Santiago Marco Archives - Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia

November 12, 2025

IBEC secures funding for three research projects from La Marató de 3Cat

Two research groups from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have been selected to participate in three projects under La Marató de 3Cat’s 2024 call for proposals, which focuses on respiratory diseases. This funding will support research into diagnosis and clinical prediction, with the aim of improving respiratory health.

July 15, 2025

IBEC and the Hospital del Mar formalise a new collaboration

The first collaboration day between the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and the Hospital del Mar Research Institute was held today at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB). The meeting provided an opportunity to share research projects, identify areas for collaboration and formalise a strategic alliance through the signing of a collaboration agreement between IBEC, the Hospital del Mar and the Hospital del Mar Research Institute.

March 14, 2025March 14, 2025

IBEC researcher Santiago Marco named IEEE Fellow

IBEC principal investigator Santiago Marco has been named IEEE Fellow, the highest honour awarded by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The award highlights Marco’s contributions to signal processing and machine learning in chemical sensors.

October 28, 2022July 21, 2022

Predoctoral position at the Signal and Information processing for Sensor Systems Research Group

Ref: Predoctoral / Deadline: 15th August 2022

July 21, 2022July 11, 2022

SNIFFDRONE in the media

The SNIFFIRDRONE project, in which researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) participate, appears in the media with the main objective of developing a drone-based system that generates real-time pollution and odor maps, as well as instant reports and alarms.

April 11, 2022February 14, 2022

Detect lung infections in the breath

Researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, led by Santi Marco, appear in the media to validate, together with the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, a new technology that analyses the breath of patients and diagnoses with a high degree of precision who suffer from pulmonary infections by P. aeruginosa.

April 11, 2022February 11, 2022

Santi Marco analyzes the smell of snow in the press

Santiago Marco, group leader at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), appears in the newspaper “El Español” exploring the scientific reasons why snow can smell.

April 1, 2022February 8, 2022

Detecting lung infections with breath analysis and machine learning

IBEC researchers, together with clinicians from Sant Pau Hospital and Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, use “electronic noses” and machine learning to analyse the breath of patients, identifying with high accuracy those with lung infections of P. aeruginosa, a multidrug resistant pathogen. This method could represent a non-invasive and efficient tool to diagnose and monitor patients with a bacterial lung infection, offering a faster alternative to standard sputum cultures.

December 9, 2021November 27, 2021

Portable electronic nose “e-nose” in the media

Researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) lead by Santiago Marco, appear in the media for the new method they have designed to sniff out the stench of sewage treatment plants.

December 10, 2021November 17, 2021

Electronic nose on a drone sniffs out wastewater plant stink

Researchers from Spain have engineered a portable electronic nose (e-nose) that’s almost as sharp as a human nose at sniffing out wastewater treatment plants’ stink. Coupled with a drone, the lightweight e-nose can measure the concentration of different smells, predict odor intensity and produce a real-time odor map of the plant for management. The method developed was published November 16 in the journal iScience.