NANOMED Spain, en colaboración con el CDTI, EIT Health Spain y Acció, organiza esta jornada que tiene el objetivo de dar a conocer diferentes instrumentos de financiación de actividades empresariales … Read more
IBEC group leader and ICREA professor Pau Gorostiza has won the research grant ‘FUNDALUCE 2016’ for a project that aims to develop prosthetic molecular switches that could replace degenerated photoreceptors in the retina to restore vision.“Fotoconmutadores covalentes para el control remoto de receptores endógenos”, which will be carried out with collaborators at IQAC-CSIC, the Universidad Miguel Hernández, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares and the Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, proposes the concept of nanoprosthesis: that if a functional characteristic of an organ or tissue is regulated by a given receptor, it should be possible to use directed covalent photoswitches to control that particular receptor with light, thereby manipulating their function.
In their effort to shed light on the role that physical forces play in the body, Pere Roca-Cusachs’ group at IBEC has shown how these forces ‘switch on’ the expression of genes that may result in cancer. Cells apply mechanical forces to their surrounding tissue, and this mechanical effect is crucial for tissue function. In diseases such as cancer or liver and lung fibrosis, tissue rigidity and mechanical forces increase, promoting the progression of the disease.
IBEC group leader Elena Martínez gave the opening speech at Tuesday’s Premis Extraordinaris de Batxillerat 2016-2017 ceremony at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya.IBEC regularly hosts young winners of the prestigious award, which is the government’s recognition of excellence for students completing their baccalaureate studies in the two years before university. To qualify, candidates need their total mark for the entire baccalaureate to equal or be more than 8,75.
As well as being something to put on their CV, the award offers exemption from university fees for the first year, a free course at an official language school, the possibility to participate in the National Baccalaureate Awards, and a stay in a research institution related to the student’s field of interest.
A paper by Pau Gorostiza’s group published last month in Small is a “Paper of the Month” in Biofisica magazine, the online magazine of the Sociedad de Biofísica de España.
Application Deadline: 27/11/2017
Ref:RD-PV
The specs group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is seeking to hire highly skilled Research and Development Engineers (R&D Engineers) to support the research team and contribute to the development of highly innovative neuroscience-based tools and applications.
The MicroFabSpace is one of the most experienced services in the IBEC’s Core Facilities, with a cleanroom (10.000 class) research space specialized in the fabrication and characterization of micro-devices and micro-structures. Extensively equipped with instruments aimed at the development of devices required in bioengineering, the MicroFabSpace gathers a large catalog of specific techniques and protocols and has a specialized … Read more
We maintain IBEC’s common areas and shared routine laboratory equipment, including preventive and corrective management, in all IBEC’s labs. Apart from the laboratory routine equipment (scales, centrifuges, pH-meters, stirrers, platform … Read more
Application Deadline: 12/11/2017
Ref: IT-JB
The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for an IT Technician for the Information Technology Unit with the main function of maintaining and optimizing the Information Systems of the institute, giving support to research groups by suggesting the software and hardware needed. He/she will support users in the fields of computation, telecommunication and network and ensure the integrity of the information stored in the different systems.
Ciclo de conferencias