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Open Access Publications

Open Access (OA) refers to the practice of providing online access to scientific information that is free of charge to the end-user and reusable. Refers to all academic disciplines peer-reviewed … Read more

Citizen Science

Citizen science is the involvement of the public in scientific research – whether community-driven research or global investigations. IBEC is committed to increasing the impact and involvement of society in … Read more

Science Education

As part of our core mission to bring our results back to society, IBEC develops science education projects to contribute to the democratization of science, bringing research closer to different … Read more

A new tool against breast cancer: 3D bioprinted tumors using pig tissue 

Researchers at IBEC manage to recreate the complex composition of human breast tumors in the laboratory using tissues from female pig breasts. This new model will allow, among other applications, the production of artificial tumors to study the development of cancer and metastasis, and immunosuppression processes, as well as being an excellent platform for testing drugs against the disease. 

Former groups

These groups are no longer working at IBEC. Click on each group to see the work they carried out while at IBEC. Former Associated Researchers These Associated Researchers are no … Read more

El IBEC recibe cerca de un millón de euros para estudiar las enfermedades respiratorias graves causadas por virus

El projecto REACT, liderado por el Statens Serum Institut de Dinamarca, cuenta con la participación del Instituto de Bioingeniería de Cataluña (IBEC) que, con un presupuesto cercano al millón de euros de un total de siete, generará organoides epiteliales nasales humanos específicos como plataformas de validación y modelos preclínicos para investigar la interacción huésped-patógeno .