IBEC goes stateside to boost health applications of 3D printing

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
3D printing, bioengineering

Representatives from IBEC were in Boston, Massachusetts last week taking part in a business mission to accelerate the application of 3D printing to health.

Cells communicate by changing their environment

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
extracellular matrix, tissues, cells, collagen matrix

Researchers at IBEC and MIT have shown that cells could use their environment to mechanically communicate with each other within tissues. It’s a bit like when an army cadet pulls some rope netting t...

MIT-Spain grant for IBEC project, Bioengineering Against Cancer

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
IBEC, MIT-Spain ”la Caixa” Foundation Seed Fund, cancer

IBEC is the recipient of one of twelve MIT-Spain ”la Caixa” Foundation Seed Fund grants under a brand new funding programme in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Two IBEC projects win IGNITE funding from BIST

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
IGNITE, tissue therapy, cell culture

Two projects coordinated by IBEC group leaders have been successful in gaining funding through the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology’s IGNITE call, which promotes the initiation of new c...

Synthetic enzymes for controlled drug delivery in cells

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
living cell, drug activators, Single-Chain Polymeric Nanoparticles, enzymes

The Nanoscopy for Nanomedicine group has studied Single-Chain Polymeric Nanoparticles (SCPNs) mimicking enzymes as possible drug activators in biological environments, like the living cell.

Launch of SOMMa focuses on safeguarding the competitiveness of science in Spain

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
research centres, competitiveness, science

SOMMa, the alliance of Spain’s 25 Severo Ochoa centres – including IBEC – and 16 María de Maeztu units that aims to raise the national and international profile of science in the country, held ...

Shedding light on metastasis in the brain

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
ion channels, metastasis, Channel Piezo2

Researchers have shown for the first time that ion channels that are capable of detecting changes in the physical properties of the cellular environment play a key role in tumor invasion and metastasi...

Oxidation necessary for recovery after spine injuries

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
spinal cord injuries, damaged neurons, oxidizing species

Researchers at the IBEC, in collaboration with Imperial College London, have discovered that oxidizing species – chemicals such as peroxides that form during the metabolism of oxygen – regulate th...

A mechanism that regulates neurogenesis in the adult brain

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
adult stem cells, hippocampus, neurodegenerative diseases, protein Sema3E, receptor PlexinD1

Scientists from IBEC’s Molecular and Cellular Neurobiotechnology group have discovered a protein and its receptor that control the spread of adult stem cells in the hippocampus, the part of the brai...

Obesity study on front cover of Proteomics – Clinical Applications

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
proteomics, body mass index, fat mass, insulin resistance

Researchers working at the Signal and Information Processing for Sensing Systems group and at the Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences have published a study selected as the front cover of a special i...

IBEC project wins funding from the AECC

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
AECC, renal cancer, biomarkers

An IBEC group’s project was granted funding from the Fundación Científica de la Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer in their 2017 Ayudas LAB AECC call.

A material that encourages blood vessels to form

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

6 years ago
functional biomaterials, tissue regeneration, blood vessel

In a further step forward in their quest to achieve functional biomaterials for tissue regeneration, IBEC’s Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group has revealed a new construct that enhances b...