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Quasi-living systems: Merge and Emerge (NET-QUASI)
Nature builds materials, cells, tissues, and organisms by the dynamic assembly of building blocks spanning multiple scales and hierarchies, leveraging complexity and emergence to confer unparalleled functionality, selectivity, adaptability, and interactivity far beyond synthetic materials. Our network aims to study, emulate, and create materials that embody key traits of living matter, forming a new field … Read more
Bioengineering approaches to understand, model and modify healthy and pathological CNS (NET-CNS)
This Thematic Network brings together IBEC researchers to explore cutting-edge developments in various aspects of the central nervous system (CNS), ranging from basic research to innovative therapeutic strategies. This network promotes interdisciplinary efforts to explore new therapeutic strategies and address CNS diseases and conditions. Through a series of focused workshops, participants will explore neurodegenerative disease … Read more
Multidisciplinary approaches to tackle rare diseases with personalized medicine (diagnostics and therapies) (NET-RARE)
Rare diseases are a diverse group of disorders with low prevalence, but if we combined all patients, they would form the world’s 3rd largest population. These diseases pose significant challenges for patients and healthcare providers due to their chronic, debilitating nature and limited prevalence, resulting in restricted sample availability and genetic variability. Many rare diseases … Read more
7th edition of the ‘Mad for Bioengineering’ course successfully completed
For the seventh consecutive year, IBEC, with the support of the Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation, has successfully run its ‘Mad for Bioengineering’ course. Aimed at first-year students interested in STEM careers, the programme offers a unique immersion into the world of bioengineering, tackling health problems from a multidisciplinary perspective. The closing ceremony, attended by the students and their families, focused on the presentation of the final projects and the awarding of diplomas.
IBEC scientist César Rodriguez-Emmenegger awarded prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant
IBEC’s Principal Investigator César Rodriguez-Emmenegger has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant. This prestigious European funding supports scientists in the consolidation phase of their research teams, allowing them to pursue innovative scientific ideas. The €2 million over five years will allow Rodriguez-Emmenegger and his team to develop Phagocytic Synthetic Cells (PSCs) to fight antibiotic-resistant pathogens.