Doctors’ Senate Award honors a thesis on mechanobiology
IBEC in the Media
Alícia Casals against the invisibility of female scientists
The industrial and computer engineer Alícia Casals, associated researcher at IBEC and professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), is interviewed in “el Periódico” to talk about the merits of the female researchers and to inspire young women in their disciplines.
Núria Montserrat, group leader at IBEC, is interviewed on the radio program “El Matí de Catalunya Ràdio” together with other researchers to talk about the prestige they have achieved based on their work in different scientific fields and whether the fact of being a woman has made it more difficult for them. Josep Samitier “A country that invests in science will have more welfare opportunities”
Josep Samitier, director of the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia and president of ACER, speaks in various media about the lack of public investment in research.
Nuria Montserrat at the podcast “The coronavirus scientists”
Núria Montserrat, ICREA researcher and IBEC group leader, appears in the podcast”Coronavirus Scientists” from “Agencia SINC” explaining how she managed during this past months both in the laboratory and at home, where she lives with her partner and three children.
Dermoglass in the media
Elisabeth Engel from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and Professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) appears in different media for the Dermoglass technology, the first project financed by the CaixaImpulse program to be licensed to a pharmaceutical company.
Eduard Torrents talks about antibiotic resistance on the radio
Eduard Torrents, group leader at IBEC is interviewed in the radio program “Després del Col·lapse” of RTVE talking about his research on new therapies for infectious diseases in the face of antibiotic resistance.
A mechanism to cross the blood-brain bareer has been discovered
Giuseppe Battaglia, leader of the IBEC “Molecular Bionics” group and ICREA Research Professor appears in various media for his recent study describing a mechanism and conditions that allow molecules to efficiently cross the blood-brain barrier, the protective layer of the brain.
Does 3D bioprinting improve cancer survival?
Elena Martínez, group leader at IBEC and professor at the University of Barcelona (UB), is interviewed for the Big Vang section of La Vanguardia expaining her project to develop organs on a chip to improve the survival of patients with colorectal tumor metastases.
Nuria Montserrat, awarded for best biomedical publication
