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PhD Position in Nanobioengineering


Application Deadline: 21/05/2018
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The Nanobioengineering group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for a Pre-doctoral Researcher to work in the project “Personalizing pediatric cancer treatment with kinome analyses, cell-based functional assays and microfluidics”. The goal of this translational PhD thesis is to combine cell-based functional analyses of cancer cells to better understand what are the main signaling pathways ensuring pediatric tumors´ survival and find new treatments to eradicate them.

PhD thesis defence: Berta Gumí

Structural organization of model membranes: a complementary approach combining atomic force microscopy and x-ray techniques

PhD thesis defence: Berta Gumí

Structural organization of model membranes: a complementary approach combining atomic force microscopy and x-ray techniques

PhD thesis defence: Berta Gumí

Structural organization of model membranes: a complementary approach combining atomic force microscopy and x-ray techniques

PhD thesis defence: Berta Gumí

Structural organization of model membranes: a complementary approach combining atomic force microscopy and x-ray techniques

Cells communicate by changing their environment

Researchers at IBEC and MIT have shown that cells could use their environment to mechanically communicate with each other within tissues. It’s a bit like when an army cadet pulls some rope netting taut so that his friend can safely ascend.

To nourish our organs and tissues, cells need to constantly detect and respond to the mechanical stimuli from their environment. Generally, cells that make up the tissues in our bodies are immersed in an extracellular matrix (ECM), ​​a biopolymer made of proteins and glycoproteins such as collagen or fibrin. This ECM provides the cells with a way to interact with other cells, obtain nutrients, eliminate waste and ultimately form an integral and functional tissue.

MIT-Spain grant for IBEC project, Bioengineering Against Cancer

IBEC is the recipient of one of twelve MIT-Spain ”la Caixa” Foundation Seed Fund grants under a brand new funding programme in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The media presentation of the grants at Palau Macaya took place this morning, when IBEC Director Josep Samitier took part in a press conference. During the presentation Angel Font, Corporate Director of Research and Strategy at the ”la Caixa” Banking Foundation, remarked particularly on IBEC’s strong capacity for gaining competitive funding.

The ”la Caixa” and MIT grants will aim to support research projects carried out jointly between Spanish universities and research groups and MIT research groups, boosting cooperation between faculty, researchers and students. The inititative is part of the MISTI Global Seed Funds programme, which promotes collaborations between MIT faculty and researchers and their counterparts abroad.