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Research IBEC

April 16, 2026

Scientists create living tissues capable of changing shape in a programmed manner

Researchers at the BIST Community Centre, Institute for Bioengineering for Catalonia (IBEC), the Polytechnic University…

Zoila Babot

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Research IBEC

April 8, 2026

An unprecedented mutation map reveals how amylin mutations influence type 2 diabetes

• A study by the BIST Community centre IBEC has created a mutational map of the…

Jenny Kliver

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Society IBEC IRB Barcelona

March 19, 2026

Learning science by doing it – with the support of BIST researchers

Students from Angeleta Ferrer High School present their research projects developed in collaboration with the…

Zoila Babot

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Research IBEC

March 12, 2026

A biological material that becomes stronger when wet could replace plastics

A new study led by the BIST Community centre IBEC has unveiled the first biomaterial…

Jenny Kliver

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BIST Community IBEC ICN2

February 2, 2026

Four BIST Community Researchers receive ERC Proof of Concept Grants

Dr. Irene Marco-Rius, Dr. Nicolò Accanto, and Dr. Benedetta Bolognesi (IBEC), and Dr. Klaas-Jan Tielrooij…

Jenny Kliver

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Institutional CRG IBEC ICFO IRB Barcelona

December 22, 2025

Four BIST Community projects awarded funding under Catalonia’s Singulars Institucionals call

The call, launched by the Catalan Department of Research and Universities and co-funded by the…

Zoila Babot

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Institutional IBEC

December 19, 2025

Leadership transition at IBEC as Prof. Josep Samitier concludes thirteen years as Director

Prof. Josep Samitier will step down at the end of 2025, with Manuel Salmerón appointed…

Zoila Babot

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BIST Community IBEC

December 9, 2025

Zaida Álvarez awarded a prestigious European ERC Consolidator Grant

Zaida Álvarez at the BIST Community centre IBEC has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant…

Jenny Kliver

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BIST Community IBEC IRB Barcelona

November 21, 2025

The “la Caixa” Foundation funds two health research projects in the BIST Community

Two researchers in the BIST Community, Zaida Álvarez Pinto from IBEC and Maria Macias from…

Jenny Kliver

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Research IBEC

November 3, 2025

First transplant in pigs of modified porcine kidneys with human renal organoids.

A research team led by IBEC has developed pioneering technology that enables human kidney organoids…

Zoila Babot

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Research IBEC ICIQ

October 23, 2025

Scientists integrate micromotors and liquid marbles to study motion in confined spaces

Researchers from two BIST Community centres, ICIQ and IBEC, have designed a new soft system…

Jenny Kliver

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Research IBEC

October 13, 2025

Scientists reverse Alzheimer’s in mice using nanoparticles

An international team co-led by the BIST Community centre IBEC and the West China Hospital…

Jenny Kliver

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