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OPTOGEN 2026 brings more than 100 optogenetics and neurophotonics experts to Barcelona

From 12 to 14 October, the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB) hosted the 11th International Workshop on Technologies for Optogenetics and Neurophotonics (OPTOGEN 2026), co-organised by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO). Over three days, more than a hundred scientists and technologists from around the world gathered to discuss the latest advances in optical methods and their applications in neuroscience, from new implantable devices to the latest molecular tools to study and control brain activity.

Ibec Seminar. Miguel Angel Pozo

Tension-sensing membrane domains in mechanoadaption and mechanotransduction MA del Pozo. Mechanoadaptation & Caveolae Biology Lab, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid 28029, Spain. madelpozo@cnic.es My lab aims to understand … Read more

Lab-designed molecule reduces amyloid beta, the protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease, in mice

A study led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) identifies a molecule, P33, that partially modulates the enzyme that initiates amyloid beta formation. The results, obtained in cell cultures and in mice, open up a new avenue of chemical research into the disease.

IBEC to take part in GLIOLIFE-AECC, the largest research consortium against glioblastoma

The group led by Irene Marco-Rius at IBEC is part of GLIOLIFE-AECC, a project funded with €10 million by the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) and its Scientific Foundation to increase survival in people with glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive brain tumour in adults. The IBEC team will lead the consortium’s innovative radiology line, which will use an advanced imaging technique to study the tumour’s metabolism without the need for invasive procedures.

IBEC takes part in European Researchers’ Night once again, reaching around 290 people

IBEC researchers joined the activities of European Researchers’ Night 2026, held at CosmoCaixa and the Gabriel García Márquez Library last week. With activities on magnets, bacteria, nanoparticles and light, the aim was to showcase excellent research, spark interest in science and show how scientific work has an impact on people’s everyday lives.