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SUMMARY:Workshop 1 NET-NANO: Tools to study biological systems
DESCRIPTION:This first workshop will focus on cutting-edge tools and techniques used to investigate cellular processes and disease. The event will feature two plenary lectures by leading external experts\, along with a series of presentations by IBEC researchers.\nSpeakers will present on a range of topics\, including nanomechanics\, atomic force microscopy\, electron microscopy\, surface nanopatterning\, membrane protein function\, interprotein charge transfer\, and single-molecule imaging. The event will offer numerous opportunities for networking\, discussion\, and knowledge sharing. \nScheduled Programme:  \n09:10 – Marina Giannotti\, IBEC group “Nanoprobes and Nanoswitches”\, “Nanomechanics in seek for disease indicators” \n09:40 – Aurora Dols Pérez\, IBEC group “Nanoscale Bioelectrical Characterization”\, “AFM as a tool for the study of drug delivery systems” \n10:10 – Nisha Pawar\, IBEC group “Molecular Bionics”\, “Liquid phase Transmission Electron Microscopy and Machine Learning to understand structure and protein aggregation” \n10:40 – Plenary: Elisabetta Ada Cavalcanti-Adam\,University of Bayreuth (Germany)\, “Surface Nanopatterning for Investigating Receptor Clustering and Crosstalk in Cell Adhesion and Migration” \n11:40 – Coffee Break & Challenge Board \n12:10 – Anna Lagunas\, IBEC group “Nanobioengineering”\,“Unveiling membrane protein function with nanotools” \n12:40 – Pau Gorostiza\, IBEC group “Nanoprobes and Nanoswitches”\, “Interprotein charge transfer in respiratory and photosynthetic chains” \n13:10 – Networking Lunch \n14:10 – Plenary: Prof María García-Parajo\, Institute of Photonic Science (ICFO) & Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA)\, “Single molecule imaging tools to unravel spatiotemporal compartmentalisation in living cells” \n15:10 – Roundtable Discussion 15:40 – Farewell from Network Representatives \n\nPlenary talks details:\nProf. Elisabetta Ada Cavalcanti-Adam\, Chair of Cellular Biomechanics\, Faculty of Engineering Science\, University of Bayreuth\, Germany.\n \nSurface nanopatterning for Investigating Receptor Clustering and Crosstalk in Cell Adhesion and Migration  \nAdvances in nanotechnology have provided powerful tools for precisely controlling the physical and chemical microenvironment and for guiding cellular behavior and communication. This talk will explore the use of surface nanopatterning techniques and their functionalization with adhesive ligands to study receptor clustering and its implications for crosstalk in the adhesion and migration of single and collective cells. We aim to elucidate the mechanisms underlying integrin signaling\, cadherin-mediated cell-cell junctions\, and their interplay during migration. Examples will highlight how these approaches provide understanding of fundamental cell biology and their potential implications in tissue regeneration and cancer metastasis.  \nProf. Dr. E. Ada Cavalcanti-Adam is currently a full professor for Cellular Biomechanics at the University of Bayreuth\, Germany. Education: doctor degree in Dental Medicine from Italy\, M.Sc. degree in Biology from University of Pennsylvania (USA) and PhD in Biosciences at Heidelberg University.\nShe was Postdoctoral Fellow and later project leader at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart. After completing her Habilitation\, from 2017 until 2023 she was research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg and head of the Central Scientific Facility “Cellular Biotechnology; she also served as adjunct faculty at the Heidelberg University.\nIn 2004 she received the Marie Curie Intra-European fellowship\, in 2008 a fellowship from the „Christiane Nüsslein-Volhardt Foundation“ and the Prize „For Women in Science“. Her research focuses on the mechanobiology of cell adhesion\, investigating how cells interact with their physical environment at the molecular level.  \n  \n Prof. Dr. María García-Parajo\, Institute of Photonic Science (ICFO) & Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA). \nSingle molecule imaging tools to unravel  spatiotemporal compartmentalisation in living cells   \nOrganisation by compartmentalisation is a general property of natural systems that efficiently facilitates and orchestrates biological events in space and time. Super-resolution microscopy and single molecule dynamic approaches have revealed that compartmentalisation starts at the nanometre scale with molecules organising and interacting transiently with each other following modularity principles. In this talk\, I will provide an overview of recent super-resolution and single molecule dynamic approaches ideally tailored to study biological systems with exquisite spatiotemporal resolution. I will describe the combination of multicolour single particle tracking (SPT) at different labelling densities to resolve in real time multi-molecular interactions in living cells. Low density SPT conditions allows to reconstruct the mobility of individual molecules and their transient interactions\, while high density conditions provide unique information on the spatial and temporal length scales of cellular regions re-visited (or forbidden) for molecules. We find that molecular diffusion\, transient multi-molecular interactions and dynamic re-modelling of the environment play key roles regulating biological function.  \nMaria Garcia-Parajo is an ICREA Research Professor at ICFO-Institute of Photonic Sciences\, leading the Single Molecule Biophotonics group. Her research focuses on the development of advanced optical techniques to the study of biological processes at the single molecular level on living cells. She obtained her PhD in Physical Electronics in 1993 at Imperial Colleague\, UK.  Previous experience includes research at L2M-CNRS Paris (France) and University of Twente (The Netherlands). To date she has published more than 200 publications and delivered more than 250 talks at international conferences and workshops upon invitation. She coordinates several international research projects\, and is member of various international scientific advisory\, executive and editorial boards. She has received several prestigious awards\, including the Young Academy Research fellow award from the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (1998)\, National Prize in Biophysics (2017)\, Advanced ERC grant (2017) and Emmy Noether Laurate from the European Physical Society (2020). She is co-coordinator of the Winter School in Advanced Microscopy Techniques for the Master in Interdisciplinary Sciences at BIST. Maria is actively involved in (inter)national actions to promote gender equity in Science. 
