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Samuel Sánchez’s Nanorobots against cancer will accelerate with support from the “La Caixa” Foundation
Samuel Sánchez and his team at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), earned the competitive call CaixaResearch for Health Research to develop nanorobots against bladder cancer. Sánchez, a pioneer in the field of self-propelled nanorobots, proposes to move in this way towards solutions against one of the most common, recurring and expensive forms of cancer to treat.
Research Assistant at the Smart Nano-Bio-Devices Group

Application Deadline: 31/08/2021
Ref: RA-SS.23
The nanodevices group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for a Research Assistant to join the team working on highly multidisciplinary projects in the field of self-propelled nanoparticles (nanomotors) as drug delivery systems. The contract will be within the framework of the translational activities of the nanobio team.
Senior Researcher at the Molecular Bionics Group
Application Deadline: 15/08/2021
Ref: SR_GB
The Molecular Bionics group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for a an led by Prof. Giuseppe Battaglia at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for a Senior Research Fellow, with at least 10 years of proven experience on experimental research, expertise in Soft Matter Physics and Liquid Phase Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopy for organic materials and biological systems analysis.
“Cellular push and pull”, protagonist also in the media
Researchers led by Pere Roca-Cusachs appear in different media for their study published in the prestigious journal “Nature Communications” that discovers how force dynamics affect cells, and living tissues.
Sustainable Research
IBEC is committed to promote more sustainable practices in research and administration, to contribute, in our daily work, to fight climate change and pollution.
Researchers uncover the reason for “Living wires” extraordinary electrical properties
An international study co-authored by IBEC’s researchers has identified nickel as a key conductive component in the wires found in cable bacteria. This ground-breaking finding, obtained by combining high-resolution microscopy, spectroscopy and chemical imaging, has been published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications.
Postdoc at the Cellular and Molecular Mechanobiology Research Group

Application Deadline: 30/07/2021
Ref: PD-PR
The Mecanobiologia cel·lular at Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for a Post-doctoral researcher to work on mechanotransduction in breast epithelial cells. The contract will be within the framework of our research project, aiming to understand how cell adhesion, mechanotransduction, and nuclear forces regulate breast cancer.
Laboratoy Technician at the Signal and Information Processing for Sensing Systems Lab – Projectes de Recerca La Marató
Application Deadline: 15/09/2021
Ref: LT-SaM
The Signal and information processing for sensing systems group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for Laboratory Technician to work in biomedical data analysis. The contract will be within the framework of: Projectes de recerca “La Marató”, whose objective Anticipation of respiratory outcomes in ICU COVID-19 patients by metabolic signatures
Postdoc opportunities
Doing a postdoc at IBEC brings you the opportunity to continue your research career in a stimulating, interdisciplinary and high quality international scientific environment. Below you can find different funding … Read more