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January 8, 2015January 21, 2013

“Researching research”

IBEC featured on 8tv’s ‘Equip de Reporters’ programme on Sunday night, which was entitled ‘Investigant la investigació’ and focussed on public and private funding for science. Joan Aranda of the Robotics group demonstrated the experimental robotic kitchen as as example of the group’s privately-supported work in developing intelligent robotic systems. Head of Corporate Projects Arantxa Sanz commented on the current financial situation in relation to the research community, pointing out that private funding is always needed and welcome even in affluent times.

April 14, 2015January 17, 2013

IBEC signs collaboration agreement with Barcelona Macula Foundation

IBEC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Barcelona Macula Foundation to jointly promote their respective activities in the context of biomedicine.

December 4, 2014January 4, 2013

Finding ways to tackle the crisis

Before Christmas, IBEC’s associate director Josep Samitier was a panel member and speaker at a session of the seminar series ‘Nous horitzons per a l’economia metropolitana’ entitled ‘La salut, un gran potencial’. The seminar series seeks to strengthen public policies and private actions in those sectors, such as health, which have the ability to generate or export business successfully in spite of the prolonged financial crisis.

April 14, 2015December 31, 2012

Immortalised in a card game

IBEC’s Alícia Casals is one of the famous Catalans featured in a new card game aimed at familiarising children with scientific vocabulary.

January 14, 2015December 20, 2012

A promising strategy to target malaria

A paper by the Nanobioengineering group reveals a new strategy for targeted malaria treatment that doesn’t rely on the use of expensive antibodies.

December 4, 2014December 5, 2012

Presidency of SEIB for IBEC group leader

An IBEC group leader was elected as president of the Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica (SEIB) at its annual meeting (CASEIB) in San Sebastián last week.

January 8, 2015November 26, 2012

“Control celular mediante luz” (Eng)

The Nanoprobes and Nanoswitches group’s research into light as a tool to manipulate biological and pharmacological processes remotely and non-invasively was featured last week in Investigación y Ciencia, the Spanish version of Scientific American.

December 4, 2014November 20, 2012

A day of discovery for all the family

Twenty members of the general public had their minds blown this morning at IBEC’s Open Doors Day, which was entitled ‘La Bioenginyeria per a Tothom’.

December 4, 2014November 12, 2012

Industry/research collaboration leads to fast-track for eye therapy

Last Tuesday, within the framework of the Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER- BBN), IBEC signed an agreement with pharmaceutical company Ferrer and the universities of Valladolid and the Basque Country to work towards developing a stem cell-based therapy to regenerate the surface of the eye.

January 8, 2015October 31, 2012

“Células madre (y padre)” (Eng)

On October 13 El Periódico published an article about Nobel Prize winners John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka, who won the prize in medicine or physiology for their achievements in stem cell research. Towards the end of the piece, the author talks about the leading position held by Catalonia in research into stem cells, naming IBEC’s Ángel Raya as one of the region’s pioneers.