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/workshop-1-net-nano-tools-to-study-biological-systems/
LOCATION:Sala Dolors Aleu\, Cluster II\, Parc Científic de Barcelona\, Barcelona\, Spain
CATEGORIES:IBEC Symposium / Conference / Congress / Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250204T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250204T120000
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SUMMARY:Contexto y oportunidades de cooperación científico-tecnológica con China
DESCRIPTION:This event will be held in Spanish. \nNanomed Spain junto con CDTI organizan esta jornada para ofrecer una visión integral del estado actual de la cooperación científica entre España y China\, incluyendo los avances de la hoja de ruta acordada en la Comisión Mixta Bilateral de octubre de 2024 y las nuevas líneas estratégicas de colaboración. También se presentarán oportunidades de financiación para proyectos conjuntos\, como las derivadas del reciente Memorando de Entendimiento firmado entre la Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) y la Fundación Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de China (NSFC)\, y se discutirán los retos relacionados con la securización de la cooperación internacional. Una excelente oportunidad para avanzar juntos en la innovación y la colaboración internacional. \nRegistro e información aquí.
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/contexto-y-oportunidades-de-cooperacion-cientifico-tecnologica-con-china/
LOCATION:PCB
CATEGORIES:External symposium / conference / congress
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250207T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250207T130000
DTSTAMP:20260514T234325
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SUMMARY:Nanodía Mundial Contra el Cáncer
DESCRIPTION:This event will be held in Spanish. \nEl Nanodía Mundial Contra el Cáncer es un evento organizado en el marco del Día Mundial contra el Cáncer donde se darán a conocer las últimas innovaciones en materia de NANOMEDICINA contra el CÁNCER\, con temas que van desde el diagnóstico precoz\, la liberación controlada de fármacos o la radioterapia con nanopartículas. \nUn año más\, expertos en NANOMEDICINA de diferentes campos -investigadores\, empresarios\, médicos oncólogos\, pacientes\, etc.-\,  expondrán los últimos avances y nos darán la oportunidad de descubrir el generador de progreso que la NANOMEDICINA significa para la salud como creador de nuevas oportunidades en el diagnóstico y el tratamiento del cáncer y como podemos contribuir en la misión Europea contra el cáncer. \nNANOMED Spain organiza la edición de este año con el Vall d’Hebron Instituto de Investigación (VHIR). \nRegistro e información aquí. \n 
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/nanodia-mundial-contra-el-cancer-3/
LOCATION:Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR)\, Pg. de la Vall d'Hebron\, 119-129\, Horta-Guinardó\, Barcelona\, Barcelona\, Spain
CATEGORIES:External symposium / conference / congress
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250207T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250207T110000
DTSTAMP:20260514T234325
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SUMMARY:Complementary Skills session: "Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Practice: From Research Labs to Lecture Halls"
DESCRIPTION:“Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Practice: From Research Labs to Lecture Halls”\nSalva Ferrer\, Eduscopi\, Barcelona. \nDiscover how AI is reshaping the landscape of scientific research\, teaching\, and public engagement. This seminar covers a wide range of uses for AI\, including content generation\, data analysis\, and information management tailored to scientists’ needs. Attendees will learn prompt engineering techniques\, compare AI models suited for reliable scientific text generation\, and navigate key ethical challenges like transparency and legalities. Featuring real-world tools for research\, social media\, and educational applications\, this session provides a comprehensive overview of responsible AI use in science. (Of course\, this title and description were generated by an AI).
