How tissue stiffness activates cancer Blog Post

Researchers at IBEC and their collaborators at the Georgia Institute of Technology  (Georgia Tech), publishing today in Nature Cell Biology, have identified the mechanism by which tissue stiffness activates a protein called YAP, a major oncogene. The new knowledge could potentially lead to new strategies to impair or even halt the growth of tumours.

 

STAT-Diagnostica closes a round of investment worth 25 million euros Blog Post

Medical diagnostics company  STAT-Diagnostica, located at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB), has closed a Series C financing round totaling 25 million Euros/28.5 million USD. The proceeds will be used to prepare for the 2017 European launch of its DiagCORE Near Patient Testing system. Led by new investor Gilde Healthcare, the financing round also drew participation from existing investors, including Kurma Partners, Ysios Capital, Idinvest Partners, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, Caixa Capital Risc and Axis.

 

The fair “Live Research” takes off at CosmoCaixa Blog Post

Bringing science to society, fostering communication between the public and researchers and promote scientific vocation among the young are the aims of the Live Research fair, that started yesterday at CosmoCaixa Barcelona until Saturday 9th April. The exhibit has been organized by the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) and Obra Social ”la Caixa” with the support of the Barcelona City Council and the collaboration of the University of Barcelona (UB).

 

Identification of a new protein essential for ovule and sperm formation Blog Post

Scientists at he Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) –headed by ICREA researcher Angel R. Nebreda– discover a crucial protein for meiosis, the cell division process that gives rise to sex cells. Without the RingoA protein, both male and female mice are sterile. Published in Nature Communications, the results could pave the way for the development of male contraceptives.

 

More than 300 scientists gathered together in Barcelona at the IX Conference of Technological Platforms Blog Post

The Spanish Nanomedicine Platform (NanomedSpain), led by IBEC director Josep Samitier, is once again participating in the annual conference of IX Annual Conference of Biomedical Research Technological Platforms: Innovative Medicines, Nanomedicines, Healthcare Technology and Biotechnological markets. This event, which brings together around 300 scientists and researchers, has earned its place as a reference in biomedical research, since it allows the diffusion of the most recent national and international initiatives in public-private collaboration in this area.

 

Catalan biotech sector to meet in Stockholm Blog Post

The sixteenth edition of the BIO-Europe Spring (BES), the main springtime partnering conference of the sector, takes place this year in Stockholm from 4th to 6th April. The Catalan delegation, coordinated by Biocat once again, will be formed by 24 companies and entities –among which are the companies BioingeniumEsteveIntelligent Pharma and Iproteos, based at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB)–, representing more than a half of the Spanish participation at the event.