EMBL·IBEC Winter Conference. ENGINNERING MULTICELLULAR SYSTEMS

10th – 12th February, Barcelona / OPEN FOR REGISTRATIONS

IBEC receives the FEI award for its support to innovation

"From IBEC’s scientific-technological capacity, we want to contribute to the innovation and development of the medicine of the 21st century. The FEI award confirms that we are headed in the right direction." David Badia, Executive Director of IBEC

A smartphone for detecting sleep apnea at home

The Biomedical signal processing and interpretation group propose a novel method consisting of analyzing acoustic signals recorded with a smartphone.

“la Caixa” Doctoral Fellowships INPhINIT at IBEC

Open now for applications

IBEC obtains a second Severo Ochoa accreditation for Excellence

The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia is one of the six centres in Spain to be awarded accreditation in this round of the Severo Ochoa Excellence programme.

Latest IBEC publications:
Bennett, Mark, Cantini, Marco, Reboud, Julien, Cooper, Jonathan M., Roca-Cusachs, Pere, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel, (2018). Molecular clutch drives cell response to surface viscosity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, (6), 1192-1197
Marina Uroz, Sabrina Wistorf, Xavier Serra-Picamal, Vito Conte, Marta Sales-Pardo, Pere Roca-Cusachs, Roger Guimera & Xavier Trepat. Regulation of cell cycle progression by cell–cell and cell–matrix forces. Nature Cell Biology, 10.1038/s41556-018-0107-2
Hervera, A., De Virgiliis, F., Palmisano, I., Zhou, L., Tantardini, E. et al (2018). Reactive oxygen species regulate axonal regeneration through the release of exosomal NADPH oxidase 2 complexes into injured axons. Nature Cell Biology 20, (3), 307-319
Hortelão, A. C., Patiño, T., Perez-Jiménez, A., Blanco, A., Sánchez, S., (2018). Enzyme-powered nanobots enhance anticancer drug delivery. Advanced Functional Materials, Early View
Jaideep Katuri, David Caballero, Raphael Voituriez, Josep Samitier, Samuel Sanchez (2018). Directed Flow of Micromotors through Alignment Interactions with Micropatterned Ratchets. ACS Nano, epub ahead of print
L. Fumagalli, A. Esfandiar, R. Fabregas, S. Hu, P. Ares, A. Janardanan, Q. Yang, B. Radha, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, G. Gomila, K. S. Novoselov, A. K. Geim (2018). Anomalously low dielectric constant of confined water. Science, 360, 6395, 1339-1342
Anna Crespo, Núria Blanco-Cabra and Eduard Torrents (2018). Aerobic Vitamin B12 Biosynthesis Is Essential for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Class II Ribonucleotide Reductase Activity During Planktonic and Biofilm Growth. Front. Microbiol. 9:986
Hortigüela, V., Larrañaga, E., Cutrale, F., Seriola, A., García-Díaz, M., Lagunas, A., Andilla, J., Loza-Alvarez, P., Samitier, J., Ojosnegros, S. Martinez, E. (2018). Nanopatterns of surface-bound ephrinB1 produce multivalent ligand-receptor interactions that tune EphB2 receptor clustering. Nano Letters 18, (1), 629-637
Urrea, L., Segura-Feliu, M., Masuda-Suzukake, M., Hervera, A., Pedraz, L., Aznar, J. M. G., Vila, M., Samitier, J., Torrents, E., Ferrer, I., Gavín, R., Hagesawa, M., Del Río, J. A., (2018). Involvement of Cellular Prion Protein in α-Synuclein Transport in Neurons. Molecular Neurobiology , 1-14

Research news

Un bioimplante para reparar corazones infartados

December 3, 2019 December 3, 2019

El grupo de Biomecánica Celular y Respiratoria del IBEC ha contribuido a una operación pionera en el mundo que ha permitido regenerar el tejido cardíaco de un paciente tras un infarto. Esto ha sido posible mediante la creación de un bioimplante en colaboración con el Banco de Sangre y Tejidos (BST) y el grupo de investigación en Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (ICREC) de Germans Trias.

Cuando se produce un infarto de miocardio, el corazón pierde fuerza para latir a causa de la muerte de las células del área lesionada, que han dejado de recibir sangre desde las arterias coronarias. Este hecho, en función de la gravedad, puede condicionar la capacidad para llevar a cabo actividades de la vida diaria, así como la calidad y la esperanza de vida.

Other news

IBEC coordinates a project to promote skin regeneration using nanoparticles and 3D printing

December 3, 2019 December 3, 2019

Elisabeth Engel, principal investigator of the “Biomaterials for regenerative therapies” group at IBEC will coordinate a three-year project with the aim of boosting skin self-regeneration. This transnational European consortium composed of four more partners will develop the project over the next 3 years, including Dimitrios Zeugolis (University of Ioannina, Greece), Joan Pere Barret (Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Spain), Olivier Stephan (Université Grenoble-Alpes, France) and Denis Barbier (MicroLight 3D, France).

The project falls under the scope of EuroNanoMed3 programme, and the consortium will receive a total of 747.000 € through the corresponding national funding agencies of the countries involved. In particular, the “Agencia Estatal de Investigación” (Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades) will fund IBEC’s contribution with 190.000 €.