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/complementary-skills-session-artificial-intelligence-in-scientific-practice-from-research-labs-to-lecture-halls/
LOCATION:Sala Dolors Aleu\, Cluster II\, IBEC\, Baldiri i Reixac\, Barcelona
CATEGORIES:PhD Discussions Complementary Skills Session
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250214T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250214T130000
DTSTAMP:20260514T234325
CREATED:20250131T083800Z
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SUMMARY:IBEC Seminar: Prof. Joo H. Kang and Prof. Jinmyoung Joo
DESCRIPTION:Microfluidic Approaches for Infection Treatment and Vascularized Tissue Regeneration\nJoo H. Kang\, Ph.D.\, Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering\, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology  \nExtracorporeal blood treatments for severe bacteremic sepsis have shown limited success\, primarily due to the lack of effective strategies to remove various pathogenic materials from the bloodstreams. This presentation will focus on two of the most recent approaches addressing this challenge. The first utilizes red blood cell (RBC) membrane-coated superparamagnetic nanoclusters (RBC-SPNCs) that target a broad spectrum of bacteria and viruses in infected whole blood. In a swine sepsis model\, these RBC-SPNCs demonstrated rapid capture and magnetic separation of various pathogens\, even at high blood flow rates. Treatment of swine infected with multidrug-resistant E. coli significantly alleviated severe bacteremia-induced organ dysfunction within 12 hours\, suggesting potential therapeutic utility in large animal models and possibly in human sepsis treatment. The second approach enables efficient bacterial removal by leveraging RBC deformability\, which induces their axial migration and promotes bacterial margination\, thereby enhancing capture efficiency within the microscale flow path of the extracorporeal device. \nToward the end of the presentation\, we will discuss fully vascularized implants created using autologous blood plasma through a microfluidic device. Our results show that implanting theses vascularized scaffolds onto cutaneous wound sites significantly facilitated wound healing in a rodent model\, resulting in increased collagen deposition\, higher hair follicle numbers\, and improved wound closure rates. The microvascular structures we implanted were anastomosed with the host’s blood vessels\, enabling rapid deployment of neutrophils to the wound site and promoting the polarization of M2 macrophages\, which further facilitated the wound healing process. \n  \nEngineering functional nanoparticles for translational and precision medicine\nJinmyoung Joo\, Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering\, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology \nNanotechnology is of great importance to molecular biology and medicine because life processes are maintained by the action of a series of biological molecular nanomachines in the cell machinery. Recent advances in nanotechnology offer great potential applications in biomedical research and clinical diagnostics\, and the development of a novel toolkit is critical to understand the inner world of complex biological nanosystems at cell\, tissue and whole-body level. In particular\, the unique combinations of material properties that can be achieved with nanomaterials provide new opportunities in biomedical applications\, in which a number of functional nanomaterials have been investigated and become a new interdisciplinary frontier between biomedical science and materials engineering. \nIn this talk\, self-destructing hybrid nanoparticles based on porous inorganic scaffolds and lipids will be discussed. The material allows a modular approach to the design of imaging or therapeutic agents\, which includes features such as: intrinsic photoluminescence; singlet oxygen sensitization; capacity for a wide range of payloads such as magnetic nanoparticles\, large proteins\, or oligonucleotides; tunable degradation rates; and large external surface to provide multivalent targeting. Luminescent nanoparticles offer a non-toxic alternative to heavy metal-based quantum dots\, and they have been shown to be biodegradable and to safely image tumors and organs in live animals. The addition of a targeting ligand that selectively interacts with tissues can improve the efficacy of imaging and drug delivery. These effects can be further enhanced if the nanoparticle contains more than one copy of the targeting ligand\, enabling multivalent interactions with the targeted tissue. The use of the feasible functionality and biodegradable characteristics of the nanoparticles for in vitro and in vivo imaging and drug delivery systems will be highlighted.
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/ibec-seminar-prof-joo-h-kang-and-prof-jinmyoung-joo/
LOCATION:Sala Dolors Aleu\, Cluster II\, IBEC\, Baldiri i Reixac\, Barcelona
CATEGORIES:IBEC Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250219T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250219T140000
DTSTAMP:20260514T234325
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SUMMARY:Barcelona Health Innovation Week 2025
DESCRIPTION:Al Barcelona Health Innovation Week\, explorarem casos reals de dos projectes que estan fent el salt del laboratori a la clínica i al mercat per generar un impacte tangible a través de la col·laboració público-privada i la creació d’spin off. Coneixerem la iniciativa liderada per Catalunya per accelerar l’adopció de la medicina personalitzada als estats membres de la Unió Europea\, i analitzarem les estratègies clau per assolir la transferència del coneixement a la societat. \nAquesta sessió serà una cita imprescindible per als que volen conèixer de prop les claus de l’èxit en la translació de la medicina personalitzada\, connectar amb agents de l’ecosistema d’innovació i formar part de la conversa sobre el futur de la nostra salut. \n\n\nAquest esdeveniment tindrà lloc en català.
