In this week’s Diario Medico Special on Diagnostic Therapies, IBEC acting director Josep Samitier’s expert opinion is quoted in an article about lab-on-a-chip technologies.
On Friday 12th April IBEC participated in an event and press conference to present the first results of the projects promoted by the five research centres included in the Obra Social ”la Caixa”’s pilot scheme for funding research evaluation and technology transfer.
Several of IBEC’s investigators are taking part in major events and meetings or appearing in the media in the next few days.
Saturday’s La Vanguardia included a feature in the weekend magazine Es about the recent display in London of the first ‘bionic man’, and the day that draws ever closer when we will be able to replace or regenerate all organs, limbs, body parts or functions of the human body.
This morning, IBEC’s now ex-director Josep A. Planell was formally inaugurated as rector of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UoC) at a ceremony at the organisation’s headquarters in Barcelona.
A new director is being sought by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC).
In its capacity as coordinator of the Spanish Nanomedicine Platform (NanoMed Spain), IBEC was a key player at last week’s 6th Annual Conference of the Biomedical Research Technology Platforms in Madrid, which was organised by the four Spanish platforms working in the healthcare sectors.
An IBEC researcher and his collaborators uncover the crucial role of two molecules in enabling cells to communicate with their environment Imagine you’re driving a car on a mountain road, and a steep slope appears. To make sure that you can make it up the slope, you reduce gears, which improves force transmission from the motor to the wheels.
IBEC’s Robotics group leader Alícia Casals was interviewed on local radio station Radio Rubí this week. The interview formed part of the Rubí al dia programme’s celebration of International Women’s Day by featuring women with interesting jobs.