Closing in on advanced prostate cancer Blog Post

A team headed by Xavier Salvatella, ICREA researcher from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) at the Barcelona Science Park, has discovered a new avenue through which to attack prostrate cancer cells that have developed drug-resistance. Published in the journal Structure, part of the Cell group, the study has involved Angel R. Nebreda’s lab and the Experimental Bioinformatics Lab, both at IRB Barcelona, and also the University of Barcelona.  

 

Cells sense their environment to explore it Blog Post

The way cells find their way around is by ‘groping’ rather than seeing their surroundings: this is the main conclusion of a study published in Nature last week involving several IBEC groups and their collaborators. The study was led by Pere Roca-Cusachs, lecturer from the Department of Biomedicine and main researcher at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB).

 

A genetic mutation in the evolution of animals explains the origin of some human organs Blog Post

A neutral genetic mutation –a fluke in the evolutionary process with no apparent biological purpose– that appeared over 700 million years ago in biological evolution could help explain the origin of complex organs and structures in human beings and other vertebrates, according to an article published in Nature Communications by a team led by Professor Jordi García-Fernàndez, from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Institute of Biomedicine of the UB (IBUB) at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB), Manuel Irimia (CRG) and Maria Ina Arnone (Anton Dohrn Zoological Station, Italy).

 

Mind the Byte and Prosilico sign a strategic partnership agreement Blog Post

Mind the Byte, located at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) and at Copenhagen BioScience Park (COBIS), announces that it has just signed an agreement to share technology with the Swedish-based company Prosilico. This agreement fits with the Catalan bioinformatics company’s plans to expand internationally through strategic alliances and increase its range of services.

 

Bioengineering for Healthy Ageing Blog Post

Under the theme of “Bioengineering for Healthy Ageing. Adding Life to Years”, more than 75 international scientists, clinicians and other experts met yesterday at CosmoCaixa Barcelona in an event hosted by B·Debate, an initiative of Biocat and the “la Caixa” Foundation. In this edition, the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) –based at the Barcelona Science Park– led the event that brougth together world-renowned researchers to examine possible solutions bioengineering can provide to address the challenges an ageing population faces.

 

Barcelona Science Park to take part in 1st ENABLE symposium Blog Post

The Barcelona Science Park (Parc Científic de Barcelona, PCB) will be well represented at the first ENABLE symposium, a three-day international biomedical event organised by doctoral students and postdoctoral scientists from all over the world to underpin their professional futures in the European setting. The project is coordinated by the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (Institut de Recerca Biomèdica, IRB Barcelona) from its headquarters at the PCB and has been awarded €500,000 by the Horizon 2020 SwafS – Celebrating European Science programme. 

 

Three innovation projects at IRB Barcelona are granted funding for market development Blog Post

The Catalan’ Government’s Agency for Management and of University and Research Grants (Agencia de Gestió i Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)) has awarded around 220,000 euros to three innovation projects underway at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) at the Barcelona Science Park. These funds have been provided through the 2016 Knowledge Industry grant call, a programme cofunded by European Regional Development Funds (ERDFs) devoted to Catalonia in the period 2014-2020.