Recercaixa funding for robotics project
IBEC Senior Researcher Joan Aranda’s project ‘InHANDS: robòtica interactiva per a l’assistència humana en l’entorn domèstic’ has been awarded funding by the RecerCaixa programme.
Institutional news
“Nanomicrowave” cooking up something new
A new European Marie Curie Initial Training Network involving IBEC’s Nanoscale Bioelectrical Characterization group will attempt to bring research into microwaves – which are extensively used in a host of applications such as telecommunications, microwave ovens and radar – to a whole new level.
IBEC, UB and FICOSA join forces to develop a mobile application to detect drowsiness while driving
A new technology to combat dozing off when driving developed by IBEC, UB and industry partner Ficosa will be presented at this week’s GSMA World Mobile Congress in Barcelona.
Making friends with the neighbours
About 130 researchers from IBEC and the Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (IBMB), which is also located in the Barcelona Science Park (PCB), got together yesterday for a joint workshop to identify synergies and possible areas for collaboration.
Book launch at IEC
IBEC director Josep A. Planell took part in the public launch last night of a book to which he has contributed, “Ciència i universitat a Catalunya: Projecció de futur”.
Further Pablo Motos support for IBEC research into bacterial infections
Junior group leader Eduard Torrents is the recipient of a third “Pablo Motos” award from the Federación Española de Fibrosis Quística (FEFQ) to continue his research into identifying new antimicrobial molecules to fight the bacteria that cause complications and even death in many people with cystic fibrosis.
IBEC researcher awarded prestigious ERC top-up grant
It has been announced that IBEC’s Pau Gorostiza (left, with the Nanoprobes and Nanoswitches group) is one of the researchers selected to benefit from the European Research Council (ERC)’s top-up funding scheme ‘Proof of Concept’.
A new name for the AO group
Santiago Marco’s research group at IBEC has changed its name and will now be known as the Signal and Information Processing for Sensing Systems group.
Change of ownership for Nanotechnology Platform
From 1st February 2013 onwards, the Nanotechnology Platform at the Parc Científic Barcelona (PCB), which for many years has helped users develop innovative cutting-edge research incorporating micro- and nanotechnologies in a wide variety of fields, will transfer to the ownership and management of IBEC.
IBEC signs collaboration agreement with Barcelona Macula Foundation
IBEC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Barcelona Macula Foundation to jointly promote their respective activities in the context of biomedicine.