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I’ll Push You

Take a break to enjoy a movie and help accelerate research into muscular dystrophy!

I’ll Push You

Take a break to enjoy a movie and help accelerate research into muscular dystrophy!

Scientists discover super-stretchy cells

One of the most enviable features of superheroes is their ability to stretch their bodies beyond imaginable limits. In a study published today in Nature, scientists have discovered that our cells can do just that.

With every beat of the heart and every breath into the lungs, cells in our body are routinely subjected to extreme stretching. This stretching is even more pronounced when cells shape our organs at the embryo stage, and when they invade tissues through narrow pores during cancer metastasis – but how cells undergo such large deformations without breaking has remained a mystery until now.

IBEC projects awarded Marato 2017 funding

Projects led by IBEC group leader Xavier Fernandez-Busquets and Associated Researcher Antonio Juarez have received funds from 2017’s La Marató de TV3 fundraising campaign.

These and 34 other winning projects were announced at an awards ceremony tonight at the Academia de Ciencias Médicas de Cataluña y Baleares in Barcelona of the 2017 edition of the telethon, which was dedicated to infectious diseases.

La Marató de TV3, together with Catalunya Ràdio, broadcasts its annual telethon to raise funds for scientific research into various diseases with a different theme each year. The 2017 edition of La Marató ran from December 17th until March 31st and raised €9,758,075 for the 36 projects and 55 teams awarded.

Scanning Tiny Biology

A workshop dedicated to life sciences and nanomedicine applications of Scanning Probe Microscopies (SPM)

Scanning Tiny Biology

A workshop dedicated to life sciences and nanomedicine applications of Scanning Probe Microscopies (SPM)

Scanning Tiny Biology

A workshop dedicated to life sciences and nanomedicine applications of Scanning Probe Microscopies (SPM)

Scanning Tiny Biology

A workshop dedicated to life sciences and nanomedicine applications of Scanning Probe Microscopies (SPM)