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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 12h

📰 La periodista Cristina Sáez Torres dedica un perfil a Zaida Álvarez Pinto a la secció Va de Ciència del diari ARA. Llegeix l'entrevista completa 👉 f.mtr.cool/gm12ze24lv

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 29/09/2026

How do insects build rigid plates and flexible joints from one material? 🪲 An #IBEC team tuned chitosan with trace metal ions so one material is stiff in some areas and flexible in others, which could simplify recycling. Results in J. Mater. Chem. A 👉 f.mtr.cool/7uums1u4ib

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 28/09/2026

🎙️ Estrenem IBEC ON AIR! Ja tens disponible el primer episodi, amb Xavier Trepat i Pere Roca-Cusachs, moderat per Mar Vallverdú: parlem de com el moviment de les cèl·lules i la rigidesa dels teixits ajuden a entendre com avança el càncer. Episodi complet a YouTube, Spotify, iVoox i Apple Podcasts!

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 28/09/2026

#IBEC has installed a POLARIS quantum-enhanced MRI system, one of the first two deployed within the EU project Q-AID, with a twin at the University of Antwerp 🧲 👉 f.mtr.cool/bbjlev619q

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Zaida Alvarez Pinto @zaidaalvarez.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Our group’s work featured in today’s @diariara! A full-page interview with Zaida Álvarez on the challenge of regenerating the nervous system. @www.pcb.ub.edu @erc.europa.eu @ibecbarcelona.eu @cerca.cat @caixaresearch.bsky.social

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CNAG @cnag-eu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

⏳3 days to go until #ESSB2026! Europe’s event for Spatial Biology is about to start, bringing researchers from around the world together to explore the latest advances in the field With the support of CNAG, @ibecbarcelona.eu, @carrerasijc.bsky.social, and @lji.org 📍 Sitges 🗓️ 28 Sept–1 Oct

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Valeria Venturini @valeriaventurini.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In @pcusachs.bsky.social’s lab at @ibecbarcelona.eu we have a fully founded open PhD position! It’s a very nice working environment & can promise cool mechanobiology🔬🧫 Here all the info ibecbarcelona.eu/predoctoral-...

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 26/09/2026

Avui, Dia del Personal Gestor de la Recerca, posem cara i veu als i les professionals que impulsen la ciència a l'#IBEC. Cada projecte i cada avenç necessiten una gestió impecable, i aquest equip la fa possible cada dia. Gràcies! 👏 #ResearchAdministratorDay

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 23/09/2026

🧬 Dos projectes de l'#IBEC s'incorporen a l'ATMP Catalyst de Biocat: una nanoteràpia contra la demència frontotemporal (AdCerebri) i cèl·lules sintètiques contra bacteris multiresistents (Aegisome Bio).

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 21/09/2026

🐯🗳️ Vota pel tigre de Tasmània! "Animals Invisibles" és finalista a Millor Exposició als premis de National Geographic. Inclou la instal·lació d'Antoni Muntadas, col·laboració de Benedetta Bolognesi. Vota fins al 12/10 👉 f.mtr.cool/mifxyxvcni

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Parc Científic de Barcelona @www.pcb.ub.edu · 17/09/2026

#PCBCommunity |📢 #NANOMEDSpain i @ibecbarcelona.eu organitzen aquesta sessió donarà a conèixer les principals oportunitats de finançament per a projectes d’R+D+i en salut, com #HorizonEurope, #CDTI i programes de la #AECC. 📅 22/09 🕤 09:15h 📍 Sala Dolors Aleu. Clúster II ✍️ tuit.cat/qj0Ad

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Carlos Moreno-Yruela @carlosmyruela.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I just started my laboratory @ibecbarcelona.eu for developing Enzyme Sensors and Chemical Probes. Find me on LinkedIn for job opportunities! #chembio #peptides #enzymes

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 16/09/2026

🦠 Un dispositiu de l'#IBEC simula les condicions naturals per fer créixer biofilms i testar-ne la susceptibilitat als antibiòtics de forma més precisa.

