an IBEC PhD student and would like to advertise your PhD defence on the IBEC calendar\, please contact vleigh@ibecbarcelona.eu
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/phd-thesis-defence-anita-kosmalska/
LOCATION:Aula 15\, 5th floor\, Faculty of Medicine\, UB\, Barcelona\, Spain
CATEGORIES:PhD Thesis Defence
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160506T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160506T140000
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SUMMARY:PhD Thesis Defence: Anita Kosmalska
DESCRIPTION:“Physical principles of membrane remodeling during cell mechanoadaptation”\nAnita Joanna Kosmalska\, Cellular and molecular mechanobiology group\nAnita will be defending her PhD thesis on Friday 6th May at 12:00 at the Faculty of Medicine (Aula 15\, 5th floor) of the UB. \nEverybody is welcome to attend. \n—\nIf you’re an IBEC PhD student and would like to advertise your PhD defence on the IBEC calendar\, please contact vleigh@ibecbarcelona.eu
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/phd-thesis-defence-anita-kosmalska-2/
LOCATION:Aula 15\, 5th floor\, Faculty of Medicine\, UB\, Barcelona\, Spain
CATEGORIES:PhD Thesis Defence
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160512T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160512T123000
DTSTAMP:20260506T035659
CREATED:20160422T091715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160428T115510Z
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SUMMARY:IBEC Seminar: Marina Martínez
DESCRIPTION:How to improve proposals & strategy within Horizon 2020\nMarina Martínez\, The Spanish Office for Science and Technology (SOST-CDT)\nThe aim of this seminar is to advice researchers\, research managers and research support services on how to improve their success ratio on EU proposals application. Moreover\, she will give an overview of all H2020 landscape\, as well as all the stakeholders involved in order to choose the best strategy within EU positioning. \nLimited places available. Register here.
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/ibec-seminar-marina-martinez/
LOCATION:Sala 1\, Torre D\, PCB\, Baldiri Reixac 4-8\, 08028 Barcelona
CATEGORIES:IBEC Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160512T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160512T123000
DTSTAMP:20260506T035659
CREATED:20160422T091715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160422T091715Z
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SUMMARY:IBEC Seminar: Marina Martínez
DESCRIPTION:How to improve proposals & strategy within Horizon 2020\nMarina Martínez\, The Spanish Office for Science and Technology (SOST-CDT)\nThe aim of this seminar is to advice researchers\, research managers and research support services on how to improve their success ratio on EU proposals application. Moreover\, she will give an overview of all H2020 landscape\, as well as all the stakeholders involved in order to choose the best strategy within EU positioning. \nLimited places available. Register here.
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/ibec-seminar-marina-martinez-2/
LOCATION:Sala 1\, Torre D\, PCB\, Baldiri Reixac 4-8\, 08028 Barcelona
CATEGORIES:IBEC Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160519T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160519T130000
DTSTAMP:20260506T035659
CREATED:20160504T124456Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160504T124456Z
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SUMMARY:IBEC Seminar: The new IBEC Bio-AFM system
DESCRIPTION:The new IBEC Bio-AFM system: system’s performance\, applications and users’ guide\nGabriel Gomila\, Group Leader\, Nanoscale Bioelectrical Characterization\, IBEC\nIn this talk I will introduce the new Bio-Atomic Force Microscopy infrastructure of IBEC. I will start describing the components of the infrastructure\, its location at IBEC and its potential performance. Then I will present some examples of application of this system\, and show the first results obtained with it. Finally\, I will explain the special rules for its use by IBEC users.
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/ibec-seminar-the-new-ibec-bio-afm-system/
CATEGORIES:IBEC Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160519T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160519T130000
DTSTAMP:20260506T035659
CREATED:20160504T124456Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160504T124456Z
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SUMMARY:IBEC Seminar: The new IBEC Bio-AFM system
DESCRIPTION:The new IBEC Bio-AFM system: system’s performance\, applications and users’ guide\nGabriel Gomila\, Group Leader\, Nanoscale Bioelectrical Characterization\, IBEC\nIn this talk I will introduce the new Bio-Atomic Force Microscopy infrastructure of IBEC. I will start describing the components of the infrastructure\, its location at IBEC and its potential performance. Then I will present some examples of application of this system\, and show the first results obtained with it. Finally\, I will explain the special rules for its use by IBEC users.
