IBEC named as Centre of Excellence for health in new EC report

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
IBEC, European Centres of Excellence

IBEC has been designated one of just 28 European Centres of Excellence in a new report by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research & Innovation.

IBEC’s first EMBO Young Investigator

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
EMBO, IBEC, Pere Roca-Cusachs

IBEC junior group leader and UB assistant professor Pere Roca-Cusachs has been accepted into the prestigious EMBO Young Investigator Programme.

International prize for Pere as an emerging leader in science

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
Pere Roca-Cusachs, American Society for Cell Biology, Gibco Emerging Leader Prize, Thermo Fisher

IBEC junior group leader and UB assistant professor Pere Roca-Cusachs is one of ten finalists selected for the American Society for Cell Biology’s Gibco Emerging Leader Prize. Pere has been chosen a...

ERC funding for new diabetes approach at IBEC

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
diabetes, test drugs, ERC

IBEC’s Dr. Javier Ramón is one of just six researchers in Catalonia to have been awarded a 2016 Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). With the support, which will last for up to fi...

IBEC: Strengthening links with Singapore

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
IBEC-MBI, Symposium, Singapore

This week IBEC director Josep Samitier, group leaders Elisabeth Engel, Xavier Trepat and Pere Roca-Cusachs, and Ester Sánchez, representing the Strategic Initiatives Unit, are in Singapore to take pa...

IBEC’s participation at B·Debate

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
IBEC, technology transfer, retinal dystrophies

On September 6 and 7 was held the conference “Fighting Blindness. Future Opportunities and Challenges for Visual Restoration”, co-organized by B · Debate, an initiative of Biocat and Obra Social ...

Ferrer, IBEC and Mind the Byte join forces to study new molecules against cancer metastasis

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
cancer metastasis, new therapeutic molecules, cadherin molecules

The pharmaceutical company Ferrer has created a consortium with the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and the bioinformatics company Mind the Byte, located at the Barcelona Science Park...

Cells move en masse towards rigid tissues

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
cell, collective intelligence, cancer, rigid tissues

The researchers developed a theory explaining the phenomenon, naming it collective durotaxis. “Each cell applies a force to its environment that allows it to measure the surrounding stiffness. But c...

Prótesis moleculares para restaurar la visión

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
prótesis moleculares, degeneración de retina, Retinosos Pigmentaria

Un equipo de investigación liderado por Pau Gorostiza, del Instituto de Bioingeniería de Cataluña -IBEC- (Centro de Excelencia “Severo Ochoa”), y Amadeu Llebaria, del Instituto de Química Avan...

BIYSC: helping students unlock their potential

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
BIYSC project, Regenerative Medicine, biomaterials

This month IBEC is taking part in the Barcelona International Youth Science Challenge (BIYSC 2016), a new initiative that aims to stimulate scientific talent among young people from all over the world...

New BIB website boosts visibility of Catalan potential in bioinformatics

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
BIB, bioinformatics, web

Bioinformatics Barcelona (BIB) has officially launched its website, which details the bioinformatic activities of 40 partners – including IBEC – and over 80 research groups.

Celebrating advances in spinal cord and brain research by Marató-funded projects

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
La Marató de TV3, spinal cord, brain injuries

IBEC group leader and ICREA research professor Pau Gorostiza took part in the 17th Symposium of La Marató de TV3 this week, which was devoted to the celebration of the 30 research projects awarded fu...