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Light-regulated drugs as analgesics

A new study involving scientists from IBEC, IQAC/CSIC and CNRS in France uses light-regulated drugs to alleviate the negative emotions associated with chronic pain.

Chronic pain is pain that lasts more than six months. Its origin can be both physiological and emotional, and it is accompanied by symptoms such as hypersensitivity, anxiety and depressive behavior. It has no cure, treatment is difficult, and current drugs don’t alleviate the symptoms.

New DNA-based technique for depositing materials with a resolution of less than 10 nanometers

adnorigamiA study led by CSIC and involving IBEC researchers proposes a new technique using molecules ‘a la carte’ to obtain nanoscale surfaces that will have many useful applications in microelectronics and biomedicine. The work has been published in the journal Advanced Materials.

The new method means that researchers can obtain nanoscale surfaces with many molecules arranged in an ordered way.

Training the next generation of advanced microscopy experts

An IBEC group has been awarded EU funding to coordinate a project that aims to train a new generation of researchers in the science and technology of Scanning Probe Microscopes.

Thanks to the Marie Curie ITN funding, the ten consortium members of the SPM2.0 European Training Network – located in Spain, France, Austria, the UK and Italy – will be able to provide researchers with state-of-the-art multidisciplinary scientific training in the field of Scanning Probe microscopies, covering basic science to industrial applications, which should enable them to generate new scientific knowledge.

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