Microwave electromagnetic properties of single bacterial cells measured for the first time
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Cells are liquids – but behave like solids
Scientists at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have revealed that, counter to previous understanding, the living cells in our bodies behave like solids rather than the liquids they are made of.
IBEC group leader and ICREA research professor Xavier Trepat, who led the research, describes the discovery as ‘truly counter-intuitive’. “It means we need brand new laws of physics to understand what ingredients a fluid needs to behave as a solid,” he says.
Harnessing E. coli to power micromotors for drug delivery
An IBEC researcher and his collaborators have taken the next step in their quest to achieve safe micromotors for medical drug and cargo delivery by developing a version that is powered by bacteria.
Samuel Sánchez, who recently published some work about similar micro-sized drug carriers that are powered by enzymes that consume biological fuels, such as glucose, worked with the part of his group at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems on this latest finding, highlighted on the inside cover of Advanced Materials Interfaces, which elaborates an even more promising ‘microswimmer’ that is powered by Escherichia coli.
A history of biomedicine in Spain in 28 chapters
The life and career of IBEC Director Josep Samitier is one of the “28 Historias de Ciencia e Innovación Biomédica en España/28 Stories of Science and Biomedical Innovation in Spain” in a book launched yesterday by the Fundación Botin in Madrid.
The book celebrates the foundation’s ten years of close collaboration with some of the top scientists in Spain in the field of biomedicine under its Technology Transfer programme, working together to develop products or services that improve quality of life and provide business and investment opportunities. IBEC’s partnership with the foundation has been in regard to the technology transfer of results obtained by the Nanobioengineering group within the project ‘Desarrollo de Tecnologías en Bionanomedicina para diagnóstico y terapia’.
IBEC on “Fábrica de Ideas”
IBEC was one of the subjects of the La 2 programme “Fábrica de Ideas” on Saturday 5th December.
Call for Pre-doctoral Candidates to Apply for Spanish Competitive PhD Grants (FPU)
Application Deadline: 15/12/2015 before 15:00h (Spanish time)
Ref: (please check each positions’s individual reference code)
The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for Pre-doctoral candidates to apply for the 2015 of the “Ayudas para la Formación de Pofesorado Universitario (FPU)” from the Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (MECD).(FPU-2015).
Postdoc Position in Cell and Tissue Mechanics (Ref. TM-XT)
Application Deadline: 15/12/2015
Ref: TM-XT
The Integrative Cell and Tissue Dynamics group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to participate in cell and tissue mechanics.
“Desarrollan un implante biodegradable permite regenerar tejido nervioso tras una lesión cerebral”
Elisabeth Engel’s CIBER-BNN project alongside IDIBELL on the regeneration of nerve tissue after brain injury, this project, is one of the focus points of the CIBER-BNN Ninth Annual Conference in Valencia this week.
Researchers reveal a potential cancer repressor function in a key protein
In a paper published in Nature Cell Biology, IBEC junior group leader Pere Roca Cusachs and his collaborators at Columbia University and Singapore’s Mechanobiology Institute reveal the potential of a protein found in cell cytoskeletons as a repressor of cancer.
The ability of cells to sense the rigidity of the extracellular matrix – a collection of molecules that provides structural and biochemical support – affects the regulation of their activity in development, wound healing and other essential processes.
Postdoc Position in Nanobioengineering (Ref. PN-JS)
Application Deadline: 15/12/2015
Ref: PN-JS
The Nanobioengineering group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) , coordinated by Prof. Josep Samitier, is looking for a Postdoctoral position to participate iin organ chip Technology projects that can mimic various human internal organs or systems. The main activities of the group involve the surface functionalization of materials integrated with microfluidics systems for the study of biomolecule and cell interactions to develop Organ on Chip or for the development of new biosensors that will be integrated in lab-on-a-chip devices. The goal is to fabricate microsystems containing living cells that recapitulate tissue and organ level functions in vitro and new portable diagnosis devices that can be used as Point-of-Care systems.