Former Members Dr. Jérôme Noailly | Principal Investigator Now: SIMBIOSYS (Simulation, Imaging and Modelling for Biomedical Systems), UPF Dr. Damien Lacroix | Group Leader Now: University of Sheffield Biomechanics (spine, … Read more
Research in the Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group is devoted to the development and knowledge transfer to industry of innovative biomaterials and scaffolds for tissue regeneration. We design, fabricate and … Read more
Today, La Vanguardia (left) and Interempresas.net report that Rob Surgical Systems, the IBEC/UPC spin-off company, has started validating its Bitrack Surgical Robot System for minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery. Aiming to address the current shortcomings of laparoscopic surgery, the robot has been designed under the technical direction of Dr. Josep Amat (UPC) and Alicia Casals’ Robotics group (IBEC), with medical direction from Dr. Javier Magriña from Arizona’s Mayo Clinic, an expert in Da Vinci surgical robots.
The goal of our research is to gain a deeper understanding of cellular and respiratory biomechanics to improve the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases. The work is organized in … Read more
The 2nd edition of the Networking & Innovation Day (NID) will take place tomorrow (Thursday) at the PCB. Its objective is to create a benchmark in knowledge transfer between academia and business that promotes public-private collaboration, partnership agreements and open innovation.
Today is the first day of the annual congress of the Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica (CASEIB 2014) which this year being organized by IBEC, as Biomedical Signal Processing and Interpretation group leader Raimon Jané is SEIB’s president. It is taking take place at Barcelona’s CosmoCaixa museum until Friday 28th November.
Pau Gorostiza’s work on optopharmacology, or light-controllable drugs, has appeared in the latest edition of The Scientist magazine in the US.
Saturday saw the inauguration of the exhibition “Curar-se en salut” at the Museu d’Història de Sant Feliu de Guíxols, an initiative of the town’s council with the involvement of two CERCA centres, IBEC and Girona’s Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica (IDIBGi), among other bodies. The vice-president of the Government of Catalonia, Joana Ortega i Alemany, and Minister of Health Boi Ruiz i Garcia were in attendance at the unveiling.
Samuel Sánchez, who will join IBEC as a new group leader in January 2015, has been awarded the title ‘Innovador del año’ by MIT Technology Review, the best of their 10 selected “Innovadores menores de 35 España 2014”, for his pioneering contributions in the field of micro- and nanomotors, such as self-propelled nanorobots for biosensing applications. This week, he has featured in articles and interviews by La Vanguardia, El Confidencial, El Mundo, Antena3, RAC1 and more.
We all know how emotive smells can be; just the mere whiff of candy floss or plasticine can transport you back decades in a moment. But how does our olfactory system recognise odours even at very low doses?