IBEC has co-organized an international workshop in Montpellier, France, to enhance the cooperation of Spanish and French scientists in the research of new applications for the cancer diagnosis and treatment.
The discovery of a new function of the cellular prion protein (PrPc) improves the understanding of epilepsy.
The Second China-Europe Symposium on Biomaterials in Regenerative Medicine, hosted by IBEC, takes place in Barcelona from 16 to 20 November.
ABC.es reports: The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and the Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL) have signed a collaboration agreement for the development of joint research projects. The agreement is part of the BIOPOL project.
Josep Planell, director del Instituto de Bioingeniería de Cataluña, explica su trabajo sobre la regeneración de tejidos a nanoescala.
«Ask the Experts»: In an interview, Josep Samitier, Associate Director of IBEC, talks about the potential, the impact and the contributions of nanobiotechnology.
“El ruido de la neuronas” es el título de un artículo publicado por el diario La Vanguardia de Barcelona sobre el trabajo que desarrolla la empresa Aleria Biodevices, una spin off surgida del Instituto de Bioingeniería de Cataluña (IBEC), encabezada por el ingeniero Enric Claverol, líder del grupo de Neuroingeniería.
The importance of bioengineering and regenerative medicine was in the news again on Sunday 24 February with the publication of an article by IBEC director Josep A. Planell in La Vanguardia’s “Temas de Debate” section.
Last Monday 14 January, the newspaper El Periódico de Catalunya highlighted the importance of research into stem cells for therapeutic applications, and specifically the research carried out at IBEC by the research group led by Prof. Josep Samitier, which studies micro/nanosystems for biomedical applications.
Con motivo del IBEC Bioengineering and Nanomedicine Symposium 2007 el pasado 7 de noviembre, donde el Instituto se presentó públicamente, el periódico La Vanguardia publicó el dia 8 de noviembre la noticia que reproducimos a continuación en su edición impresa: