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“Nanomáquinas para la salud”

lab24On 30 June the rtve science programme Lab24 featured an interview with new IBEC group leader Samuel Sánchez, who describes his research on micro and nanomotors.

8th IBEC Symposium

8th IBEC Symposium: Bioengineering for Regenerative Therapies

8th IBEC Symposium

8th IBEC Symposium: Bioengineering for Regenerative Therapies

“El cerebro que vuelve”

sanchez_lavan_jun15An article about new IBEC group leader Samuel Sanchez by Josep Corbella in La Vanguardia yesterday talks about the ‘brain gain’ of having the nanotechnologist return to Catalonia after several years in Japan, the USA and Germany.

How cells cope with stress and strain

opcio 13_webA study by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) reveals how cells withstand breakage during the constant changes in shape and volume experienced in most biological processes

During critical biological processes such as embryonic development, breathing, the pumping of the heart, wound healing and tumor growth, the body’s cells are stretched and distorted to adapt to their environment. The cell’s membrane, though, is rigid and inflexible. So how does it withstand all these constant deformations, so that it doesn’t break?