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“La luz: que buen rollo!”

2015 12 01 PGorostiza MuyInteresanteEl trabajo de Pau Gorostiza está incluido en el artículo especial sobre ciencia de la luz en el número de este mes de la revista Muy Interesante.

How we learn in chunks – and what it means for the brain

fonollosa numbersIn some research conducted with his colleagues at the University of California San Diego, IBEC senior researcher Jordi Fonollosa has shed some light on the mechanisms behind how we memorize sequences – as well as how failures in these mechanisms can provide insight into neurological disorders.

Previous behavioral experiments suggest that humans and some animals learn and recall sequences in smaller segments.

El IBEC se reúne con los Business Angels

pauandxavierPau Gorostiza, investigador principal del grupo de Nanosondas y Nanoconmutadores del IBEC y profesor investigador ICREA, ha sido uno de los nueve beneficiarios de una subvención prueba de concepto ERC en participar en el European Business Angel Network (EBAN) Winter University este fin de semana en Copenague.

Pau presentó su proyecto, THERALIGHT: Therapeutic Applications of Light-Regulated Drugs, a inversores de alrededor de todo el mundo durante el evento, al que ha atendido junto a otros ocho galardonados especialmente seleccionados por ERC. Juntos componen casi la mitad de las 20 start-ups europeas con la esperanza de llamar la atención de un inversor interesado en explorar el potencial de innovación de sus hallazgos.

Laboratory Assistant ( Ref. LA-SS)

techApplication Deadline: 15/11/2015
Ref: LA-SS

The Smart Nano-Bio-Devices group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for a Laboratory Technician to work on the experimental aspects related to the ERC-funded project “Lab-in-a-tube and Nanorobotic Biosensors”.

Josep Samitier en BTV

El director del IBEC Josep Samitier habla con Lluís Reales en una entrevista de media hora para el programa de ciencia de BTV Terrícoles. Haga clic en la imagen para … Read more

Senior Postdoctoral Position in Biomimetic Systems for cell engineering (Ref. SP-EM)


Application Deadline: 30/11/2015
Ref: SP-EM

The Biomimetic systems for cell engineering group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher to participate in the development of the project “Engineering Complex Intestinal Epithelial Tissue Models” (ERC-Consolidator Grant). The goal of this project is to engineer intestinal epithelial tissue models that mimic physiological characteristics found in in vivo human intestinal tissue, to open up new areas of research on human intestinal diseases. To do this, we propose to develop an experimental setup that combines microfabrication techniques, tissue engineering components and recent advances in intestinal stem cell research, exploiting stem cell self-organizing characteristics. We anticipate this setup to recapitulate the 3D morphology, the spatio-chemical gradients and the dynamic microenvironment of the living tissue. We expect the new device to prove useful in understanding cell physiology, adult stem cell behavior, and organ development as well as in modelling human intestinal diseases.