“Engineering human pluripotent stem cells for organoid applications in regenerative medicine” Nuria Montserrat Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain. Pluripotency for Organ Regeneration, Institute for Bioengineering of … Read more
“Engineering human pluripotent stem cells for organoid applications in regenerative medicine” Nuria Montserrat Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain. Pluripotency for Organ Regeneration, Institute for Bioengineering of … Read more
Application Deadline: 27/09/2019
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The Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems (SPECS) group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to contribute to a research program to advance the neural and behavioral mechanisms underlying brain changes taking place after stroke, such as language (aphasia) and cognitive decline
José Antonio del Río, principal investigator of the Molecular and Cellular Neurobiotechnology Group at IBEC, is one of the winners of the second edition of the call for applications in biomedicine and health. Del Río’s project focuses on analysing the molecular mechanisms involved in the genesis and propagation of tau protein in brain cells. This protein is linked with several neurodegenerative processes and is present in numerous diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
Pau Gorostiza, principal investigator of the Nanoprobes and Nanoswitches Group, also received an award at the second edition of the call for applications for research projects in biomedicine and health. In this case, for his project on degenerative eye conditions such as retinitis pigmentosa, which causes blindness due to the progressive degeneration of the cones and rods, which are the light sensitive cells.
Application Deadline: 27/09/2019
Ref: TC2-XF
The Nanomalaria group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) is looking for a Technical position for for delivering fluorescently labelled nanocarriers to the mosquito.
Application Deadline: 26/09/2019
Ref: PD-GB
The Molecular Bionics group led by Dr. Giuseppe Batagglia at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for Postdoctoral researcher to develop fast optical microscopy to study active colloids
The contract will be within the framework of the development of novel drug delivery devices, whose objective is to target the brain.
The study, published in the journal ACS Infectious Diseases, has demonstrated the effect of these derivatives on the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, one of the main causes of infections in catheters and prostheses.
Liquid gold. This is how all Mediterranean cultures have referred to olive oil throughout history. Its captivating flavour, its texture and its role in gastronomy have been some of the qualities that have contributed to this. But olive oil is also a great ally when it comes to health: from antiinflammatory properties to benefits for the cardiovascular system, and even recently discovered antitumor effects. Now, scientists from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and the University of Granada (UGR) have contributed new insights that increase the already well-known antimicrobial properties of olive oil.
To do this, they have synthesised two derivatives with enormous antimicrobial potential from two compounds present in olive oil—oleanolic acid and maslinic acid.
Last September 3rd the European Research Council (ERC) announced the projects awarded with an “ERC Starting Grant”. Among the 408 projects selected is the PANDORA project of Dr. Loris Rizzello, a researcher of the Nanobioengineering group of the IBEC led by Prof. Josep Samitier.
The PANDORA project of Dr. Rizzello aims to revolutionize the way we cure infections caused by intracellular pathogens, finding a universal therapy able to attack infectious diseases and, at the same time, avoiding antibiotic resistance. More specifically, the winning project of the prestigious ERC Starting Grant will seek solutions that help eradicate tuberculosis, one of the worst pandemics so far, identifying the molecular “barcode” of infected cells, in order to design polymeric nanoparticles that selectively attack infected cells, without affecting healthy cells.
Application Deadline: 20/09/2019
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The Nanomalaria group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) is looking for a Technical position for encapsulating antimalarial drugs in lipid-based nanoparticles.