Institutional news Archives - Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia

May 28, 2025

IBEC receives funding from the prestigious Human Frontier Science Program

The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is participating in the international SOLFEGE project, which aims to explore how different cell types coordinate with each other through soluble factors in the tumour microenvironment. This project has been made possible thanks to funding from the Human Frontier Science Program. SOLFEGE is a consortium led by the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), with IBEC and the Duke University, as partners.

May 28, 2025May 27, 2025

IBEC co-organised the leading international symposium on mutational scanning

Family foto of the 8th Mutational Scanning Symposium at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB).

More than 300 people attended the eighth Mutational Scanning Symposium, which took place from 21 to 23 May at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park. The symposium is a key event for discussing the latest advances in mutational scanning technologies and Multiplex Assays of Variant Effects. This year, the symposium was co-organised by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, the Centre for Genomic Regulation, and the international Atlas of Variant Effects initiative.

May 19, 2025

The reSEARCH4TALENT event opens the doors of IBEC to young talent

On Friday 16 May, the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia held the eleventh reSEARCH4TALENT event, which is aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in pursuing a career in research. The event brought together over 50 people, who were able to learn about life at the institute, speak with researchers, and tour the laboratories.

May 16, 2025

IBEC receives the Manel Xifra i Boada Award as a technological centre

The awards ceremony was held yesterday at the Caixabanc Auditorium in Girona. IBEC was awarded in the technology centre category in recognition of its twenty years of excellence and interdisciplinary research at the intersection of engineering and life sciences.

April 14, 2025April 14, 2025

IBEC and UB lead the organisation of the AFM BioMed 2025 international congress in Barcelona

The Atomic Force Microscopy in Life Sciences and Nanomedicine (AFM BioMed) conference took place in Barcelona last week. The 2025 edition, which brought together 160 participants, was organised by the … Read more

April 8, 2025

IBEC researcher Irene Marco-Rius receives Anatole Abragam Prize for her contributions to the field of magnetic resonance

Dr Irene Marco-Rius, principal investigator at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), has been awarded the 2025 Anatole Abragam Prize for her pioneering work on the use of magnetic resonance to study cells grown on chips, allowing ex vivo metabolic assessment of disease mechanisms and therapy responses in controlled microenvironments. The award was presented at the Joint ENC-ISMAR Conference in California.

April 7, 2025

IBEC science reaches thousands at the 43rd Comic Barcelona

The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) was a major presence at the 43rd Comic Barcelona last week. Through an exhibition on everyday science, talks and informative workshops, IBEC was able to bring its cutting-edge research to an audience of all ages.

April 2, 2025March 31, 2025

IBEC to co-organise the 4th GIPS Annual Conference

Today, Josep Samitier, Director of the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, and Clara Prats, President of the Interdisciplinary Group of Health Professionals (GIPS), signed a collaboration agreement between the two centres to promote translational research in technology and health. As a result, the two institutions will jointly organise the 4th Annual GIPS Conference, which will take place on 17 June.

March 25, 2025March 24, 2025

IBEC and ICMS meet again in Eindhoven for their annual joint symposium

The joint ICMS-IBEC-MPIP symposium took place today, 24 March. The event was jointly organised by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), the Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP). During the day, researchers from the three centres presented their areas of research, with the aim of strengthening the scientific relations between the institutions.

March 19, 2025

IBEC reinforces its leadership in biomedical innovation at Transfiere 2025

The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia took part last week in Transfiere, Europe’s largest R&D and knowledge transfer event. Representatives from the Institute were able to present the Complementary Plan for Biotechnology Applied to Health, the NANOMED Spain platform and the Biobanks and Biomodels Platform (PNBB), all projects coordinated by IBEC.