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“Light-operated Drugs”

Pau Gorostiza’s work on optopharmacology, or light-controllable drugs, has appeared in the latest edition of The Scientist magazine in the US.

Launch of health exhibition at Sant Feliu de Guíxols

Saturday saw the inauguration of the exhibition “Curar-se en salut” at the Museu d’Història de Sant Feliu de Guíxols, an initiative of the town’s council with the involvement of two CERCA centres, IBEC and Girona’s Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica (IDIBGi), among other bodies.

The vice-president of the Government of Catalonia, Joana Ortega i Alemany, and Minister of Health Boi Ruiz i Garcia were in attendance at the unveiling.

“Un robot capaz de transportar fármacos a una célula cancerígena, mejor innovación del año”

Samuel Sánchez, who will join IBEC as a new group leader in January 2015, has been awarded the title ‘Innovador del año’ by MIT Technology Review, the best of their 10 selected “Innovadores menores de 35 España 2014”, for his pioneering contributions in the field of micro- and nanomotors, such as self-propelled nanorobots for biosensing applications.

This week, he has featured in articles and interviews by La Vanguardia, El Confidencial, El Mundo, Antena3, RAC1 and more.

Signal and Information Processing for Sensing Systems

Current smart instrumentation using multi-sensors and/or spectrometers provides a wealth of data that requires sophisticated signal and data processing approaches to extract the hidden information. Our group develops algorithmic solutions … Read more

NanoBio&Med 2014 taking place in Barcelona

This week the NanoBio&Med 2014 international conference, co-organised and sponsored by IBEC, is taking place in Barcelona.

The four-day event aims to cover current research and recent developments in the fields of nanobiotechnology and nanomedicine.

Televisió L’H: L’Informatiu programme, 13-11-2014

Miguel Angel Mateos from the Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group was interviewed for Televisió L’Hospitalet after his participation in this year’s Setmana de la Ciència, for which he gave a talk entitled “Regeneració de teixits : com nou” at the Centre Cultural Sant Josep on Wednesday.

CIBER-BBN YSF in Biomaterials Award goes to IBEC researcher

Oscar Castaño, a senior researcher in IBEC’s Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group, has been awarded the CIBER-BBN YSF in Biomaterials prize for 2012-2014.

Awarded biennially by the CIBER-BBN-Young Scientist Forum in Biomaterials, the prize recognizes, encourages and stimulates outstanding research contributions to the field of biomaterials by young scientists working in Spanish institutions who incorporate an international dimension and perspective into their research.

IBEC Seminar: David Caballero

Nanobioengineering group, IBEC. “The cell ratchet: interplay between protrusion activity and adhesion determines cell motion”

IBEC Seminar: David Caballero

Nanobioengineering group, IBEC. “The cell ratchet: interplay between protrusion activity and adhesion determines cell motion”