Nanosafety research addressing public health concerns about metal oxide nanoparticles Paul Wright, Head of RMIT Nanosafety Research Group – RMIT University Paul Wright is Australia’s foremost expert in nanotoxicology and … Read more
A scientific team led by IBEC and UAB manages to efficiently activate molecules located inside cell tissues using two-photon excitation of with infrared light lasers. The results of the study has been published in Nature Communications.Having absolute control of the activity of a molecule in an organism. Deciding when, where and how a drug is activated. These are some of the goals expected to be reached with the so-called photoswitchable molecules, compounds that, in the presence of certain light waves, change their properties. Today, thanks to the results of a study led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) together with the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the scientific community is one step closer to achieving this objective.
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L’Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC) requereix incorporar un/-a tècnic/-a de laboratori per a les MicroFab & Microscopy Facilities , part de la unitat de Core Facilities de l’IBEC, que te la funció de proporcionar serveis i suport diaris als usuaris de sala blanca on es fabriquen i caracteritzen microdispositius i estructures per a aplicacions biomèdiques, i suport un servei de caracterització per microscòpia SEM i confocal.
IBEC’s Smart Nano-Bio-Devices group have published a paper describing nanomotors that can attack 3D bladder cancer spheroids in vitro. The nanomotors carry anti-FGFR3 on their outer surface, an antibody that not only enables cancerous cells to be specifically targeted, but also inhibits the fibroblast growth factor signaling pathway, suppressing tumor growth. Crucially, the fuel that gives the nanomotors the capability of autonomous motion is urea, which is present at high concentrations in the bladder – making these particular nanomotors a promising avenue for this particular cancer.
Pere Roca-Cusachs, group leader at IBEC and assistant professor at the University of Barcelona, has won the 2019 Young Investigator Prize for his contributions to the field of mechanobiology. The award is given by the European Biophysical Societies Association (EBSA). EBSA association grants this prize every two years. The last winner of the prize was Philipp Kukura from the University of Oxford in the UK in 2017. The prize recognises an investigator who has defended his thesis 12 years ago or less across Europe and awards him with 2000€ and a medal as well as be expected to contribute an article to the European Biophysics Journal.
The MECHANO·CONTROL consortium, led by several research institutions across Europe, is launching a Summer School that will be taking place between 17-20 of September 2019 at the Eco Resort in La Cerdanya. The aim of the summer school is to provide training on mechanobiology, and specifically its application to breast cancer.This school will include lectures as well as practical workshops in different techniques and disciplines, ranging from modelling to biomechanics to cancer biology. There will be scientific sessions in the morning, mixing 6 keynote speakers with 18 short talks selected from abstract submissions by junior scientists attending the school. In the afternoon, there will be 2-3-hour practical workshops, given by scientists from the MECHANO·CONTROL consortium. The course will also include leisure activities.
Hyperpolarised magnetic resonance for real-time, in situ monitoring of cell metabolism Irene Marco, Biosensors for bioengineering – IBEC There is a clinical need for non-invasive and reliable markers to diagnose, stage … Read more
Hyperpolarised magnetic resonance for real-time, in situ monitoring of cell metabolism Irene Marco, Biosensors for bioengineering – IBEC There is a clinical need for non-invasive and reliable markers to diagnose, stage … Read more
Hyperpolarised magnetic resonance for real-time, in situ monitoring of cell metabolism Irene Marco, Biosensors for bioengineering – IBEC There is a clinical need for non-invasive and reliable markers to diagnose, stage … Read more
Hyperpolarised magnetic resonance for real-time, in situ monitoring of cell metabolism Irene Marco, Biosensors for bioengineering – IBEC There is a clinical need for non-invasive and reliable markers to diagnose, stage … Read more