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February 17, 2015February 13, 2015

Vecino de Les Corts: “La UB y la UPC aportan siempre juventud a distrito”

IBEC Director Josep Samitier is the subject of a full-page article in El Periodico this week, in a series the paper is running about Barcelona notables in relation to their neighbourhoods.

In the article, journalist Carme Escales accompanies Josep to some of his favourite and most formative places in Les Corts.

October 19, 2015February 13, 2015

‘Fracking’ found in living tissues

$IBEC_fracking tejidos web$ In an article published in the journal Nature Materials, researchers at the IBEC and the UPC describe their discovery that ‘fracking’takes place in the body at a cellular level.

The work describes how hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking’ – most commonly known as the controversial technique to extract gas and petroleum from shale rock layers – also plays an important role in the epithelial tissues that lining the internal and external surfaces of our bodies.

October 13, 2025February 10, 2015

Human Resources Strategy for Researchers

In April 2015, IBEC was awarded the “HR Excellence in Research” distinction by the European Commission for the first time and has successfully completed several renewal phases since. The award … Read more

February 17, 2015February 10, 2015

“Miniriñones de laboratorio”

New IBEC group leader Nuria Montserrat is featured in an article in El Mundo today.

The story discusses her ERC grant, the work she has been doing generating “mini-kidneys” from human pluripotent stem cells, and how she will continue this important line of research at IBEC.

February 9, 2015

”Los ensayos clínicos con iPS esperan el pistolazo de salida”

IBEC group leader and director of CMRB Ángel Raya is featured as one of four researchers making notable advances in regenerative medicine in a story in Diario Medico today

The article includes interviews with researchers from New York, Munich and Rome, who alongside Ángel attended a conference organised by the Areces Foundation and the Nature Group last week in Madrid.

July 8, 2015February 9, 2015

ICREA Academia Award for IBEC group leader

Gabriel Gomila, IBEC group leader and Associate Professor at the UB, has received an ICREA Academia Prize 2014 for excellence in research and capacity for leadership.

Bestowed annually by the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) to encourage university professionals with an outstanding research career to stay in the Catalan university system, this year’s list of 30 winners is made up of 10 researchers from the UB, 8 from the UAB, 6 from the UPC, 3 from the UPF, 2 from Universitat de Girona and one from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili.

February 6, 2015