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December 16, 2020

Change in the presidency of SOMMa: Maria A. Blasco substitutes Luis Serrano

After three years as president of the Severo Ochoa – María de Maeztu Alliance, Luis Serrano, director of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) ends his term and steps down from the presidency. The new president will be Maria Blasco, director of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), and until now first vice president of SOMMa.

September 6, 2023December 9, 2020

Nuria Montserrat awarded an “ERC Consolidator Grant” to study kidney diseases using bioengineered organoids

Nuria Montserrat, ICREA Research Professor and Group Leader at IBEC, has been awarded the prestigious “Consolidator Grant” from the European Research Council (ERC).

December 16, 2020December 2, 2020

Two IBEC researchers receive a Beatriu de Pinós fellowship

Aurora Dols and Zaida Álvarez, researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), receive the prestigious fellowships Beatriu de Pinós, awarded by the Catalan Government for the incorporation of highly qualified postdoctoral researchers into the Catalan research system.

December 9, 2020December 1, 2020

Nuria Montserrat joins EMBO

Nuria Montserrat has been selected to join EMBO, a prestigious network that brings together some of the most brilliant researchers in life sciences in the world. This year only 30 scientists have been selected among 216 candidates. The selected scientists will join the existing network of 73 current and 384 former members of the program.

April 22, 2021December 1, 2020

IBEC calls society to action to accelerate research against COVID19

The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) launches the Faster Future “A por la COVID19” campaign, with the aim of raising the 100.000€ needed to accelerate three research projects in collaboration with hospitals and patients associations.

November 21, 2020

Nuria Montserrat receives “Constantes y Vitales” award for the best biomedical publication of the year

IBEC researcher Nuria Montserrat receives the “Constantes y Vitales” award for the best biomedical publication of 2020 for her work with human organoids created with bioengineering techniques for the study of SARS-CoV-2.

November 25, 2020November 21, 2020

IBEC and the French Cluster Medicen Paris Region join forces to create the event “Bioengineering and Medtech against Cancer”

IBEC and Medicen, in collaboration with Biocat, La Caixa Foundation, Meditecnologia and EIT Health have joined forces to organize a digital event that brings together Medtech and Biotech players fighting against cancer.

November 11, 2020November 10, 2020

IBEC participates in Innovation Day Barcelona 2020

From 31st October until 7th November participants from different fields and nationalities participated in the 3rd edition of the Innovation Day (i-Day), a series of events organised by EIT Health in partnership with local research and health institutions.

February 24, 2021November 6, 2020

IBEC researchers awarded for their communication activities

Several researchers from IBEC have been awarded for their quality in spreading the word of bioengineering. From scientific talks, to videos and posters, IBEC scientists and engineers show their talent inside, but also, outside the lab.

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020

Great success of the 13th IBEC Symposium

The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) organized from the 27th to the 28th October its 13th Symposium. The event, that this year took place for the first time online, was focused on Bioengineering for Future & Precision Medicine. With more than 400 registered attendees, 18 flash presentations and 106 posters, the event also counted with contributions from top international speakers such as Robert Langer from the MIT, Ada Cavalcanti of the University of Heidelberg or Raquel Yotti, Director of the Carlos III Health Institute, among others.