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/barcelona-health-innovation-week-2025/
LOCATION:Sala Dolors Aleu\, Cluster II\, Parc Científic de Barcelona\, Barcelona\, Spain
CATEGORIES:External symposium / conference / congress
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250220T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250220T110000
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SUMMARY:IBEC Seminar: Dr Stefano Angioletti Uberti
DESCRIPTION:Multivalent interactions: Old concept\, new tricks\nDr Stefano Angioletti Uberti\, Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London \nArguably\,multivalency has been used since the 1970s as a mechanism to increase the binding strength while using weak ligand-receptor pairs. While this (somewhat naive) view as a general approach to increase binding strength must be taken with a pinch of salt but\, it also downplays the importance of multilvalent interactions for selectivity. In fact\, multivalent interactions become crucial to obtain binding selectivity in scenarios where targets vs non-target entitites (cells\, viruses\, …) do not differ by the presence or lack of a specific receptor\, but by receptors’ spatial distribution. In this seminar\, I will describe some of our most recent research into this topic\, focusing on two intriguing cases: the use of multivalent binding to enhance targeting in drug-delivery\, and its (potential) role as a general mechanism to regulate how cells “sense” and react to their environment.
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/ibec-seminar-dr-stefano-angioletty-uberti/
LOCATION:Torres I\, Floor -1\, Room 3
CATEGORIES:IBEC Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250227T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250227T133000
DTSTAMP:20260514T234325
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SUMMARY:Workshop 1 NET-RARE: Advancements in Personalized Therapies for Rare Diseases
DESCRIPTION:In this first workshop\, we will explore how various IBEC groups and external researchers are using new technologies to develop personalized therapies for rare diseases. The opening seminar features Adriana Gonzalez from IBEC’s “Molecular Imaging for Precision Medicine” group. She will explain how the group studies myotonic dystrophy type I\, a rare muscular disease\, using nuclear magnetic resonance techniques. Next\, Silvia Muro from IBEC’s “Targeted Therapeutics and Nanodevices” group will present recent progress in using targeted nanotechnology to deliver drugs for treating genetic lysosomal disorders. We are also pleased to welcome Frances Platt\, professor of Biochemistry and Pharmacology\, Department of Pharmacology\, University of Oxford (UK). Her group studies fundamental disease mechanisms in lysosomal disorders to identify novel clinical interventions strategies. They use small molecule drugs to target unique steps in the pathogenic cascade and test them as mono-therapies or in combination with other therapies. After a networking break\, Belen Perez Dueñas from VHIR’s “Therapeutics and Innovations in Neuropediatrics” group will describe her team’s efforts to address rare neuromuscular disorders through molecular diagnostics and personalized genetic therapies. Finally\, Eduard Torrents Serra\, leader of IBEC’s “Bacterial Infections: Antimicrobial Therapies” group\, will talk about his research on antimicrobial treatments for cystic fibrosis. \nScheduled Program: \n09.30-09.40: Welcome and short introduction to the workshop \n09.40-10.10: Silvia Blanco\, IBEC group “Molecular Imaging for Precision Medicine” \n10.10-10.40: Silvia Muro\, IBEC group “Targeted therapeutics and nanodevices” \n10.40-11.30: International invited speaker: Frances Platt\, professor of Biochemistry and Pharmacology\, Department of Pharmacology\, University of Oxford (UK). \n11.30-12.00: Coffee Break and Networking \n12.00-12.30: National invited speaker: Belen Perez Dueñas from the VHIR group “Therapeutics and innovations in neuropediatrics”. \n12.30-13.00: Eduard Torrents Serra\, IBEC group “Bacterial Infections: Antimicrobial Therapies” \n13.00-13.10: Remarks and Closing
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/workshop-1-net-rare-advancements-in-personalized-therapies-for-rare-diseases/
LOCATION:Sala Dolors Aleu\, Cluster II\, IBEC\, Baldiri i Reixac\, Barcelona
CATEGORIES:IBEC Symposium / Conference / Congress / Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250228T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250228T110000
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SUMMARY:IBEC Seminar: Loïc Lannelongue
DESCRIPTION:Green Disc: open-access community-driven Digital Sustainability Certification scheme\nLoïc Lannelongue\, Research Associate at University of Cambridge \nFrom genetic studies and astrophysics simulations to AI\, scientific computing has enabled amazing discoveries and there is no doubt it will continue to do so. However\, the corresponding environmental impact is a growing concern in light of the urgency of the climate crisis\, so what can we all do about it? We will discuss how the new Green DiSC framework can support scientists and institutions in making their (computational) research more sustainable. We will present the scheme and the logistics of taking part\, and answer any questions you may have. \nYou can registere here. \n 
URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/ibec-seminar-loic-lannelongue/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:External seminar
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