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 15/09/2026

🧠 350 persones avui al CCCB per escoltar la conversa entre Benedetta Bolognesi ( #IBEC) i la Begoña Román sobre l'envelliment, des dels mecanismes biològics fins als reptes ètics d'una societat que viu més anys. Part del cicle Ciència Radical i l'exposició El culte a la bellesa.

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 15/09/2026

Nou grup de recerca a l'IBEC! Carlos Moreno-Yruela (@carlosmyruela.bsky.social) lidera el nou Enzyme Sensors and Chemical Probes group. Arriba des de l'EPFL amb una ERC Starting Grant per desenvolupar CHEMTUBIO, sobre enzims amb potencial terapèutic en càncer, malalties cardíaques i neurològiques.

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 09/09/2026

📢 The #ESSB2026 is around the corner 📍 Sitges (Spain) 📅 28 September – 1 October 2026 The program will combine scientific excellence with interactive formats designed to foster exchange with a strong focus on supporting early-career researchers. 🔗 f.mtr.cool/mywm6t19nm

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 08/09/2026

📣 Aquest any tornem amb una nova edició de Bojos per la #Bioenginyeria! Estigueu atents a les nostres xarxes per conèixer les novetats Aquest vídeo resumeix un any ple d’aprenentatge i curiositat, compartit amb joves amb ganes de canviar el futur a través de la ciència.

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 07/09/2026

🚨 Last days to submit your abstract for #OPTOGEN2026! Don't miss the opportunity to present your research, connect with leading experts in optogenetics and optical neural interfaces, and be part of an inspiring international meeting. 📅 Deadline: September 10 Submit 👇 f.mtr.cool/lgrfqloihl

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 04/09/2026

🧬 #IBEC's group leader Benedetta Bolognesi joins philosopher Begoña Román at CCCB to discuss the science of aging, from neurodegenerative disease research to the ethics of living longer. 📅 15 Sept · CCCB, Barcelona 🎟️ f.mtr.cool/ns89upasxs

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CNAG @cnag-eu.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🚨Don't miss one of the leading events in Spatial Biology! 3rd Conference of the European Society for Spatial Biology 🗓️September 28 – October 1, 2026 📍Sitges (Spain) With the support of CNAG, @ibecbarcelona.eu, @carrerasijc.bsky.social & @lji.org spatialbiologysociety.eu #SpatialBiology #ESSB2026

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 28/08/2026

📢 Deadline extended! The #OPTOGEN2026 early bird registration deadline has been extended to September 11. 🗓 Oct 12–14, 2026 📍 Barcelona (PRBB) Register today 👇 f.mtr.cool/e4d2qccop5

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 24/08/2026

🔴 LAST DAYS TO APPLY We’re #HIRING: 2 Junior Group Leader Positions at #IBEC → Junior Group Leader in AI & Data Science for Bioengineering → Junior Group Leader in Translational Pediatric Bioengineering 📩 Apply here: f.mtr.cool/gwfelnpkha

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 21/08/2026

🔬🌞 L’IBEC obre les portes als estudiants a l’estiu per fer els seus TdRs a laboratoris reals! Gràcies a programes com #JovesICiència, #BojosPerLaBioenginyeria i #Batx2Lab, han fet un pas més cap a les vocacions científiques. 🧪💡 Descobreix més 👇 f.mtr.cool/buvnfkemqy

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 17/08/2026

⏰ Reminder: Abstract submission for #OPTOGEN2026 is open until September 10. Don't miss the opportunity to present your research with the international optogenetics and optical neural interfaces community. 🗓 Oct 12–14, 2026 📍 PRBB Submit your abstract today 👇 f.mtr.cool/lgrfqloihl

