IBEC PhD Defence: Maria Valls
Development of an advanced 3D culture system for human cardiac tissue engineering
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New research group boosts neuroengineering focus at IBEC
The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) gains a world-renowned neuroscientist and psychologist with the move this week of ICREA professor Paul Verschure and his Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems group (SPECS) from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra to the institute.
A multidisciplinary group founded in 2005, SPECS aims to find a unified theory of mind, brain and body by using synthetic methods, and to apply such a theory to the development of new cognitive technologies. It’s led by ICREA professor and ERC grantee Paul Verschure, who has an MA and PhD in psychology and who has pursued his research in the USA (San Diego Neurosciences Institute and the Salk Institute) and Europe (University of Amsterdam, University of Zurich and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology).
Micro-swimmers that remove disease-causing bacteria from water
IBEC researchers, together with their collaborators from the Max Planck for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, have engineered tiny robots that can remove disease-causing bacteria, such as E. coli, from water.
Contaminated drinking water is a persistent public health problem that can cause potentially life-threatening illnesses when proper treatment isn’t available, as in many areas of the world. It can be disinfected with chlorine or other disinfectants, but some hardy bacteria and other microorganisms stick around and can be hard to remove. Sometimes, the byproducts of these disinfectants can be harmful to human health as well.
Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems (SPECS)
The “Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems (SPECS)” group (http://specs-lab.com/) is a multidisciplinary research group interested in understanding the neuronal, psychological and behavioural principles underlying perception, emotion and cognition. SPECS … Read more
IBEC Seminar: Maria Vinaixa
Mass spectrometry and metabolomics data analysis for synthetic biology
IBEC Seminar: Maria Vinaixa
Mass spectrometry and metabolomics data analysis for synthetic biology
IBEC Seminar: Maria Vinaixa
Mass spectrometry and metabolomics data analysis for synthetic biology
IBEC Seminar: Maria Vinaixa
Mass spectrometry and metabolomics data analysis for synthetic biology
“El BIST creix afegint l’IBEC als centres que el componen”
An article about IBEC’s incorporation in BIST appears, along with an interview with Andreu Mas-Colell, in yesterday’s edition of El Punt Avui.
IBEC joins the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
The Board of Trustees of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), presided over by Andreu Mas-Colell, has approved the incorporation of IBEC as a new member.
IBEC will bring its expertise and excellent research in the confluence between biology and engineering to BIST, an initiative of six of Catalonia’s research centers of excellence – the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), the Institute of High Energy Physics (IFAE), and the Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona (IRB Barcelona) – to increase their levels of collaboration and build a joint scientific project together. BIST’s strength is based on the research capacity of its centers and its potential to promote cutting-edge research projects in multidisciplinary research.