The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) conducts excellent interdisciplinary research at the frontiers of engineering and life sciences in order to generate new knowledge by putting together fields like nanomedicine, biophysics, biotechnology, tissue engineering and the applications of health information technology. At IBEC, we recognize that a friendly, supportive environment and strong bonding among colleagues is essential for producing confident, open-minded research. To help our young scientists get the head start, regular social and networking events are organized within the institute or by its hosting campus, the Parc Científic de Barcelona (PCB).
IBEC’s PhD Student Committee was set up in 2013 to enable students to have a voice in the running of the institute and to organize events of their own. Having begun with Bowling Fridays and other networking and social events, the committee has branched out into organizing and co-organizing courses and workshops. In addition, the committee also carried out a satisfaction survey to monitor morale among PhD students at the institute and identify common problems or issues.
Since IBEC PhD students are registered at a university, they receive an identity card and they are able to benefit from all the usual discounts available to students in Barcelona and beyond. For instance, IBEC has football clubs, running teams, as well as a mailing list for social announcements, that help the IBEC community to get to know each other and welcome newcomers.
Achievements
In the PhD Student Committee, we are constantly in touch with several departments at IBEC (Human Resources, direction, communications, etc.) to improve researchers’ everyday life at IBEC.
Here are some of the activities in which we are involved:
- We collect the concerns of researchers regarding working conditions’ matters, and we work on trying to improve them by communicating with the required department.
- We collaborate with administration in finding and organizing workshops, trying to meet the interests and requirements of researchers.
- We organize social events to facilitate networking among researchers.
- We are a non-profit reference group for PhD students in IBEC. We try to help with academic issues, from administrative transactions to trying to connect people to solve more technical or experimental issues.
Events
The PhD Student Committee organizes both social and scientific events to promote networking among scientists.
In this section, you will find details of organised events. Find the latest events organized by the committee in the IBEC calendar under the tag Social / Internal / PhD Committee (pink).
Future Events
- “IBEC Students calçotada!” PDF
Past Events
Resources and links of interest
This section aims to offer both academic and non-academic resources and links of interest (administrative transaction, information about PhD programs, useful information for newcomers to IBEC and to Barcelona, etc.) for the IBEC PhD student Community.
Since it is a dynamic section, constantly renewing, everyone is free to suggest ideas about content that might be of interest for the whole IBEC PhD student community.
PhD Programmes
|
Scientific poster (A0 size)
|
Powerpoint presentation
|
Members
| Anna Vila | Biomimetic systems for cell engineering |
| Idoia Lucía Selfa | Pluripotency for organ regeneration |
| Gerard Rubí | Biomaterials for regenerative therapies |
| Davia Prischich | Nanoprobes and nanoswitches |
| Ferran Velasco | Biosensors for bioengineering |
| Lucas Palacios | Smart nano-bio-devices |
| Javier Burgués | Signal and information processing for sensing systems |
| Francina Mesquida | Molecular and Cellular Neurobiotechnology |
| Andrea García | Nanobioengineering |
| Ignasi Casanellas | Nanobioengineering |
| Edgar Fuentes | Nanoscopy for Nanomedicine |
| Xarxa Quiroga | Cellular and molecular mechanobiology |
| Patricia Prado | Pluripotency for organ regeneration |
| Giulia Fornabaio | Mechanics of development and disease |
| Nimesh Ramesh Chahare | Integrative cell and tissue dynamics |
| Harishankar Balakrishnan | Nanoscale bioelectrical characterization |
| Maria Blancas | Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems (SPECS) |
| Ismael Freire | Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems (SPECS) |
| Madhura Murar | Nanoscopy for nanomedicine |
| Srivatsava Viswanadha | Cellular and molecular mechanobiology |
Contact
If you’d like to get involved in the committee or get in touch with us, please send an e-mail to phdcommittee@ibecbarcelona.eu.
Follow the IBEC PhD Student Committee on Facebook!
