A miscellany of news and happenings
Several of IBEC’s investigators are taking part in major events and meetings or appearing in the media in the next few days.
Institutional news
Farewell to IBEC’s first director
This morning, IBEC’s now ex-director Josep A. Planell was formally inaugurated as rector of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UoC) at a ceremony at the organisation’s headquarters in Barcelona.
Applications sought for position of director at IBEC
A new director is being sought by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC).
Platforms plan for the future
In its capacity as coordinator of the Spanish Nanomedicine Platform (NanoMed Spain), IBEC was a key player at last week’s 6th Annual Conference of the Biomedical Research Technology Platforms in Madrid, which was organised by the four Spanish platforms working in the healthcare sectors.
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.
“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.