El último ‘Insight’ de Nature Physics presenta un artículo de IBEC/Crick

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
dinámica celular, dinámica tisular, mesoescala, principios físicos

Escrito con su colaborador Erik Sahai del Instituto Francis Crick de Londres, el artículo de Trepat, “Mesoscale physical principles of collective cell organization”, revisa la reciente evidencia ...

IBEC an ‘outstanding’ example of H2020 success

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
Horizon 2020, CDTI, ranking, research centre

IBEC is listed as an ‘outstanding’ Spanish research centre for Horizon 2020 funding in a recent report published by the Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial (CDTI).

Biomaterials as signal-releasing platforms

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
regenerative therapies, biomaterials, skin

IBEC’s Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group has published a review of the state-of-the-art in biomaterials for skin healing that proposes a move towards more personalized, in situ therapies...

BBVA funds IBEC research into more efficient cancer drug delivery systems

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
BBVA Foundation, MEDIROBOTS, cancer

An IBEC project has won funding from the BBVA Foundation under its ‘Ayudas a Equipos de Investigación en Biomedicina’ funding programme.

Inspiration from a carpenter’s toolbox

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
nanotechnology, nanomotors, targeted drug delivery

IBEC’s Smart-Nano-Bio-Devices and Nanobioengineering groups have joined forces to solve the problem of random movement of micro- and nanomotors.

Prize for IBEC in Technology Transfer competition

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
technology transfer, pancreatic cancer

An IBEC project pitch won third prize in a Technology Transfer Competition at last week’s Onco Emergence Forum.

IBEC researcher presents the state-of-the-art of advanced materials for 3D bioprinting

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
3D printing, biomaterials

IBEC group leader Javier Ramón presented the state-of-the-art in 3D printing of biomaterials at a workshop organised by CatalunyaBio & HealthTech last week.

Bacteria need vitamins too

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
antimicrobial therapies, vitamin, bacterial biofilm

IBEC’s Bacterial infections: antimicrobial therapies group has revealed the essential role played by a vitamin in the development of a common bacterial biofilm.

Physical forces regulate cell division

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
cell division, epithelial tissues, mechanical forces, cancer cells

This revelation could potentially open avenues to a greater understanding of the uncontrolled proliferation of cancer cells in tumors, and their possible regulation by means of physical forces.

A full house for nanotoxicity day

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
toxicity, nanoparticles, nanomaterials

The day focused on a new discipline, the study of toxicity produced by the effect of nanoparticles and nanomaterials. Nanotoxicity has emerged as manufactured nanoparticles can have properties and eff...

IBEC research on cover of Trends

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
mechanotransduction, cell dynamics, molecular clutch dynamics

Alberto Elosegui-Artola, Xavier Trepat and Pere Roca-Cusachs’ paper in Trends in Cell Biology has made the cover of the latest issue of the Cell-family journal.

Young at heart: novel temporal window of cardiac regeneration

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
heart, regeneration, cellular environment, stiffness

A study carried out at CMR[B] in collaboration with IBEC and the UB has established that the ability of the heart to regenerate after a wound is related to the stiffness of its cellular environment an...