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November 21, 2020

Nuria Montserrat receives “Constantes y Vitales” award for the best biomedical publication of the year

IBEC researcher Nuria Montserrat receives the “Constantes y Vitales” award for the best biomedical publication of 2020 for her work with human organoids created with bioengineering techniques for the study of SARS-CoV-2.

November 13, 2020November 10, 2020

Núria Montserrat talks about coronavirus in “Catalunya Ràdio”

Núria Montserrat, group leader at IBEC is interviewed in the radio program “La poma de Newton” of Catalunya Ràdio talking about her research on the relationship between diabetes and Covid-19.

October 20, 2020October 13, 2020

Engineering to improve Covid patient care

Dolores Blanco, researcher at the “Biomedical Signal Processing and Interpretation” group at IBEC, appears at “Diari de Tarragona” explaining her research in non-invasive monotoring of respiratory patients.

November 13, 2020October 13, 2020

An IBEC project on COVID-19 receives funding from “Fundación BBVA”

Nuria Montserrat and her research team at IBEC, receive funding from “Fundación BBVA” to lead a research project on COVID-19. Montserat’s project is one of the 20 projects selected from among almost 1,000 proposals submitted to the call, which will receive a total of 2.7 million euros. The twenty projects selected to stop the coronavirus outbreak involve more than 400 researchers, who will approach the mechanisms of infection, diagnosis and treatment of this disease from different angles. The psychosocial and economic impact derived from the pandemic will also be studied.

November 13, 2020October 6, 2020

IBEC supports the accessibility to EU funded research results on COVID19

IBEC has signed the European Commission Manifesto for maximizing the accessibility of research results in the fight against COVID19

November 13, 2020October 2, 2020

Bioengineering to fight Covid-19

Yesterday took place the kick-off meeting of the european project MAD-CoV 2, in which participates the group led by ICREA Research Professor Núria Montserrat at IBEC.

Under the name of “Modern approaches for developing antivirals against SARS-CoV 2” (MAD-CoV 2) the project focuses on the development and delivery of therapeutic tools for the current COVID-19 outbreak.

November 13, 2020September 10, 2020

Benedetta Bolognesi featured at “Maldita Ciencia” talking about coronavirus

Benedetta Bolognesi, group leader at IBEC has been collaborating with “Maldita Ciencia” to clarify doubts and rumours about Covid-19″.

November 13, 2020August 31, 2020

Where are STEM women in the pandemic?

International studies reveal that in the global health crisis women are doing less research, also in the coronavirus itself. Some of the reasons are the inequality in the housework distribution and the leadership distribution.

November 13, 2020August 28, 2020

SPECS Lab featured on TV and Radio for its work on COVID19 and mental health

Researchers from the SPECS lab at IBEC have develop a new method to evaluate the mental health and wellbeing of people living under strict confinement measures such those during COVID-19 pandemic on April 2020. The study, conducted with people living in 17 countries, confirms that confinement measurements leads to a negative impact on the emotional wellbeing. The researchers also detected some personal situations that can entail a higher risk for the mental health and wellbeing.

November 13, 2020August 14, 2020

A new method confirms the impact of COVID-19 confinement measures on mental health and well-being

Researchers from the SPECS lab at IBEC develop a new method to evaluate the mental health and wellbeing of people living under strict confinement measures such those during COVID-19 pandemic on April 2020. The study, conducted with people living in 17 countries, confirms that confinement measurements leads to a negative impact on the emotional wellbeing. The researchers also detected some personal situations that can entail a higher risk for the mental health and wellbeing.