IBEC in the Media

There’s been lots of press coverage of Pau Gorostiza’s group’s recent Nature Communications paper describing their development of molecules that can be applied as light-regulated molecular prostheses to help restore vision in cases of retinal degeneration.

This summer’s Barcelona International Youth Science Challenge (BIYSC 2016), a new initiative that aims to stimulate scientific talent among young people, was covered in La Vanguardia today, with the photo accompanying the article taken at IBEC.

A round table discussion involving Samuel Sánchez, last year’s winner of the Princess of Girona Foundation (FPdGi) Award for Scientific Research, and other former winners was filmed at the recent FPdGi 2016 awards ceremony in Girona.

Samuel Sanchez features in an article in ARA magazine this week which marks the 15th anniversary of ICREA.

An article about Nuria Montserrat appeared in El Mundo on Tuesday following her invovlement in a recent study in which the first human heart grafts from human pluripotent stem cells were generated.

A recent school visit to IBEC featured on the BTV programme CataKrac at the weekend.

The Escola Ausiàs March’s May visit to the institute – which included a tour and some hands-on activities about cells – is the second item in Sunday’s programme, which is made by and for children.

Muy Interesante magazine this week features an article about organoids, three-dimensional cell/ tissue cultures which mimic organ structure and function, and quotes Nuria Montserrat as an expert opinion.

The two recent papers from Eduard Torrents and Antonio Juárez on how bacteria can cause chronic infections and new bacterial virulence markers in E. coli respectively got some press coverage this week.

The recent Sci Rep paper by the IBEC/ISGlobal joint Nanomalaria unit got lots of news coverage this week, the latest being in La Vanguardia’s Big Vang science section (left).