Zaida Álvarez
Spinal cord organoids to study treatments for paraplegia
Se trata de un proyecto centrado en la creación de un dispositivo impreso en 3D donde se cultivará un organoide de médula espinal humana para estudiar el daño medular y el posterior testeo de fármacos. La investigación, liderada por la investigadora principal del IBEC Zaida Álvarez, ha recibido financiación de la Fundación Internacional para la Investigación de la Paraplejia.
IBEC is strengthened by the addition of three new research groups in advanced and emerging therapies
IBEC kicks off 2024 with the incorporation of three new research groups led by Manuel Salmerón Sánchez, Zaida Álvarez Pinto, and Xavier Rovira Clavé. With these additions, IBEC strengthens its position in the field of advanced and emerging therapies.
IBEC researchers highlight the role of women in science in different media
Coinciding with the celebration of 11 February, the Day of Girls and Women in Science, Nuria Montserrat is one of the three protagonists of the Constantes y Vitales campaign entitled … Read more
Scientists obtain mature neurons from stem cells in the lab to improve the study of neurodegenerative diseases
IBEC researcher Zaida Álvarez and UB researcher Alberto Ortega have produced the first highly mature neurons grown in the lab from pluripotent stem cells using a synthetic matrix. Until now, … Read more
Researchers manage to grow mature neurons at the lab to study neurogenerative diseases
Researches from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and the University of Barcelona (UB) have achieved the creation of the first highly mature neurones from human induced pluripotent stem … Read more
Zaida Álvarez receives the Muy Nanotecnología award and a special mention from the Duran Farell Research Technology Award
On November 29th, Zaida Álvarez, a ‘Ramon y Cajal’ researcher at the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), received the Muy Nanotecnología award from the Minister of Science and Innovation, … Read more