JIPI VII – the Conference of Interdisciplinary Predoctoral Researchers
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JIPI VII – the Conference of Interdisciplinary Predoctoral Researchers
A meeting point for all predoctoral researchers in Catalonia.
Two more juniors consolidate as full group leaders
Lorenzo Albertazzi and Nuria Montserrat, IBEC’s Junior Group Leaders selected in the 2014 Tenure Track programme, have been successfully consolidated as Group Leader as of 1st January 2019, following a positive evaluation by the ISC.
IBEC’s tenure track programme aims to support career development by helping young researchers establish their own independent research lines. Other factors considered included the added value offered by their projects to the current IBEC research programme, and the ability of the selected candidates to carry out efficient group leadership and management.
The first four junior group leaders selected by the programme in 2012 – Eduard Torrents, Elisabeth Engel, Pere Roca-Cusachs and Xavier Fernández-Busquets – were all successfully consolidated as Senior Group Leaders as of 1st January 2017.
HR Technician
Application Deadline: 31/01/2019
Ref: HRT_CM
The Human Resources Unit is looking for a HR Technician to support the Unit in strategic and administrative functions and to support our staff.
The aim of the Human Resources Unit is to support IBEC’s mission through delivering high-level services throughout the organisation.
The HR Unit deals with all issues related to the employee life cycle: recruitment and selection, contracting, training and development, promotion, payroll, compensation and benefits, health and safety, employee and student visa, induction and leave management. The HR Unit provides a high quality, efficient, accurate and timely HR service to all stakeholders and effectively implements all HR policies.
Postdoctoral researcher at the Bioengineering in Reproductive Health Open Lab
Application Deadline: 31/01/2019
Ref: PD-SO
The Bioengineering in reproductive health group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for a Postdoctoral researcher with strong imaging skills to carry out a project on hyperspectral microscopy using mammalian embryos. The contract will be within the framework of the Open Lab initiative and has strong potential to derive in a spin off venture.
Laboratory Technician at the Molecular and cellular neurobiotechnology Research Group
Application Deadline: 17/01/2019
Ref: LT-TR
The neurobiotechnology group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for a Laboratory Technician Technician to contribute to the development of novel methods for Neurobioengineering studies using microfluidics and optogenetics. The contract will be within the framework of the project “Fabrication of novel microfluidic devices and applications to monitor neurodegeneration ex vivo.
3D bioprinted robots
IBEC’s Smart Nano-Bio-Devices group – the institute’s experts in micro- and nanorobots – have used 3D bioprinting to produce ‘biorobots’ made of biological elements such as muscle tissue.
IBEC’s Smart Nano-Bio-Devices group – the institute’s experts in micro- and nanorobots – have used 3D bioprinting to produce ‘biorobots’ made of biological elements such as muscle tissue. These bio-inspired soft robotic devices could offer many more capabilities for movement and performance – such as real-time bio-sensing, self-organization, adaptability, or self-healing – than existing systems, which use solely artificial materials.
“Bio-inspired soft robotics is an exciting new discipline, as it may help us overcome the limitations of traditional robotic systems, such as flexibility, responsiveness and adaptability,” says Samuel Sanchez, group leader at IBEC and ICREA research professor.
Assistant Administratiu (Ref. AA)
Application Deadline: 10/01/2019
Ref: AA
L’Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC) requereix incorporar un/-a assistant administratiu/-va per tal de donar suport administratiu i fer d’enllaç entre els diferents grups de recerca ubicats al Campus UPC Diagonal Besós i la central de l’IBEC ubicada al Parc Científic de Barcelona. Estant ubicat/-da en l’entorn universitari i internacional del Campus UPC Diagonal-Besós portarà a terme activitats multidisciplinàries de suport administratiu.
Two promising avenues in the fight against antibiotic resistance
IBEC’s Bacterial infections: antimicrobial therapies group have published two papers offering new hope in the urgent search for antimicrobials.
IBEC’s Bacterial infections: antimicrobial therapies group have published two papers offering new hope in the urgent search for antimicrobials.“We desperately need antimicrobials,” says Eduard Torrents. “Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest threats to human health today, and the time is fast approaching when routine procedures will be much more risky.”
Not only have some common infections or illnesses become resistant to the antibiotics usually used to treat them, a really pressing medical problem now is the rapid rise of ‘superbugs’ or multidrug-resistant bacteria, which are immune to almost all of the antibiotics that are currently available.
Third IBEC student wins PIONER prize for thesis
Jemish Parmar from IBEC’s Smart Nano-Bio-Devices group has been awarded a Premi Pioner from CERCA for his Doctoral Thesis “Micromotors for Environmental Applications”.
Since their launch in 2014, the prizes recognize researchers who present a doctoral thesis with results that are clearly aimed at commercial exploitation. The third IBEC winner of one of these prestigious awards, Jemish was honoured alongside the three other winners – from ICFO, CTFC and IGTP – at a ceremony yesterday.
The jury in this fifth edition of the Premis Pioner was made up of Eduard Balbuena (Enterprise Department at UAB), Josep Maria Pujals (IP lawyer at Oficina Ponti), Melba Navarro (Knowledge Transfer Technology Manager at CIMNE Tecnologia), Anna López Lozano (IP expert),