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/ibec-seminar-the-new-ibec-bio-afm-system-2/
CATEGORIES:IBEC Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160520T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160520T110000
DTSTAMP:20260506T035659
CREATED:20160415T062224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160415T062224Z
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SUMMARY:IBEC Seminar:  Xavier Fernández-Busquets
DESCRIPTION:A Short (Hi)story of Malaria\n Xavier Fernández-Busquets\, Nanomalaria Joint Unit (IBEC/Barcelona Institute for Global Health)\nReportedly\, malaria has been the killer of about half of all people who have ever lived\, among which such celebrities as king Tutankhamun\, Alexander the Great\, and Genghis Khan. To commemorate the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Professor Youyou Tu\, we will overview the fascinating history of this murderer disease through the small stories of its sufferers from dinosaurs to humans. From the exorbitant egos of renowned physicians to the shameful experiments in concentration camps and prisons during WWII\, or from the darkest depths of malariotherapy to the shining lights leading to the discovery of some of its remedies\, malaria will keep us in awe of its amazing (hi)story.
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/ibec-seminar-xavier-fernandez-busquets/
CATEGORIES:IBEC Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160520T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160520T110000
DTSTAMP:20260506T035659
CREATED:20160415T062224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160415T062224Z
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SUMMARY:IBEC Seminar:  Xavier Fernández-Busquets
DESCRIPTION:A Short (Hi)story of Malaria\n Xavier Fernández-Busquets\, Nanomalaria Joint Unit (IBEC/Barcelona Institute for Global Health)\nReportedly\, malaria has been the killer of about half of all people who have ever lived\, among which such celebrities as king Tutankhamun\, Alexander the Great\, and Genghis Khan. To commemorate the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Professor Youyou Tu\, we will overview the fascinating history of this murderer disease through the small stories of its sufferers from dinosaurs to humans. From the exorbitant egos of renowned physicians to the shameful experiments in concentration camps and prisons during WWII\, or from the darkest depths of malariotherapy to the shining lights leading to the discovery of some of its remedies\, malaria will keep us in awe of its amazing (hi)story.
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/ibec-seminar-xavier-fernandez-busquets-2/
CATEGORIES:IBEC Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160526T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160526T110000
DTSTAMP:20260506T035659
CREATED:20160520T054234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160520T054234Z
UID:22935-1464256800-1464260400@ibecbarcelona.eu
SUMMARY:IBEC seminar: Isaac Gállego
DESCRIPTION:DNA Nanotechnology: from its Applications to the Self-Assembly in Alternative Solvents\nIsaac Gállego\, Georgia Institute of Technology\, USA\nDNA nanotechnology is a relatively new field that utilizes the DNA’s programmability and self-assembly properties to build custom-designed shapes at the nanometer scale. A common implementation is the DNA origami method\, in which a M13 single stranded genome (scaffold) is folded by hundreds of complementary base-paired oligonucleotides (staples). DNA nanostructures have been successfully utilized to create two-dimensional and three-dimensional devices with applications in lithography\, photonics\, electronics\, and the fabrication of inorganic materials. Herein\, I will present to you my work on DNA nanotechnology\, which includes: i) the development of a biosensor to dsiplay the DNA repair activity hAGT—an enzyme target for the development of cancer therapeutics;1 ii) the transfer a pre-programmed nanosclae pattern of DNA onto gold surfaces\, a challenging process useful for the fabrication of functional materials; and iii) the first study of self-assembly of DNA nanostructures in a non-aqueous\, alternative solvent\, a deep eutectic solvent composed of glycerol and choline chloride in a 4:1 molar ratio (glycholine).2 Glycholine and its hydrated mixtures facilitate DNA folding by alleviating kinetic traps that are often encountered during the folding of DNA structures in aqueous solvent. \n1. Tintoré\, M.\, Gállego\, I.\, Manning\, B.\, Eritja\, R. & Fàbrega\, C. DNA Origami as a DNA Repair Nanosensor at the Single‐Molecule Level. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 52\, 7747–7750\n2. Gállego\, I.\, Grover\, M. A. & Hud\, N. V. Folding and Imaging of DNA Nanostructures in Anhydrous and Hydrated Deep-Eutectic Solvents. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 54\, 6765–6769 (2015).
