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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia
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We shape the present and future of #medicine with #Bioengineering.
A unique @cerca.cat research center. Member of @bist.eu.

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🚀 L’#IBEC s’adhereix a l’Aliança STEAM pel talent femení del Ministerio de Educación!

L'objectiu és fomentar vocacions STEAM en nenes i joves i reduir la bretxa de gènere.

✅ Reforcem el compromís amb la igualtat i les oportunitats científiques per a tothom.
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🔬 Dos nous grups de recerca s’han incorporat a #IBEC el 2025, reforçant l’excel·lència en biomaterials i neurofotònica.

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November 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
🔬 Two new research groups joined #IBEC in 2025, bringing cutting-edge advances in biomaterials and neurophotonics.

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November 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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📰 "Desarrollan una estrategia nanotecnológica que revierte en el cerebro de los ratones las placas de proteínas como las que producen la enfermedad de Alzheimer".

🔬 Giuseppe Battaglia, Lorena Ruiz Pérez
🏛️ @ibecbarcelona.eu
🖊️ @aberron.bsky.social
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Consiguen revertir las placas del alzhéimer en ratones tras restaurar la barrera hematoencefálica
El enfoque innovador se centra en restaurar esta estructura mediante nanopartículas, en lugar de actuar sobre las neuronas u otras células cerebrales, como se ha hecho habitualmente hasta ahora
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November 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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#PCBCommunity |🫁 L’ @ibecbarcelona.eu obté 3 projectes de recerca finançats per #LaMarató3Cat 2024, liderats pels investigadors Santiago Marco, Manuel Lozano Garcia i Yolanda Castillo Escario, per desenvolupar eines de diagnòstic, tractaments i estratègies de prevenció per #MalaltiesRespiratòries. 🔬
L'IBEC obté tres projectes de recerca finançats per La Marató de 3Cat - Parc Científic de Barcelona
Dos grups de recerca de l'IBEC lideraran tres dels projectes seleccionats en la convocatòria de 2024 de La Marató de 3Cat.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Josep Samitier (@ibecbarcelona.eu)
presentando las conclusiones de los proyectos del los planes complementarios de biotecnología aplicada a la salud.
Un enorme esfuerzo de coordinación que una vez alcanzados con éxito sus objetivos espera su continuidad.
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Ahir, Meritxell Serra-Casablancas i Samuel Sánchez, van rebre el tercer Premi Vanguardia de la Ciència pels seus nanorobots contra el càncer de bufeta.🥉

El guardó reconeix la investigació d’excel·lència liderada per dones científiques a Espanya.
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
L'#IBEC participa al #100xCiencia a València, la trobada anual dels centres SOMMa, on la comunitat científica comparteix recerca, innovació i col·laboració d’excel·lència. 🤝✨
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🌬️ Two research groups from #IBEC have secured funding for three projects from #LaMarató3Cat 2024, focused on respiratory diseases.

From AI-based diagnosis to mobile health tools, IBEC is helping transform respiratory care. 💙
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🎙️ La nostra trobada de doctorands va posar el focus en una habilitat clau: la comunicació científica!

Els estudiants van enregistrar entrevistes pel podcast Raticos de Ciencia amb el Dr. Julián Cerón-Madrigal. ✨

Escolta l’episodi aquí: Spotify/iVoox 👇
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November 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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📢 #ASTMH has started!! #TropMed25
So many interesting talks to choose from!
📍Come check out poster 6379 today at the Session A, to get a glimpse of what the group has been working on! #Nanomalaria #Plasmodium

@ibecbarcelona.eu @isglobal.org @caixaresearch.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Josep Samitier, director de l’#IBEC, parlarà sobre com la tecnologia actual podria, en un futur, ralentir l’envelliment i substituir òrgans danyats al📍Teatre Auditori Cardedeu, dins de l’Aula de Cultura.

📅 Nov 11 · 19:00 h

👉 Més info: https://f.mtr.cool/pvcjuxhwqp
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Last week, we launched our first #IBEC Joint Point Meeting, a space for PhDs, postdocs, research management staff, and all other IBEC members to connect and network in a relaxed and friendly environment!

