«Alícia Casals, Cap del grup de Robòtica a l’IBEC» (Spa)
IBEC’s Robotics group leader Alícia Casals is the subject of the February 2012 edition of Destacamus, a bimonthly magazine published by Biopol’H which profiles researchers.
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El aula en el laboratorio
En el marco de la iniciativa ESCOLAB, organizada por el Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, el miércoles recibimos la visita de los estudiantes de 3º de ESO de la escuela Oak House School en Barcelona.
«Un chip implantado bajo la piel libera fármacos a voluntad» (Spa)
IBEC director and head of the Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group Josep Planell was quoted as an expert opinion last week in an article in La Vanguardia. The story covered a new chip developed at MIT able to release drugs under the skin while dosage and timing is controlled wirelessly.
«Las Plataformas de Investigación Biomédica apuestan por la colaboración para superar la crisis» (Spa)
This week’s 5th Annual Conference of the Biomedical Research Technology Platforms in Barcelona, which IBEC is attending in its capacity as coordinator of the Spanish Nanomedicine Platform (NanoMed Spain), is the subject of an article in Spanish healthcare magazine Redacción Médica today.
Green light for regeneration projects (Spa)
The two IBEC-led CIBER-BBN tissue regeneration projects that were earmarked for funding by the EU’s ERA-NET EuroNanoMed initiative last year (see www.ibecbarcelona.eu/IBEC-News/funding-success-for-two-ibec-projects.html) have both received the national support they need to get started.
Año nuevo, nombre nuevo
IBEC director Josep Planell’s research group has changed its name and is now known as the Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group.
Biannual meeting of NanoMed Spain (Spa)
Wednesday last week saw the biannual meeting at the institute of the steering committee of the Spanish NanoMedicine Platform (NanoMed Spain), which is coordinated by IBEC.
Llegando más lejos
El Parque Científico de Barcelona (PCB), donde se halla el IBEC, acaba de lanzar una nueva plataforma para dar a conocer las actividades de las 75 empresas y tres institutos de investigación que trabajan ahí.
«Descobrim l’interior d’un laboratori de robòtica» (Spa)
Alícia Casals’ Robotics laboratory was featured on Barcelona Televisió’s programme «Connexió» on Tuesday 10th January, where they showed some of the robotic devices that the lab is currently developing.
Shedding light on misbehaving cells (Spa)
Much like a kindergarten full of unruly toddlers, the cells that contribute to the body’s crucial processes can’t always be trusted to do what you want or expect them to do. Now IBEC researchers have made an important breakthrough that could contribute to the development of therapies for spinal and neural diseases: they’ve figured out exactly what it is that makes certain cells misbehave in particular circumstances.