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Benedetta Bolognesi awarded a prestigious European ERC Consolidator Grant

The researcher at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant. This prestigious European funding supports excellent scientists and scholars who are consolidating their independent research teams to pursue their most promising scientific ideas. The €2 million grant over 5 years will allow Bolognesi and her team to develop a new method for identifying mutations that lead to the formation of amyloids—aggregates of proteins that contribute to a variety of diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

PhD Thesis Defense: Marina Martínez Hernández

Promoting cardiac regeneration by biomimetic microenvironments Author: Marina Martínez Hernández, Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies Reading date: 20/12/2023 Reading time: 16:30 Reading place: School of Mathematics and Statistics of UPC (Sala … Read more

IBEC Seminar: Dr. Neil Lin

Epithelial Cell Variability is Governed by Physics Principles and Has Mechanobiology Impacts Dr. Neil Lin,  Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Biological … Read more

Luminescent Nanoparticle-based Implants for Pain and Epilepsy Treatment

The IBEC is set to lead the coordination of the PHOTOTHERAPORT project, which will be developed with funding from the European Innovation Council’s Pathfinder Open programme. The project focuses on the development of luminescent implants and light-activated drugs for innovative neuromodulation therapies. PHOTOTHERAPORT will comprise an international consortium of 8 institutions and will receive €3 million over 3 years for the preclinical study of these implants.

IBEC organized the conference “The Future of Personalized Medicine” as part of the Complementary Plan for Biotechnology Applied to Health

Last Friday, the conference took place in Barcelona, bringing together over 100 attendees from the biomedical research field in Spain. Representatives from the Department of Health and Research and Universities of the Catalan Government were also present.