Group: Biomaterials for regenerative therapies Group leader: Elisabeth Engel (eengel@ibecbarcelona.eu) Research in cancer has been always performed in a tissue culture plate, a 2D model that does not represent the … Read more
Group: Biomimetic systems for cell engineering Group leader: Elena Martínez (emartinez@ibecbarcelona.eu) Microfluidics it is nowadays recognized as a key technology in which, by controlling small volumes of fluids in microsystems, … Read more
Group: Integrative cell and tissue dynamics Group leader: Xavier Trepat (xtrepat@ibecbarcelona.eu) The intestinal epithelium is a highly dynamic tissue that self-renews every 3-5 days. Epithelial self-renewal is achieved through the … Read more
Group: Nanomalaria Group leader: Xavier Fernàndez Busquets (xfernandez@ibecbarcelona.eu) Malaria is a life threatening disease caused by the protist parasite Plasmodium. Despite of the available drug treatments, malaria still represents a … Read more
Group: Signal and information processing for sensing systems Group leader: Santi Marco (smarco@ibecbarcelona.eu) In the realm of omics data, current analytical instrumentation applied to biomedical fluids or food samples offers … Read more
Group: Biomedical signal processing and interpretation Group leader: Raimón Jané (rjane@ibecbarcelona.eu) Among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma is one of the most prevalent pathology. Patients with asthma have … Read more
Group: Cellular and molecular mechanobiology Group leader: Pere Roca Cusachs (proca@ibecbarcelona.eu) A major hallmark in bioengineering is the ability to engineer cells to carry out specific tasks, which can then … Read more
Group: Nanoprobes and nanoswitches Group leader: Pau Gorostiza (pgorostiza@ibecbarcelona.eu) Light-regulated drugs allow remotely photoswitching biological activity and enable plausible therapies based on small molecules. We develop efficient compounds to manipulate neuronal … Read more
Group: Pluripotent stem cells and activation of endogenous tissue programs for organ regeneration Group leader: Nuria Montserrat (nmontserrat@ibecbarcelona.eu) Regenerative Medicine aims to restore the loss of function in tissues and … Read more
Group: Nanoscopy for nanomedicine Group leader: Lorenzo Albertazzi (lalbertazzi@ibecbarcelona.eu) The Nanoscopy for Nanomedicine group uses super resolution microscopy (SRM) to track nanomaterials with therapeutic potential in the biological environment and … Read more