IBEC’s Robotics group leader Alícia Casals was interviewed on local radio station Radio Rubí this week. The interview formed part of the Rubí al dia programme’s celebration of International Women’s Day by featuring women with interesting jobs.
IBEC group leader Raimon Jané, in his role as president of the Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica (SEIB), features in a video about the society’s CASEIB 2012 annual meeting in San Sebastián in November.
This week’s press release about Ángel Raya’s Nature Neuroscience paper gained coverage in La Razón, rTVE and many other science and news websites.
An interview with IBEC group leader Raimon Jané appears in the latest edition of CIBER-BBN’s newsletter.
Further coverage of the driver drowsiness alerter Somnoalert® developed by IBEC and Ficosa has appeared today in El Mundo and abc.es.
Monday’s press release about the driver drowsiness alerter Somnoalert® developed by IBEC and Ficosa got lots of coverage in the news this week, including in La Vanguardia, TeleCinco and El Economista.
Yesterday Diario Vasco, the daily newspaper published from San Sebastian, featured a report and video about the HYPER project, of which IBEC’s Robotics group is a partner.
This week’s press release about the Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group’s work on the regeneration of the central nervous system was covered in Diario Medico and several other Spanish- and English-language news and science sites.
IBEC featured on 8tv’s ‘Equip de Reporters’ programme on Sunday night, which was entitled ‘Investigant la investigació’ and focussed on public and private funding for science. Joan Aranda of the Robotics group demonstrated the experimental robotic kitchen as as example of the group’s privately-supported work in developing intelligent robotic systems. Head of Corporate Projects Arantxa Sanz commented on the current financial situation in relation to the research community, pointing out that private funding is always needed and welcome even in affluent times.
The Nanoprobes and Nanoswitches group’s research into light as a tool to manipulate biological and pharmacological processes remotely and non-invasively was featured last week in Investigación y Ciencia, the Spanish version of Scientific American.