“Feedback on Interbio cross-border research projects”
Postdoc researcher in the Nanobioengineering group Toni Homs was asked to give some feedback to be published on the website of the collaborative project Interbio.
Search Results for:
Spanning the Iberian Peninsula: joint IBEC/Porto summer school venture
IBEC has joined up with two Portuguese research institutes to organize a regular summer school under the general theme ‘Interrogations at the Biointerface.’
“La nanomedicina, clave del diagnóstico precoz”
An article entitled “Nanomedicine, the key to early diagnosis” including an interview with IBEC associate director Josep Samitier appears in Diario Medico.
Opening new doors to combat bacterial infections
We may be several steps closer to understanding one of the major pathologies that affects sufferers of cystic fibrosis, thanks to Senior researcher Eduard Torrents of IBEC’s Microbial biotechnology and host-pathogen interaction group.
In a study published this week in the American Society for Microbiology’s journal Infection and Immunity, Eduard and his collaborator in Stockholm, Britt-Marie Sjöberg, looked at DNA synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterial infection that is a frequent complication in many people with cystic fibrosis, and a common cause of death in those patients.
“System Automatically Monitors Apnea-Hypopnea Index”
Some recent research by the Biomedical Signal Processing and Interpretation group has been featured in the section ‘Literature Review: A roundup of the most important recent studies’ in ENT Today magazine.
Lights, camera, action!
Spanish national TV channel RTVE are paying a visit to IBEC today to interview Ángel Raya, group leader of the Control of Stem Cell Potency group, on the subject of stem cell research for an episode of the science and technology programme ‘Tres14’.
“Imaginenano 2011: Primer evento global en España de nanociencia y nanotechnología”
Coverage in El País of Imaginenano, one of the largest European events in nanoscience and nanotechnology which took place on 11-14 April at Bilbao Exhibition Centre, in which IBEC took part.
“Sin un andamio de apoyo”
IBEC associate director Josep Samitier is an expert opinion quoted in El Periodico last week regarding a story about a Japanese study that succeeded in growing an embryonic eye from the stem cells of mice.
All the fun of the fair
For the next three days IBEC scientists from the Control of Stem Cell Potency group will be introducing induced pluripotent stem (IPS) cells to the people of Barcelona at the 9th “Live Research” Fair at La Pedrera.
“Keeping Catalonia’s research revolution on track”
IBEC features in a Nature Jobs advertising feature, Spotlight on Catalonia, which asks how the region is coping with Spain’s financial crisis, having fostered a successful research hub in a relatively short time.