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Bioenginyeria per fer realitat “L’home de carn”

2015 05 03 NMontserrat ARAIn the magazine Ara this weekend, IBEC group leader Nuria Montserrat and artist Marcel·lí Antúnez, who creates interactive sculpture with organic materials, such as Joan l’Home de Carn, appeared in an article together talking about organ regeneration.

Saber Vivir programme: Día de Riñon

nuria_rtveIBEC’s junior group leader Nuria Montserrat appeared on RTVE’s channel 1 programme Saber Vivir earlier this month, when they had an episode devoted to kidney disease and research.

In a brief interview filmed at IBEC, Nuria explained the two pillars of her current research: to create viable kidney cells in the lab that can be implanted in vivo, and to study the signals that are necessary to encourage the kidney to regenerate itself.

“Miniriñones de laboratorio”

montserrat_miniriñonesNew IBEC group leader Nuria Montserrat is featured in an article in El Mundo today.

The story discusses her ERC grant, the work she has been doing generating “mini-kidneys” from human pluripotent stem cells, and how she will continue this important line of research at IBEC.

“Mini-kidney” scientist joins IBEC with ERC grant

nmontserratA new group leader at IBEC brings one of the most prestigious funding awards, an ERC Starting Grant, to continue her research into kidney regeneration

Nuria Montserrat (Barcelona, 1978) is one of just eight young researchers in Catalonia to have received a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant at the end of 2014.

IBEC and GIPS lead a strategic conference connecting science and clinical practice to advance translational health research

Today marked the fourth annual conference of the Interdisciplinary Group of Health Professionals (GIPS), which featured the collaboration of the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) this year. The event welcomed over 150 attendees from clinical, academic, institutional, and technological backgrounds, and aimed to strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration and promote innovation in health.

IBEC co-organises Europe’s largest nanomedicine event to mark the 20th anniversary of NANOMED Spain and ETPN

The NanoMed Europe 2025 conference, Europe’s leading event in the field of nanomedicine and advanced health technologies, took place from 27 to 30 May. This edition was hosted in Barcelona, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the Spanish Nanomedicine Platform (NANOMED Spain), which is coordinated by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC). Since its establishment in 2005, NANOMED Spain has collaborated closely with the European Technology Platform for Nanomedicine (ETPN) to encourage nanomedicine innovation in Spain and across Europe.

IBEC stands out at BIST Forum with 4 BIST Ignite projects and a BIST Ignite Award

Today, the BIST Forum, an event that brings together the BIST scientific community, focused this year on the joint initiative of the seven CERCA centres to promote precision medicine in healthy ageing. During the event, the new BIST Ignite projects to promote multidisciplinary research were announced, with IBEC involved in four of the five selected projects. In addition, one of the projects in which IBEC is involved won a BIST Ignite Award.

Bioengineering for Emergent and Advanced Therapies at the 17th IBEC Symposium

IBEC’s 17th Annual Symposium focused on ‘Bioengineering for Emergent and Advanced Therapies’, one of IBEC’s key application areas. Around 300 people attended the event, including local and international researchers. It was a multidisciplinary environment in which experts from other centres and the IBEC community itself had the opportunity to present their projects and share knowledge.