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 12/08/2026

Still planning to submit to #OPTOGEN2026? There's time! 📅 Abstract submission deadline: September 10 Join us in Barcelona to discover the latest advances in optogenetics and optical neural interfaces. Submit your abstract 👇 f.mtr.cool/lgrfqloihl

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 04/08/2026

📢 Deadline extended! The #OPTOGEN2026 abstract submission deadline has been extended to September 10. 🗓 Oct 12–14, 2026 📍 Barcelona (PRBB) Submit your abstract today 👇 f.mtr.cool/lgrfqloihl

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 28/07/2026

🔴 LAST DAYS TO APPLY for Early-Bird registration at #OPTOGEN2026! The deadline is extended until July 31, aligned with abstract submission. Submit your work and register at a reduced rate!! 🗓 Oct 12–14, 2026 | 📍 Barcelona (PRBB) 👉 f.mtr.cool/lgrfqloihl

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 27/07/2026

How do tissues adapt to prolonged stretching? #IBEC led study reveals that epithelial cells reorganise their keratin into supracellular networks, triggering "nuclear uncaging", a newly identified mechanism for adapting to mechanical stress. Read more 👉 f.mtr.cool/xoeavxwlcr

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 27/07/2026

📢 L'#IBEC acollirà Andrea Obaid Carrión com a membre de la quarta i última promoció del #FRONTIERS Science Journalism in Residency Programme. Seleccionada entre només 10 periodistes científiques, desenvoluparà un projecte de periodisme sobre ciència de frontera 👏

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 23/07/2026

We’re #HIRING: 2 Junior Group Leader Positions at #IBEC → Junior Group Leader in AI & Data Science for Bioengineering → Junior Group Leader in Translational Pediatric Bioengineering 📩 Apply here: f.mtr.cool/gwfelnpkha

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Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació @farmaciaub.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

#RecercaUB | 👁️‍🗨️ Una nova generació de fàrmacs fotosensibles permeten restaurar la visió en ratolins cecs. 💊 Colidera l’estudi Rosalba Sortino, distingida amb el premi extraordinari de doctorat de la nostra facultat i @ibecbarcelona.eu barcelona.eu. 🔗 web.ub.edu/ca/web/actua...

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 17/07/2026

🔴 Last days to apply for the #IBEC Director call IBEC is launching the selection process for its new Director, a unique opportunity to lead an international centre of excellence in bioengineering based in Barcelona. 📅 Deadline: 20 July 🔗 More info: f.mtr.cool/dcrnfudzaf

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Parc Científic de Barcelona @www.pcb.ub.edu · 16/07/2026

#PCBCommunity |🐭 L’ @ibecbarcelona.eu ha desenvolupat una nova generació de fàrmacs activats per la llum capaços de restaurar la percepció visual en ratolins cecs i han mostrat eficàcia tant mitjançant injecció intraocular com amb l’administració en forma de col·liri amb potencial aplicació clínica.

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Un consorci liderat per l'IBEC desenvolupa fàrmacs activats per llum que restauren la visió en ratolins cecs - Parc Científic de Barcelona

Aquestes molècules mostren resultats prometedors com a candidats a nous fàrmacs per restaurar la visió en pacients amb malalties degeneratives de la retina.

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 16/07/2026

🧵1/ A major breakthrough in vision restoration. A consortium led by #IBEC has developed light-activated drugs that restored key visual functions in blind mice and zebrafish, opening a promising new avenue for treating retinal degenerative diseases. 👁️✨

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 13/07/2026

Great news! 🎉 #IBEC researchers Samuel Sánchez, Giuseppe Battaglia, Pere Roca-Cusachs, Jordi Duran together with Jose Antonio del Rio, will participate in three projects selected in the #CaixaResearch Health 2026 call by Fundación "la Caixa"

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CNAG @cnag-eu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

