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IBEC to participate in Flagship European Grant for the Physics of Living Matter

Xavier Trepat and his team at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) are key partners in ALIVE: Active Living Matter — Information, Vitality, and Emergence, an international research programme selected for funding through the first European edition of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Programme. Coordinated by the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, the project will receive 75 million DKK (around €10 million) over six years to uncover how information flows drive the emergence, organisation and function of living tissues.

Scientists create living tissues capable of changing shape in a programmed manner

Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering for Catalonia (IBEC), the Polytechnic University of Catalonia – BarcelonaTech (UPC) and the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) have developed a new strategy for ‘programming’ the shape of biological tissues in vitro. The study, published in the journal Science, is the first to demonstrate that it is possible to guide the forces and final shape of living tissue by controlling the orientation of its cells. The research opens the door to new applications in tissue engineering, biohybrid robotics, and the design of smart living materials.

Informatius 2 | RTVE 1: Tractaments amb immunoteràpia

La inmunoterapia es una alternativa como tratamiento contra el cáncer. Investigadores del Ibec y del Hospital del Mar están desarrollando un dispositivo para mejorar los resultados de estas terapias. Declaraciones de Alexandre Calon, investigador del IMIM-Hospital del Mar; Xavier Trepat, Profesor de investigación ICREA a L’IBEC.