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THERACAT Project: hitting cancer bull’s-eye 

Researchers from the European project THERACAT, coordinated by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), have been working for the last four years in developing new strategies to treat cancer in a local manner. By using nanoparticles that can transform a non-active pro-drug into an active drug, they went some steps further in the development … Read more

Tribute to Josep A. Planell, “much more than the anniversary celebration of a friend, mentor, colleague”  

With these words Josep Samitier inaugurated last week the tribute event to Josep A. Planell, one of the founders and first director of IBEC, for a whole life dedicated to science. The event, which was hold at the Alimara Hotel at Barcelona, counted with the participation of numerous friends and colleagues that wanted to accompany … Read more

Bioengineering for active ageing: IBEC Symposium arrives to its 15th edition

IBEC’s 15th Symposium was held the last 19th of October,   with the presence of all IBEC community and some national and international invited researchers from the bioengineering field. The focus of this year’s symposium was one of the three pillars of IBEC research: active ageing. Fortunately, after two years of online events due to pandemic … Read more

Science and Art: IBEC collaborates on a work by Antoni Muntadas at Ars Electronica 2022

When is a living organism considered extinct? This is one of the fundamental questions of the artwork presented at Ars Electronica 2022 by Antoni Muntadas, a Catalan artist based in the USA and recognized worldwide. To address the issue, the artist has presented a work about  the Tasmanian tiger, with the collaboration of with Benedetta … Read more

IBEC researchers are part of the European ATTRACT Project to develop a diagnostic device to improve embryo selection for in vitro fertilization procedures

HYLIGHT Project, coordinated by Samuel Ojosnegros from IBEC, was selected by the ATTRACT Phase 2, an initiative of the European Union to boost the transfer of deep technology with great potential to transfer from the laboratories to the society. The project was financed with around 2M euros for 26 months and aims to develop a diagnostic device to select embryos based on their metabolic profiles and increase the success rates of in vitro fertilization techniques.

El IBEC recibe cerca de un millón de euros para estudiar las enfermedades respiratorias graves causadas por virus

El projecto REACT, liderado por el Statens Serum Institut de Dinamarca, cuenta con la participación del Instituto de Bioingeniería de Cataluña (IBEC) que, con un presupuesto cercano al millón de euros de un total de siete, generará organoides epiteliales nasales humanos específicos como plataformas de validación y modelos preclínicos para investigar la interacción huésped-patógeno .

The Complementary Plan for Biotechnology applied to Health launches the call for applications for grants for Collaborative Projects in Catalonia

The call for applications for grants for Collaborative Projects in Catalonia opens today and will remain open until September 15. These grants aim to promote scientific and technical research activities focused on personalized medicine that contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the Complementary Plan for Biotechnology in Catalonia.

IBEC joins EBRAINS: an international platform to support brain research

IBEC is the newest associate member from EBRAINS, an International not-for-profit association born at Human Brain Project (HBP), with, by, and for researchers. Its purpose is to create and coordinate an international infrastructure to promote brain research, providing digital tools and services as software, hardware, consultancy, and facilities to support researchers to face challenges in brain research and brain-inspired technology development.