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The corporate identity of IBEC was conceptualized by founding director Josep A. Planell in 2005 to encapsulate life, technology and vibrancy. The green of IBEC signifies the olive tree, which … Read more
The corporate identity of IBEC was conceptualized by founding director Josep A. Planell in 2005 to encapsulate life, technology and vibrancy. The green of IBEC signifies the olive tree, which … Read more
IBEC and Genomica S.A.U. (Grupo Zeltia), the leading Spanish company in molecular diagnostics, announce the creation of a Joint Research Unit that will provide an operational framework for close interaction on various R&D activities related to healthcare. The unit, which will be located at IBEC’s headquarters in Barcelona, will see researchers and industry technicians sharing a host of know-how and in-house capabilities to develop and bring to market point-of-care diagnostic products and other medical devices and technologies.
Hybrid inorganic–biorganic peptide materials and polymers: a bottom-up approach
Hybrid inorganic–biorganic peptide materials and polymers: a bottom-up approach
Here you will find our non-confidential licensing portfolio. We build up our portfolio by aligning our scientific knowledge and industry needs with a market-driven focus. For additional information on each … Read more
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.
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.
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
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.
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 todayThe 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.