Molecular and cellular neurobiotechnology group Archives - Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia

October 9, 2025

IBEC, one of the centres selected by the Pasqual Maragall Foundation for its research grants

Amaya Hernández-Vega, a senior researcher at IBEC, will lead one of the two projects selected in the 2024 call for proposals from the Pasqual Maragall Research Programme, which is dedicated to funding research into Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions. IBEC also celebrates the participation of Jordi Duran, an associate researcher from the Molecular and Cellular Neurobiotechnology group, who will collaborate on the second selected project.

August 1, 2024June 14, 2024

Radio E (RNE): Nuevo biomarcador para diagnosticar el alzhéimer precoz

August 1, 2024May 21, 2024

Agencia SINC: Nuevo biomarcador para detectar alzhéimer antes de que aparezcan los síntomas

AGENCIA SINC

May 15, 2024

New biomarker to diagnose Alzheimer’s in asymptomatic stages

This is a molecule that is directly linked to the expression of the cellular prion protein found on the surface of nerve cells. The study, led by the IBEC, opens the door to the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease in asymptomatic stages in blood samples, favouring its diagnosis and treatment.

May 4, 2023

IBEC becomes the first research center in Spain to certify its laboratories as sustainable

IBEC’s Core Facilities and nine of its research groups have undergone the “green laboratory” certification process granted by the My Green Lab organization, all awarded with the highest levels of … Read more

October 11, 2022July 6, 2022

Laboratory Technician at the Molecular and cellular neurobiotechnology Research Group

Application Deadline: 22/07/2022
Ref: LT_TR

The Molecular and cellular neurobiotechnology group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is looking for Laboratory Technician to contribute to the development of novel methods for Neurodegenerative studies using microfluidics and in vitro platforms.

The contract will be within the framework of the project “Fabrication of novel microfluidic devices and applications to monitor tau-related neurodegeneration in vitro”.

April 4, 2022February 24, 2022

The lack of cellular prion protein might lead to epilepsy symptoms and learning deficits

Researchers at IBEC, in collaboration with hospitals and international partners, have observed that the deficiency of the cellular prion protein leads to behavioral deficits, learning impairment, and enhanced epilepsy-like excitability of the brain, in mice.

January 4, 2022

PhD Thesis Defence: Ana López Mengual

Factores físicos y moleculares implicados en la migración celular y en el desarrollo de la corteza cerebral. Ana López Mengual, Molecular and cellular neurobiotechnology group Abstract Cell migration acquires special … Read more