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Collaboration with clinicians leads to new non-invasive monitoring of COPD

raimon febA collaboration between IBEC’s Biomedical Signal Processing and Interpretation group and two local hospitals has resulted in a new non-invasive method of evaluating the efficiency of the respiratory muscles in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Respiratory muscle dysfunction is a common problem in patients with COPD, mostly related to pulmonary hyperinflation. Diaphragm shortening and deleterious changes in the muscle force-length relationship cause a reduction in the muscles’ capacity to generate pressure, placing them at a mechanical disadvantage.

Xavier Trepat nominated for La Vanguardia’s Science Award

xtrepatlavanIBEC group leader and ICREA research professor Xavier Trepat is one of the eight candidates nominated for this year’s edition of the La Vanguardia Science Award.

For four weeks, La Vanguardia readers are invited to vote for the Spanish scientist or scientists they think have done the most important research in the past year.
The eight finalists selected by the Scientific Advisory Committee of the prize, which is organised by Grupo Godó and the Catalunya-La Pedrera Foundation, have been selected according to their scientific excellence, with the only proviso being that they are all affiliated to a Spanish organisation.

PhD Thesis Defence: Ariadna Bartra

“Detecció d’estats inadequats per la conducció de un vehicle a partir de la degradació del control dinàmic”

PhD Thesis Defence: Ariadna Bartra

“Detecció d’estats inadequats per la conducció de un vehicle a partir de la degradació del control dinàmic”

NanoMed Spain organises Nano World Cancer Day 2016

nanoworldThe IBEC-managed Spanish Nanotechnology Platform, NanoMed Spain, will be co-hosting an event as part of Nano World Cancer Day 2016 on Tuesday 2nd February, a global initiative organized for World Cancer Day.

At the conference, which will take place from 11:00-13:00 in the Aula Magna of the University of Barcelona, the latest innovations in nanomedicine for cancer will be presented and discussed, with topics ranging from early diagnosis and the controlled release of drugs to radiation therapy using nanoparticles.

Cellular and molecular mechanobiology

Tissues in our body can be extremely soft such as breast or brain, or very stiff such as bone. Cells in our body constantly interact mechanically with such tissues, exerting, … Read more

IBEC director is fellow of IEC

iecIBEC Director Josep Samitier has been elected as fellow of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

An institution with much influence in society, IEC promotes and develops research and study into all elements of Catalan culture, and is best known for its work in standardizing the Catalan language. It was founded in 1907 by Enric Prat de la Riba, then president of Barcelona County Council who would go on to be the first president of the Mancomunitat de Catalunya, and its members have included the likes of August Pi i Sunyer, Àngel Guimerà and Pompeu Fabra. IEC has been a member of the International Union of Academies since 1922.