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/ibec-seminar-isaac-gallego/
CATEGORIES:IBEC Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160526T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160526T110000
DTSTAMP:20260506T035659
CREATED:20160520T054234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160520T054234Z
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SUMMARY:IBEC seminar: Isaac Gállego
DESCRIPTION:DNA Nanotechnology: from its Applications to the Self-Assembly in Alternative Solvents\nIsaac Gállego\, Georgia Institute of Technology\, USA\nDNA nanotechnology is a relatively new field that utilizes the DNA’s programmability and self-assembly properties to build custom-designed shapes at the nanometer scale. A common implementation is the DNA origami method\, in which a M13 single stranded genome (scaffold) is folded by hundreds of complementary base-paired oligonucleotides (staples). DNA nanostructures have been successfully utilized to create two-dimensional and three-dimensional devices with applications in lithography\, photonics\, electronics\, and the fabrication of inorganic materials. Herein\, I will present to you my work on DNA nanotechnology\, which includes: i) the development of a biosensor to dsiplay the DNA repair activity hAGT—an enzyme target for the development of cancer therapeutics;1 ii) the transfer a pre-programmed nanosclae pattern of DNA onto gold surfaces\, a challenging process useful for the fabrication of functional materials; and iii) the first study of self-assembly of DNA nanostructures in a non-aqueous\, alternative solvent\, a deep eutectic solvent composed of glycerol and choline chloride in a 4:1 molar ratio (glycholine).2 Glycholine and its hydrated mixtures facilitate DNA folding by alleviating kinetic traps that are often encountered during the folding of DNA structures in aqueous solvent. \n1. Tintoré\, M.\, Gállego\, I.\, Manning\, B.\, Eritja\, R. & Fàbrega\, C. DNA Origami as a DNA Repair Nanosensor at the Single‐Molecule Level. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 52\, 7747–7750\n2. Gállego\, I.\, Grover\, M. A. & Hud\, N. V. Folding and Imaging of DNA Nanostructures in Anhydrous and Hydrated Deep-Eutectic Solvents. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 54\, 6765–6769 (2015).
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/ibec-seminar-isaac-gallego-2/
CATEGORIES:IBEC Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160527T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160527T110000
DTSTAMP:20260506T035659
CREATED:20160415T062711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160520T055544Z
UID:22419-1464343200-1464346800@ibecbarcelona.eu
SUMMARY:PhD Discussion Session: Elisabet Martí and Maria Valls
DESCRIPTION:Amphoteric polyamidoamines as innovative tools to selectively direct antimalarial drug towards Plasmodium-infected red blood cells\nElisabet Martí\, Nanomalaria joint group\nMalaria\, caused by the protist Plasmodium spp.\, in 2015 alone claimed the lives of more than 400\,000 people\, mainly young African children\, and it had been responsible for 214 million new cases. Despite a significant decrease in the number of malaria-related deaths\, there is still a need for new therapeutic strategies such as finding new antimalarial drugs or substantially improving old ones\, by decreasing side effects and avoiding resistance appearance. The development of highly specific and efficient targeted nanocarriers can be the engine of this change\, which however needs to be done at an affordable cost for malaria endemic countries. \nFour different polyamidoamine (PAA) polymers are being studied in our group with the aim of developing a targeted nanovector capable of reaching in the mid term the preclinical pipeline. \nThe PAA AGMA1 had shown in previous studies antimalarial activity per se at non-toxic concentrations\, as well as certain specificity for pRBCs vs. RBCs. We are trying to elucidate the corresponding mechanisms by characterizing the interaction between AGMA1 and pRBCs. Experiments such as targeting and growth inhibition assays in vitro\, antimalarial activity in vivo and determination of encapsulation capacity are being currently performedwith AGMA1and with three other PAAs: ISA23\, ISA1 and ARGO7. Preliminary results suggest the capacity of AGMA1 to activate the immune system\, indicating that PAAs could be eventually used as an agent with double activity as a drug nanocarrier and as a prophylactic agent. \n  \nDevelopment of a Biomimetic Bioreactor for Cardiac Tissue Engineering Applications\nMaria Valls\, Biomimetic systems for cell engineering group\nIschemic heart disease is a major cause of human death worldwide owing to the heart’s minimal ability to repair following injury. Therefore\, shedding light on heart regeneration and its possible application in medicine is of paramount interest for the scientific community. In this sense\, cardiac tissue engineering aims at obtaining cardiac patches for regenerative medicine purposes. In addition\, these patches could serve as valuable in vitro models to study heart development and regeneration\, heart diseases or as drug screening platforms. \nA prerequisite for obtaining faithful cardiac patches is to mimic the native cardiac environment. Although major advances have been done\, the generation of mature tissue constructs from human induced pluripotent stem (hiPS) cells is still a challenge. To address this\, we have developed a parallelized perfusion bioreactor system and characterized a collagen-based 3D scaffold. Also\, we have designed a perfusion chamber including graphite electrodes to electrically stimulate cells during culture. With this setup\, we have obtained contractile cardiac tissue constructs from primary cultures of neonatal rat heart ventricles that show an enhanced response when cultured under electrical stimulation. \nWe are currently culturing cardiac progenitors derived from hiPS cells\, to produce useful human cardiac tissue surrogates to study cardiovascular tissue maturation as well as for drug/toxicity testing.
