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October 20, 2015August 28, 2013

Engineering biomaterials at the nanoscale

IBEC researchers have come up with a groundbreaking new approach to create a tough, biodegradable, bioactive and entirely new material, heralding a major milestone in the production of artificial matrices for tissue engineering.

In a letter published today in the Royal Society journal Interface, the Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group describes a new, easy and cheap method for producing glass-coated fibrous scaffolds which not only faithfully mimic the extracellular matrix of bone, but also aim to direct stem cell fate through physical and chemical interactions.

April 16, 2015August 1, 2013

“Medicaments que s’activen quan els toca la llum” (Eng)

Nanoprobes and Nanoswitches group leader Pau Gorostiza was the subject of a feature last week in La Vanguardia‘s Sunday magazine “Diners”.

January 8, 2015July 31, 2013

“El futur augura que tindrem la salut a l’abast de la mà” (Eng)

An interview with IBEC director Josep Samitier features in the summer edition of Alma, the magazine of the Obra Social “La Caixa”.

January 8, 2015July 25, 2013

“Nova aplicació mòbil que detecta la somnolència al volant” (Eng)

Santiago Marco is interviewed in a video for UBTV about Somnoalert®, the mobile technology his group developed with the UB and industry partner FICOSA to detect drowsiness while driving.

December 4, 2014July 18, 2013

Angewandte Chemie cover for Nanoprobes group

The latest cover of the respected chemistry journal Angew Chem features the Nanoprobes and Nanoswitches group’s paper, released online last month, that describes a strategy to quickly and reversibly impair the function of specific proteins using light-regulated inhibitory peptides. As well as being chosen for the cover, their paper was among the 5% to be included in the ‘Very Important Paper’ section of the journal, and has also been extensively publicised in the press both here and abroad.

December 3, 2014July 15, 2013

“El laboratori al ‘Connexió’: Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya”

Control of stem cell potency group leader Ángel Raya appeared on Thursday night’s edition of current events programme Barcelona Connexió on Barcelona Televisió (BTV), in a special report on cloning.

January 8, 2015July 10, 2013

Victoria Englert: “Las notas no te definen como persona” (Eng)

IBEC got another mention in El Periódico this week, when Victoria Englert, winner of the prestigious Intel ISEF prize of the Fundación Catalunya-La Pedrera, talks about her forthcoming internship in the Nanoprobes and Nanoswitches group.

December 4, 2014July 9, 2013

Director of ISCIII visits IBEC

On Monday IBEC had a visit from Dr. Toni Andreu, the Director of the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), the body which coordinates the Fund for Health of Spain (FIS) for the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Knowledge.

December 4, 2014July 8, 2013

An audience of thousands

IBEC’s Robotics group leader Alícia Casals represented Catalonia’s scientific community when she and two doctors, a psychiatrist and a biomedical researcher read out a poem at the Concert per la Llibertat at Camp Nou on 29th June.

December 3, 2014July 4, 2013

“Creado un hígado a partir de células madre”

IBEC’s Control of Stem Cell Potency group leader Ángel Raya appears today in La Vanguardia and El Mundo giving his expert opinion on some research published in Nature about a Japanese group that has managed to create a functional human liver using induced pluripotent stem cells.