IBEC Seminar

Mechanical imprints of cell fate and cell competition Benoît Ladoux, Institut Jacques Monot (IJM) Paris Epithelia are communities of cells with close intercellular communications and of highly ordered coordination in their motion. Mechanical properties of epithelial tissues are important for our understanding of many vital biological processes, including homeostasis, morphogenesis, and metastasis and are tightly ... Read more

Translating fear mechanisms between humans and mice Raül Andero Galí, PhD, ICREA Research Professor at the Institute of Neurosciences of the Autonomous University of Barcelona Sex-specific mechanisms in fear memory and extinction may explain certain neuropsychiatric disorders like Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In male mice, chemogenetic silencing of centromedial amygdala (CeM)-Tac2 fibers in the lateral ... Read more

Beyond NGS: A toolbox for single-molecule epigenetic analysis of DNA Prof. Yuval Ebenstein, Department of Physical Chemistry, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Founder, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center Tel Aviv University, Israel. DNA sequencing (NGS) is revolutionizing all fields of biological research. Still, it fails to extract the full range of information associated with genetic material and ... Read more

Mechanobiology of epithelial cells: curvature, confinement and memory Sylvain Gabriele, University of Mons The directed migration of epithelial cell collectives through coordinated movements is fundamental to numerous physiological and pathological processes. While these dynamics are often studied in large, confluent monolayers, many migration phenomena involve the movement of small, polarized epithelial clusters and their interactions ... Read more

Microfluidic Approaches for Infection Treatment and Vascularized Tissue Regeneration Joo H. Kang, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology  Extracorporeal blood treatments for severe bacteremic sepsis have shown limited success, primarily due to the lack of effective strategies to remove various pathogenic materials from the bloodstreams. This presentation ... Read more

Multivalent interactions: Old concept, new tricks Dr Stefano Angioletti Uberti, Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London Arguably,multivalency has been used since the 1970s as a mechanism to increase the binding strength while using weak ligand-receptor pairs. While this (somewhat naive) view as a general approach to increase binding strength must be taken with a pinch ... Read more

El pròxim 21 de març, coincidint amb el Dia Internacional de la Poesia, l’IBEC ha programat una sessió poètica especial conduïda per Mireia Casanyes. Aquesta activitat forma part de Ciència Radical, un programa cultural creat en col·laboració amb el CCCB, que busca explorar les connexions entre ciència, humanitats i arts per repensar la realitat que ... Read more

In this second workshop of the AI for Bioengineering thematic network (NET-AI), an introduction, both theoretical and practical, to the fundamental concepts and main algorithms of artificial intelligence applied to bioengineering will be given. To this end, a first seminar will introduce the fundamental concepts of AI. This will be followed by a practical programming ... Read more

Clearing the Haze: Cannabinoids in Brain Research and Therapy Dra. Emma Puighermanal Puigvert, Group Leader at the Neuroscience Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain Cannabinoids—compounds found in the cannabis plant—are powerful modulators of brain function that interact with the brain’s endocannabinoid system, a key player in processes like memory, mood, and neural communication. Two ... Read more

DnaA as a key regulator of ribonucleotide reductase genes in P. aeruginosa. Ángela Martínez-Mateos, Bacterial Infections and Antimicrobial Therapies Group Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a highly adaptable opportunistic pathogen that exhibits both acquired and innate antibiotic resistance mechanisms. Due to its survival capabilities in various environments, discovering new therapeutic strategies is essential. Ribonucleotide reductases (RNRs), essential ... Read more