GLAM support for leukemia research

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
GLAM project, leukemia, biomarkers, crowdfunding

The GLAM project, of which IBEC’s Biomimetics for Systems for Cell Engineering group leader Elena Martínez is a partner, is supporting the 3rd Festa StandupPaddle (SUP) in aid of leukemia research ...

IBEC and UB scientists solve long-standing enigma in chemistry

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
chemical reactions, electrostatic catalysis, Diels-Alder

Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), the University of Barcelona (UB) and two universities in Australia have introduced a new way of catalysing (speeding up) chemical r...

Playing with molecular Lego to build the next generation of drug delivery vectors

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
delivery vectors, supramolecular polymers, siRNA, hydrophobic molecule

Many drugs are hindered in their therapeutic potential by issues such as too-fast clearance by the kidneys, undesirable properties, lack of selectivity, and poor internalization in the cell. Nanotechn...

New non-invasive monitoring of COPD

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
COPD, monitoring, MMG, respiratory muscle mechanomyogram

A collaboration between IBEC’s Biomedical Signal Processing and Interpretation group and two local hospitals has resulted in a new non-invasive method of evaluating the efficiency of the respiratory...

Shrinking technologies to dig deeper into the body’s secrets

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
Suspended Planar-Array chips, miniaturization, cells, molecular analyses

A team of scientists including IBEC researchers have developed a brand new technique that miniaturizes the way we study biomolecular interactions, allowing multiple analyses inside living cells for th...

Microwave electromagnetic properties of single bacterial cells measured for the first time

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
electromagnetic properties, bacterial cell, scanning microwave microscopy

The researchers quantified the electric permittivity of single Escherichia coli cells, showing too that their technique could detect the presence of small-scale structures even inside the microorganis...

Cells are liquids, but behave like solids

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

9 years ago
cells, self-rheology

Scientists at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have revealed that, counter to previous understanding, the living cells in our bodies behave like solids rather than the liquids they...

Researchers reveal a potential cancer repressor function in a key protein

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

9 years ago
cancer, tropomyosin 2.1, protein, cell growth

The researchers analyzed rigidity sensing with a new high-resolution technology by tracking the cells’ displacement of flexible sub-micron pillars by contractile forces. They found that actomyosin-b...

Another big step towards understanding the electric properties of the cell

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

9 years ago
Nanoscale electric polarizability

IBEC has made a further breakthrough in the understanding of the dielectric properties of cell constituents by measuring the electric polarizability of the main components of the cell membrane – nam...

IBEC success in Human Brain Project funding call

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

9 years ago
Neuroscience, Human Brain Project (HBP), financing, WaveScalES, European Commission, CEol

The winning projects will contribute to the aims of the HBP, one of the two Future and Emerging Technology (FET) Flagships funded by the European Commission to address the big scientific and technolog...

Safe nanomotors propelled by sugar

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

9 years ago
Safe nanomotors, sugar

Researchers at IBEC and their collaborators have made a breakthrough in nanomotors for applications in medicine by developing the first ever fully biocompatible self-propelling particles that are powe...

IBEC group presents 4th generation biomaterial that mimics bone

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

9 years ago
Biomaterials, Regenerative Therapies

The Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group have published a paper in Nanoscale elucidating a brand new biomaterial they’ve created which paves the way towards a fourth generation of effective...