Eduard Torrents Archives - Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia

September 5, 2024July 30, 2024

Two projects with IBEC participation selected in the MSCA call for PhD networks

IBEC will coordinate SPM4.0 and participate as a partner in ENTRY-DM, two of the projects selected in the 2023 call for PhD networks within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). Thanks to these two projects, IBEC will add three new PhD students to its staff.

June 16, 2023

New Faster Future campaign tackles bacterial resistance

IBEC dedicates the 4th edition of its fundraising program, Faster Future, to develop novel strategies to treat infections and diseases caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Specifically, the research seeks to fight … Read more

March 6, 2023March 2, 2023

New strategy against chronic wound infections

Chronic wounds are a challenge for microbiologists due to biofilms, complex structures where bacteria protect themselves from antibiotics, preventing infections from being treated effectively. A research team led by the … Read more

July 10, 2023January 26, 2023

Researchers developed three molecules that improve the efficacy and reduce the toxicity of existing antibiotics

IBEC researchers have published a study in the journal Nature in which they have designed and developed a three-molecule complex that increases the efficacy and stability, while reducing the toxicity, … Read more

January 30, 2023January 25, 2023

IBEC researchers discover how to improve the existing antibiotics and develop new antimicrobial treatments

In a new study carried out by researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), improved so that they are more effective in much smaller doses, which opens the … Read more

May 3, 2023November 18, 2022

3D mini-intestines to study bacterial infections

Researchers at IBEC have developed a 3D model of the human intestine that simulates the characteristics of the intestinal mucosa and its reliefs. These mini-intestines will make it possible to … Read more

September 30, 2022

Breaking down bacteria’s protective armor to overcome antibiotic resistance

A new triple-acting antibiotic agent has managed to break through the biofilm extracellular matrix – a protective structure built by bacteria – and eliminate more than 50% of the pathogens … Read more

April 26, 2023September 30, 2022

Researchers succeed in breaking the shield of bacteria that makes them resistant to antibiotics

The group led by Eduard Torrents has succeeded in developing a triple-action antibiotic that breaks a protective structure produced by the bacteria themselves, the bacterial biofilm. Using this new antibiotic, … Read more

March 24, 2022February 28, 2022

Nanomedicine seeks solutions against rare diseases

Despite its importance in the fight against pandemics such as COVID-19, a lesser-known face of nanomedicine is its potential to contribute to solutions to so-called rare or minority diseases. Coinciding with February 28th, the world day for rare diseases, experts invited by the Nanomed Spain platform and the Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute (IRSJD) present the latest advances in nanomedicine against three of these disorders: muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis and Fabry disease.

September 27, 2021September 22, 2021

BiofilmChip protagonist in the media

Researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), led by Eduard Torrents, leader of the group “bacterial infections and antimicrobial therapies” and professor at the University of Barcelona (UB), in collaboration with Josep Samitier, principal investigator of the group “Nanobioingineering” of IBEC, and Maite Martin, of the Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital appear in the media for the new device, called BiofilmChip, which allows a custom and precise diagnosis of chronic infections.