Alícia Casals’ Robotics laboratory was featured on Barcelona Televisió’s programme “Connexió” on Tuesday 10th January, where they showed some of the robotic devices that the lab is currently developing.
The European Research Media Center’s website, youris.com, features an article about the MySpine project, which is coordinated by IBEC group leader Damien Lacroix.
IBEC’s research will be featured on the TV3 news tonight in an item filmed to highlight the forthcoming ‘La Marató de TV3’ telethon on Sunday.
The Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet programme on 28 November featured a report about the LOTUS project, of which IBEC group leader Santiago Marco is a partner.
On 23 October, IBEC’s Robotics lab was featured in an episode of ‘Emprendedores e innovadores’ on TVE2, when visiting masters student Paloma Fuentes gave viewers a tour of the robot kitchen with the help of IBEC PhD student Manuel Vinagre (pictured).
Robotics group leader Alicia Casals will be interviewed on the Catalunya Ràdio programme “El Café de la República” on Thursday 3rd November at 22:00. This popular evening programme discusses the news of the day and the ‘hot topics’ of the moment.
Elisabeth Engel, Senior researcher in the Bio/non-bio interactions for regenerative medicine group, has been interviewed for her expert response to some research into bone regeneration conducted by researchers in Italy.
The Biomechanics and Mechanobiology group’s latest paper, published yesterday in PLoS Computational Biology, made the BBC news today. Andrea Malandrino, Jérôme Noailly and group leader Damien Lacroix’s paper, ‘The effect of sustained compression on oxygen metabolic transport in the intervertebral disc decreases with degenerative changes’ describes results that could help to predict the onset of spinal disc degeneration.
The Molecular and Cellular Neurotechnology group’s recent paper on the development of epilepsy made the news today in Diario Medico, Spain’s leading newspaper for health professionals.
PhD student Xavier Giralt was interviewed for the ‘Gente corriente’ section on the back page of Saturday’s El Periódico.