Out of this world
This month, Barcelona’s Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) will play host to a former astronaut who was also the first member of his profession to stand on top of Mount Everest.
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IBEC science at IEC
Tonight at the Institute of Catalan Studies (IEC) in Barcelona, IBEC group leader Alicia Casals will inaugurate the beginning of their new academic year with a lecture, “Neurorobòtica, el repte de la robòtica assistencial”. The event will take place in the Sala Prat de la Riba and will be chaired by the President of the Generalitat, Artur Mas, and the president of IEC, Salvador Giner.
Reflecting on current trends in biomaterials
The picture shows IBEC director Josep Planell presenting and chairing a session on New Biomaterials and Design Trends at this week’s Biomaterials Europe Conference and Medevice Spain Exhibition, a new event devoted to innovations in biomaterials and the manufacture of medical devices.
Making connections
Representatives from IBEC attended Wednesday’s Connect-EU conference at Barcelona’s World Trade Center, which offered a platform for the gathering and exchange of information regarding participation in the 7th Framework Programme for R & D in Europe.
Bilateral meeting for IBEC and the University of Warwick
Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutes last year, IBEC will play host to visitors from the University of Warwick on 22-23 September.
Posters please!
Today is the abstract submission deadline for posters for IBEC’s fourth annual symposium on Bioengineering and Nanomedicine, which will be held on 18 October 2011.
“From wood to bone”
Elisabeth Engel, Senior researcher in the Bio/non-bio interactions for regenerative medicine group, has been interviewed for her expert response to some research into bone regeneration conducted by researchers in Italy.
Biomaterials Europe Conference: reaching out to industry
A new event devoted to innovations in biomaterials and biomaterials processing will be held in Barcelona in October, with IBEC as sponsoring partner.
“Back pain and disc health ‘linked’ to lack of nutrients”
The Biomechanics and Mechanobiology group’s latest paper, published yesterday in PLoS Computational Biology, made the BBC news today. Andrea Malandrino, Jérôme Noailly and group leader Damien Lacroix’s paper, ‘The effect of sustained compression on oxygen metabolic transport in the intervertebral disc decreases with degenerative changes’ describes results that could help to predict the onset of spinal disc degeneration.
Researchers shed new light on predicting spinal disc degeneration
The misery of lower back pain is, unfortunately, all too familiar to many people. Now researchers have taken a big step towards understanding one of the most common and debilitating complaints in the industrialized world, with results that could help to predict the onset of disc degeneration.
Back pain is closely related to ageing of the discs in the spine, a process characterized by a series of changes in their structure and function, but until now the chain of events that converts normal disc ageing into degenerative disease has not been properly understood.