📢 Are you joining the 3rd Conference of the European Society for Spatial Biology? ⚠️ Extended abstract submission deadline for poster presentations: 10 July 2026 (23:59 CET) With the support of CNAG, @ibecbarcelona.eu, @carrerasijc.bsky.social, and @lji.org essb2026.org #SpatialBiology #ESSB2026

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 10/07/2026

Proud that #IBEC is part of ALIVE, a pioneering European research programme funded through the Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Programme to uncover how information flows shape living tissues and drive regeneration, development and cancer 🔬 Read more 👉 f.mtr.cool/itnsslzqmw

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 07/07/2026

Ahir, l’#IBEC, representat per Manuel Salmeron, Fidel Bellmunt i Cristina Arimany, va participar a la jornada “CoARA, dels plans a la pràctica” Cap a una recerca més oberta i amb valor social, alineada amb #CoARA

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 07/07/2026

🚨 Last chance for Early-Bird registration at #OPTOGEN2026! The deadline is extended until July 31, now aligned with abstract submission. Submit your work and register at a reduced rate before it’s too late. 🗓 Oct 12–14, 2026 | 📍 Barcelona (PRBB) 👉 f.mtr.cool/lgrfqloihl

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 06/07/2026

La Vanguarda destaca el projecte del grup de Biomaterials for Neural Regeneration d l'#IBEC on expliquen com es poden estudiar les lesions medul·lars humanes sense experimentació animal 🧠 📰 f.mtr.cool/ztyremgzbp

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Parc Científic de Barcelona @www.pcb.ub.edu · 03/07/2026

#PCBCommunity |🧠Un estudi de @ibecbarcelona.eu liderat pels investigadors Daniel Gonzalez-Carter i @beppebattaglia.bsky.social revela que la barrera hematoencefàlica es defineix no només per les proteïnes que expressa, sinó per la denominada taxa de recanvi endocític (ETOR). 👇

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Un estudi de l'IBEC revela com el comportament de les proteïnes impulsa l'especialització de la barrera hematoencefàlica - Parc Científic de Barcelona

Aquest descobriment mostra que les cèl·lules endotelials cerebrals tenen un comportament molecular únic que les distingeix d'altres vasos sanguinis.

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BIST-Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology @bist.eu · 03/07/2026

New study reveals how protein behaviour drives blood–brain barrier specialization 🧠 📝 Published in @cp-iscience.bsky.social @ibecbarcelona.eu leads the project, in collaboration with the Proteomics Platform from @irbbarcelona.org #BISTCommunity Learn more 👉 bist.eu/new-study-re...

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 03/07/2026

🧵 New insights into the blood–brain barrier (BBB) 🧠🚧 A new study led by #IBEC, in collaboration with IRB Barcelona, offers a new way to understand how the blood–brain barrier works.

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 01/07/2026

#IBEC at the UCL Hawkes Institute 🌍 Pilar Jiménez Sánchez and Ana González Núñez took part in a professional staff exchange, connecting with colleagues and sharing experiences. Great days of learning and collaboration, see you in Barcelona this autumn! 🙌

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 30/06/2026

🔬 IBEC contributed to 3 projects funded by La Marató de 3Cat 2020 on COVID-19 From organoid-based models to respiratory monitoring and prognosis prediction, these projects advanced diagnosis, clinical follow-up, and understanding of SARS-CoV-2. 🤝 Science driven by solidarity.

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 29/06/2026

🚨 Last chance for Early-Bird registration! The early-bird deadline has been extended until July 31, aligned with the abstract submission deadline, your last chance to submit and register at a reduced rate. 📍 PRBB (Barcelona) 📅 Oct 12–14, 2026 👉 f.mtr.cool/doaadafxld

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IBEC | Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia @ibecbarcelona.eu · 25/06/2026

🔬 Behind every scientific breakthrough there are bold choices, key opportunities, and trust in people. Read the feature by Fundación ”la Caixa” highlights Irene Marco-Rius, PI at IBEC, and the impact of early research funding. 👉 f.mtr.cool/vgekdaygxv

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