Alícia Casals’ Robotics laboratory was featured on Barcelona Televisió’s programme “Connexió” on Tuesday 10th January, where they showed some of the robotic devices that the lab is currently developing.
A new spin-off company created by IBEC and the UPC will focus on the manufacture and marketing of surgical systems.Rob Surgical Systems Inc., a technology company driven by IBEC group leader Alicia Casals and senior researcher Manuel Frigola, as well as Josep Amat of the Automatic Control and Computer Engineering Department of the UPC, was approved by the university’s governing council on Friday.
The European Research Media Center’s website, youris.com, features an article about the MySpine project, which is coordinated by IBEC group leader Damien Lacroix.
IBEC’s research will be featured on the TV3 news tonight in an item filmed to highlight the forthcoming ‘La Marató de TV3’ telethon on Sunday.
The Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet programme on 28 November featured a report about the LOTUS project, of which IBEC group leader Santiago Marco is a partner.
Two IBEC-led tissue regeneration projects have been selected for funding by the EU’s ERA-NET EuroNanoMed initiative.
An arts and science initiative involving IBEC and Barcelona’s Arts Santa Mònica centre, which took place earlier this year, has been awarded the Antoni Caparros Prize for Best Knowledge Transfer from the University of Barcelona.
The 55 researchers who received funding from fundraising programme La Marató de TV3 2010, including IBEC’s Pau Gorostiza, attended a ceremony at the UAB last Wednesday where the grants were awarded in the presence of Minister of Health Boi Ruiz, Rector of the UAB Ana Ripoll, and La Marató de TV3 founder Enrique Marin.
On 23 October, IBEC’s Robotics lab was featured in an episode of ‘Emprendedores e innovadores’ on TVE2, when visiting masters student Paloma Fuentes gave viewers a tour of the robot kitchen with the help of IBEC PhD student Manuel Vinagre (pictured).