“Un mecanismo biológico podría optimizar el tratamiento del párkinson” (Eng)
This week’s press release about Ángel Raya’s Nature Neuroscience paper gained coverage in La Razón, rTVE and many other science and news websites.
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Researchers uncover the ‘double-whammy’ that could reveal a promising strategy for Parkinson’s treatments
An IBEC researcher and his collaborators have revealed an important biological mechanism which could shed new light on how best to develop treatments for Parkinson’s disease.
Recercaixa funding for robotics project
IBEC Senior Researcher Joan Aranda’s project ‘InHANDS: robòtica interactiva per a l’assistència humana en l’entorn domèstic’ has been awarded funding by the RecerCaixa programme.
“Raimon Jané, president of the Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica”
An interview with IBEC group leader Raimon Jané appears in the latest edition of CIBER-BBN’s newsletter.
“Una aplicación detecta la somnolencia al volante” (Eng)
Further coverage of the driver drowsiness alerter Somnoalert® developed by IBEC and Ficosa has appeared today in El Mundo and abc.es.
“Nanomicrowave” cooking up something new
A new European Marie Curie Initial Training Network involving IBEC’s Nanoscale Bioelectrical Characterization group will attempt to bring research into microwaves – which are extensively used in a host of applications such as telecommunications, microwave ovens and radar – to a whole new level.
“Ficosa, IBEC y la UPC crean un aplicación para detectar la somnolencia al volante” (Eng)
Monday’s press release about the driver drowsiness alerter Somnoalert® developed by IBEC and Ficosa got lots of coverage in the news this week, including in La Vanguardia, TeleCinco and El Economista.
IBEC, UB and FICOSA join forces to develop a mobile application to detect drowsiness while driving
A new technology to combat dozing off when driving developed by IBEC, UB and industry partner Ficosa will be presented at this week’s GSMA World Mobile Congress in Barcelona.
Making friends with the neighbours
About 130 researchers from IBEC and the Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (IBMB), which is also located in the Barcelona Science Park (PCB), got together yesterday for a joint workshop to identify synergies and possible areas for collaboration.
Book launch at IEC
IBEC director Josep A. Planell took part in the public launch last night of a book to which he has contributed, “Ciència i universitat a Catalunya: Projecció de futur”.