“En vint anys, amb nanorobots podrem transportar fàrmacs per dins el cos”
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Postdoctoral Position in Molecular Mechanosensing
Application Deadline: 23/06/2017
Ref: PD-PR
The Cellular and Molecular Mechanobiology group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for a Postdoctoral candidate to work in cell mechanosensing.
IBEC Master Programme fellowships 2018- 2nd Edition
IBEC has launched its Master Programme to encourage students to begin a research career in our multidisciplinary research institute. The fellows will carry out research in one of IBEC’s research groups in Barcelona.
The IBEC Master Programme offers 5 fellowships with a monthly stipend of 550€ gross from January to June 2019 for fellows to perform their master thesis at IBEC. The minimum hours to be dedicated are 20h/week.
Third annual reSearch4Talent event
Forty undergraduate and master students attended today’s reSearch4Talent at IBEC, the third time we’ve opened our doors to young scholars interested in a career in science.
Held in the Dolors Aleu room of the Barcelona Science Park, the event started with a welcome and presentation about the institute from IBEC’s director, Josep Samitier, followed by specific information about applications and admissions from Ciara Boter of the HR department.
After the Careers Fair at midday, which was a chance for participants to mingle and chat with IBEC’s researchers, the visitors enjoyed some tours of selected labs.
Third general assembly of HT Cluster
Last week IBEC attended the 3rd general assembly of the Health Tech Cluster, an alliance of industry, research centres and other bodies working in the health technologies sector in Catalonia.
Established in 2015 with the support of the Catalan government, the HT Cluster counts IBEC and most of hospitals, as the Hospital Clinic among its research and clinical partners. They’re joined by businesses such as Avinent, Vecmedical and Sibel to contribute to the Cluster’s aim of promoting and developing innovative solutions via public-private partnerships to improve the quality of life for patients.
A cellular model to help study the relationship between neurodegenerative diseases
From the cells of a patient with a rare neurodegenerative disease, Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS), researchers at IBEC have managed to generate neurons that also present parallel neurodegenerative processes unrelated to the syndrome.
The striking image on the left shows a mass of neurons derived from GSS-affected pluripotent stem cells (iPS), developed in José Antonio Del Río’s lab.
“El Gobierno de Cataluña crea el Global 3D Printing Hub en Barcelona”
Today’s news about the launch of a multi-million euro 3D printing infrastructure in Catalonia, the Global 3D Printing Hub, got lots of press coverage, some examples of which are listed below.
IBEC is bioprinting partner in major 3D printing hub in Catalonia
IBEC is to be part of a multi-million euro 3D printing infrastructure in Catalonia that was presented at a press conference today at La Pedrera.
The Global 3D Printing Hub, which will receive up to 28 million euros from the Generalitat by 2020, will aim to consolidate Catalonia as a world leader in 3D printing, one of the key technologies in industry 4.0.
Kids’ Day 2017
An opportunity for IBEC members to show their children their workplace, and gives them the chance to be a ‘little scientist’ for a day.