In their bulletin for February, the Spanish Association of Biotechnology Companies (ASEBIO) published an editorial by the president of their scientific committee Emilio Muñoz, about the impact of bionanotechnology in Spain and guidelines for the future.
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.
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.
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.
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.
La web del European Research Media Center’s website, youris.com, presenta un artículo sobre el proyecto MySpine, coordinado por el responsable de grupo del IBEC Damien Lacroix.
IBEC’s research will be featured on the TV3 news tonight in an item filmed to highlight the forthcoming ‘La Marató de TV3’ telethon on Sunday.
The Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet programme on 28 November featured a report about the LOTUS project, of which IBEC group leader Santiago Marco is a partner.
El 23 de octubre, el laboratorio de Robótica del IBEC apareció en el programa ‘Emprendedores e innovadores’ en La 2, cuando la estudiante de máster Paloma Fuentes guió a los telespectadores en una visita a la cocina robotizada con la ayuda del doctorando del IBEC Manuel Vinagre (en la imagen).
La responsable del grupo de Robótica, Alícia Casals, será entrevistada en el programa de Catalunya Ràdio «El Café de la República» el jueves 3 de noviembre a las 22:00. Este popular programa de noche habla de las noticias del día y los ‘temas candentes’ del momento.