“Tecnología, la fuente de la juventud eterna”
Josep Samitier
Group leader
IBEC director Josep Samitier features in an article today in El Mundo.“Últimas noticias sobre Frankenstein”
In an article in El Periodico on Friday, five Barcelona-based scientists – including IBEC’s Josep Samitier, Nuria Montserrat and Paul Verschure – took stock of the possibilities of disciplines such as bioengineering and robotics to regenerate, recycle or even create life.
Deciphering cell language
New insights into the intercellular communications mechanism that regulates cell repositioning leads the way towards the development of targeted therapies in regenerative medicine
Understanding the language of cells in order to redirect them when necessary: this is one possibility unveiled by researchers at the Center for Regenerative Medicine of Barcelona (CMR[B]), led by Dr. Samuel Ojosnegros, who describe in their latest paper the intercellular communications mechanism involved in cell relocation.
The work, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), was carried out in collaboration with the groups of Elena Martínez (IBEC) and Melike Lakadamyali (ICFO), among others. The fruitful collaboration also gave rise to the publication of work by Verónica Hortigüela, former PhD student in Elena’s group, who bioengineered a nanopatterning strategy that provides control over this communication mechanism.