Presidency of SEIB for IBEC group leader
An IBEC group leader was elected as president of the Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica (SEIB) at its annual meeting (CASEIB) in San Sebastián last week.
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“Control celular mediante luz” (Eng)
The Nanoprobes and Nanoswitches group’s research into light as a tool to manipulate biological and pharmacological processes remotely and non-invasively was featured last week in Investigación y Ciencia, the Spanish version of Scientific American.
A day of discovery for all the family
Twenty members of the general public had their minds blown this morning at IBEC’s Open Doors Day, which was entitled ‘La Bioenginyeria per a Tothom’.
Industry/research collaboration leads to fast-track for eye therapy
Last Tuesday, within the framework of the Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER- BBN), IBEC signed an agreement with pharmaceutical company Ferrer and the universities of Valladolid and the Basque Country to work towards developing a stem cell-based therapy to regenerate the surface of the eye.
“Células madre (y padre)” (Eng)
On October 13 El Periódico published an article about Nobel Prize winners John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka, who won the prize in medicine or physiology for their achievements in stem cell research. Towards the end of the piece, the author talks about the leading position held by Catalonia in research into stem cells, naming IBEC’s Ángel Raya as one of the region’s pioneers.
New NanoMed Spain document remembers late founder
Yesterday saw the launch in Madrid of a new NanoMed Spain publication, ‘Hoja por la Innovación en Nanomedicina en España’ (White Paper on Innovation in Nanomedicine in Spain), which diagnoses the country’s R&D&I capacities in the field so far and presents the potential opportunities, challenges and recommendations for the future.
“Nacen los primeros ratones sanos de ovulos procedentes de celulas madre” (Eng)
IBEC group leader Ángel Raya is quoted in articles in online newspapers Público and Materia this week, giving his expert opinion about some recent research in Japan. The scientists in … Read more
IBEC launches YouTube channel
IBEC now has its very own YouTube channel, where viewers can watch a host of videos related to the institute and aimed at a variety of audiences.
IBEC takes part in Connect-EU day
At the end of September representatives from IBEC, which coordinates and manages the Connect-EU Nanobio+Nanomed group, participated in the Connect-EU conference at Barcelona’s World Trade Centre.
“El combate contra la pseudomona en manos del Dr. Torrents” (Eng)
Senior researcher Eduard Torrents appears several times in the July edition of the newspaper of the Associació Catalana de Fibrosi Quística, Per a Vèncer la Fibrosi Quística.