The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) has been selected to go through to the next phase of the Ministry of Science and Innovation’s ‘Apoyo a Centros y Unidades de Excelencia Severo Ochoa’ programme, it was announced today.
Antoni Homs, a postdoc in the Nanobioengineering group, did his bit for the public understanding of science this week by participating in two events in collaboration with the Centre Cultural Sant Josep in Hospitalet.
On Monday 6 June, IBEC will present its activities to biomedical researchers and clinicians from IDIBELL (the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute) to kick off an official collaboration agreement between the two institutes.
Biomechanics and mechanobiology group leader Damien Lacroix has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant for his research on finite element simulations of mechanobiology in tissue engineering.
A press conference to present BioNanoMed Catalunya, the IBEC-led alliance created to promote nanotechnology applied to healthcare and biotechnology, was held on Friday at the Museu Colet in Barcelona.
Some of IBEC’s research got some constructive feedback last week with the annual visit of members of the institute’s International Scientific Committee (ISC).
Spanish national TV channel RTVE are paying a visit to IBEC today to interview Ángel Raya, group leader of the Control of Stem Cell Potency group, on the subject of stem cell research for an episode of the science and technology programme ‘Tres14’.
For the next three days IBEC scientists from the Control of Stem Cell Potency group will be introducing induced pluripotent stem (IPS) cells to the people of Barcelona at the 9th “Live Research” Fair at La Pedrera.
IBEC features in a Nature Jobs advertising feature, Spotlight on Catalonia, which asks how the region is coping with Spain’s financial crisis, having fostered a successful research hub in a relatively short time.