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/phd-discussion-session-elisabet-marti-and-maria-valls/
CATEGORIES:PhD Discussions Session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160527T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160527T110000
DTSTAMP:20260506T035659
CREATED:20160415T062711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160415T062711Z
UID:95907-1464343200-1464346800@ibecbarcelona.eu
SUMMARY:PhD Discussion Session: Elisabet Martí and Maria Valls
DESCRIPTION:Amphoteric polyamidoamines as innovative tools to selectively direct antimalarial drug towards Plasmodium-infected red blood cells\nElisabet Martí\, Nanomalaria joint group\nMalaria\, caused by the protist Plasmodium spp.\, in 2015 alone claimed the lives of more than 400\,000 people\, mainly young African children\, and it had been responsible for 214 million new cases. Despite a significant decrease in the number of malaria-related deaths\, there is still a need for new therapeutic strategies such as finding new antimalarial drugs or substantially improving old ones\, by decreasing side effects and avoiding resistance appearance. The development of highly specific and efficient targeted nanocarriers can be the engine of this change\, which however needs to be done at an affordable cost for malaria endemic countries. \nFour different polyamidoamine (PAA) polymers are being studied in our group with the aim of developing a targeted nanovector capable of reaching in the mid term the preclinical pipeline. \nThe PAA AGMA1 had shown in previous studies antimalarial activity per se at non-toxic concentrations\, as well as certain specificity for pRBCs vs. RBCs. We are trying to elucidate the corresponding mechanisms by characterizing the interaction between AGMA1 and pRBCs. Experiments such as targeting and growth inhibition assays in vitro\, antimalarial activity in vivo and determination of encapsulation capacity are being currently performedwith AGMA1and with three other PAAs: ISA23\, ISA1 and ARGO7. Preliminary results suggest the capacity of AGMA1 to activate the immune system\, indicating that PAAs could be eventually used as an agent with double activity as a drug nanocarrier and as a prophylactic agent. \n  \nDevelopment of a Biomimetic Bioreactor for Cardiac Tissue Engineering Applications\nMaria Valls\, Biomimetic systems for cell engineering group\nIschemic heart disease is a major cause of human death worldwide owing to the heart’s minimal ability to repair following injury. Therefore\, shedding light on heart regeneration and its possible application in medicine is of paramount interest for the scientific community. In this sense\, cardiac tissue engineering aims at obtaining cardiac patches for regenerative medicine purposes. In addition\, these patches could serve as valuable in vitro models to study heart development and regeneration\, heart diseases or as drug screening platforms. \nA prerequisite for obtaining faithful cardiac patches is to mimic the native cardiac environment. Although major advances have been done\, the generation of mature tissue constructs from human induced pluripotent stem (hiPS) cells is still a challenge. To address this\, we have developed a parallelized perfusion bioreactor system and characterized a collagen-based 3D scaffold. Also\, we have designed a perfusion chamber including graphite electrodes to electrically stimulate cells during culture. With this setup\, we have obtained contractile cardiac tissue constructs from primary cultures of neonatal rat heart ventricles that show an enhanced response when cultured under electrical stimulation. \nWe are currently culturing cardiac progenitors derived from hiPS cells\, to produce useful human cardiac tissue surrogates to study cardiovascular tissue maturation as well as for drug/toxicity testing.
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/phd-discussion-session-elisabet-marti-and-maria-valls-2/
CATEGORIES:PhD Discussions Session
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