Thank you to everyone who helped make this event such a success! 🙌
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Docents, educadors i entitats STEAM: compartiu experiències i descobriu projectes que impulsen la ciència a l’escola rural! 🔬🌾

🗓 08/11/25 
 Museu Terra
🎓 Certificat CRP (5h)
🎟 Gratuït

Inscripció 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/vqecsamzzf
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Resultats molt positius en medicina regenerativa que són fruit d'anys de recerca del lab de la Dra. Núria Montserrat i col. 👏

Pas a pas per arribar a l'impacte social #BISTCommunity
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🔬 Un avenç en medicina regenerativa: científics de l’#IBEC han aconseguit implantar mini-ronyons humans en ronyons de porc i mantenir-los funcionals. 
 
Un nou pas cap al futur dels trasplantaments. T’ho expliquem 👇
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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🔬 Un avenç en medicina regenerativa: científics de l’#IBEC han aconseguit implantar mini-ronyons humans en ronyons de porc i mantenir-los funcionals. 
 
Un nou pas cap al futur dels trasplantaments. T’ho expliquem 👇
October 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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🔬 A breakthrough in regenerative medicine: scientists at #IBEC have successfully implanted human mini-kidneys into pig kidneys and kept them functional.

A new step toward the future of transplantation. Here’s how 👇
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Josep Samitier, director de #IBEC, va participar a la Kick-off Meeting del Programa de Teràpia Cel·lular i Substàncies d’Origen Humà, destacant la importància de reforçar la col·laboració entre centres de recerca, hospitals i ecosistemes d’innovació per avançar💡🤝
October 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Synthetic mechanotransduction is reshaping cell engineering, enabling cells to sense and respond to mechanical forces.

The review is in Nature Reviews Bioengineering, last-authored by #IBEC group leaders @pcusachs.bsky.social & @xaviertrepat.bsky.social.

Synthetic mechanotransduction - Nature Reviews Bioengineering
Cells convert mechanical forces into biochemical signals through mechanotransduction, a process which can now be synthetically engineered. In this Review, we examine engineered artificial mechanotransduction mechanisms, from gene circuits responsive to mechanical cues to synthetic force-generating systems that reshape tissue behaviour and cellular function.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Scientists from @iciq.org & @ibecbarcelona.eu have placed #micromotors inside liquid marbles to study their motion in confined spaces

The work has potential applications in environmental cleanup, targeted transport & microscale chemistry

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October 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🚀 Join us for the EMBL–IBEC Conference: Engineering Multicellular Systems!

Explore the latest in organoids, organ-on-chip, 3D bioprinting & mechanobiology🌱

📅 Abstracts: Dec 9
📍 PRBB

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October 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Mark your calendars! Mechanobiology event of the year is around the corner. Can’t wait to return to beautiful Barcelona and reconnect with my old colleagues from IBEC.
📣Announcing the 4th edition of the EMBL‑IBEC Conference on “Engineering Multicellular Systems”, taking place 11–13 March 2026 in Barcelona. Exploring organoids, mechanobiology, embryo models, organ-on-chip systems, multiomics and more. Abstracts open now!
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October 23, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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📣Announcing the 4th edition of the EMBL‑IBEC Conference on “Engineering Multicellular Systems”, taking place 11–13 March 2026 in Barcelona. Exploring organoids, mechanobiology, embryo models, organ-on-chip systems, multiomics and more. Abstracts open now!
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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🔬 The #SPM40 project keeps advancing! At #IBECSymposium, Beatriz Cantero (@ibecbarcelona.eu) presented a poster on a new cell analysis protocol, a key step for our next-gen multifunctional scanning probe microscope. 👏
October 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🚀 Exciting news! #IBEC has joined Barcelona Health Hub, a leading digital health platform connecting startups, companies, research centers & hospitals. 💡🤝 We look forward to driving innovation in healthcare together!
October 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM