2016 - Nanbiosis

Physics Prize of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics (RSEF) to Laura Lechuga

Laura M. Lechuga, Scientific Director of the Unit 4 of NANBIOSIS has won the Physics Prize of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics (RSEF) -Foundation BBVA 2016 in the form of Physics, Innovation and Technology, endowed with 8,000 euros.

Physics Awards recognize this year to researchers who have revealed the potential of the “nanoworld” to create new materials and fight disease.

The jury highlighted her “excellent track record as a scientist, technologist and innovative” in the field of biosensor devices. “Prof. Lechuga – emphasizes the jury- has managed to walk the path from idea to product with great success. Her work combines high quality science with the development of productive technologies and their transfer to the enterprise system through active participation in the creation of companies in the sector”

Physics Prize of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics (RSEF) to Laura Lechuga

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Final Report of European project ITECH accepted by the Commission.

ITECH (Roadmap for Research and Innovation in Health Technologies) is a project of the 7th Framework Programme for research, technological development and dissemination in order to define a strategic plan on Health Technologies to contribute to the Common Strategic Framework for EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation.

Pablo Laguna, Scientific Director of Unit 27 of NANBIOSIS has participated in ITECH Committee since the inaugural meeting and kick-off of the project in September 2013. Since then, ITECH has focused on research and innovation in health technologies, medical devices and eHealth applications, it has identified barriers for ideas reaching the market and has proposed some recommendations to overcome them.

For more information:

ITECH final results
A synthesis of the ITECH Project
The final report of the project

Final Report of European project ITECH accepted by the Commission.

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NANBIOSIS experience in the MOBIEU action

Last September 28, Jesús Izco, NANBIOSIS Coordinator, was invited to share his experience coordinating NANBIOSIS and networking platform as well as managing transnational/transregional access (TNA) to NANBIOSIS. The presentation took place at the Pasteur Institute in Paris coinciding with the meeting of the members of the MOBIEU Cost Action, more specifically of the participants in the WG5: Transnational access to instrumentation and expertise

The MOBIEU Cost Action CA15126 (Between Atom and Cell: Integrating Molecular Biophysics Approaches for Biology and Healthcare) aims to seed a large-scale pan-European interdisciplinary synergistic clustering, allowing to ally and synergize the power of spectroscopic, hydrodynamic, real-time microfluidic, thermodynamic and single-molecule approaches.

MOBIEU intends to build a new distributed molecular-scale biophysics European infrastructure to facilitate the transnational access to instrumentation and expertise for a wide user community, as well as provide a platform for scientists to establish early contacts with instrument developers (at the level of concept or prototype), allowing to set-up win-win partnerships that will allow to define and develop together future instrumentation that genuinely meets the needs of the broad biomedical and life sciences communities

NANBIOSIS experience in the MOBIEU action

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NANBIOSIS in BIOSPAIN 2016

NANBIOSIS Coordinator, Jesús Izco participated in Biospain 2016, held in Bilbao from 28 to 30 September. NANBIOSIS was present at the CIBER stand.

BIOSPAIN is one of the largest business & technology transfer partnering events in the world by the number of one-to-one meetings (+3.300) and companies participating (+850). 34% of our delegates came from outside of Spain.

NANBIOSIS representation in this event (by means of promotional material and information provided at the stand of CIBER and, principally, through the meetings held by its Coordinator with business representatives), has been essential to facilitate knowledge and access of BIOSPAIN attendees to the services and research conducted in the NANBIOSIS.

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Midyear meeting in Vitoria of European project DRIVE

CIBER-BBN participates in the project through NanoBioCel group, led by professor José Luis Pedraz Muñoz, Scientific Director of Unit 10 of NANBIOSIS, working on the optimization of formulations to be included in a bioartificial organ.

José Luis Pedraz Munoz and Jesus Izco coordinator of NANBIOSIS have participated in the meeting held in Vitoria on 3 and 4 of October.

The DRIVE objective is to develop new biomaterials and devices surgical transplantation and improve islet survival producing pancreatic insulin for the treatment of diabetes. Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease characterized by high blood glucose levels and affects 422 million people in the world, according to 2014 World Health Organization (WHO).

DRIVE is a four-year European project funded by the Horizon 2020 program for research and innovation of the Union European and endowed with 8.9 million euros. It is being conducted by 14 European partners and coordinated by the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland). Seeks to develop a bioartificial pancreas that is inserted into the body through minimally invasive techniques. To do this, they are being carried out preclinical studies to integrate this system in the human body and assess its effectiveness in people. The system will contain islets Pancreatic to restore the natural control of blood sugar and eliminate the need for multiple daily injections of insulin, thus improving the quality of life of patients.

Midyear meeting in Vitoria of European project DRIVE

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Laura Lechuga, Scientific Director of the Unit 4 of NANBIOSIS in the Spanish Selection of Science.

The selection of the best Spanish researchers in 2016 is an initiative of the magazine QUO to disseminate the work of scientists. The jury formed by eight eminent scientists (Amils, Ainhoa Goni, Emilio Lora-Tamayo, Vladimir de Semir, Fernando Peláez, Antonio Calvo, Pilar López and Manuel Toharia, has chosen the twelve scientists of international prestige who will form the Spanish National Science 2016:

– Pedro Cavadas, plastic surgeon specializing in transplants

– Mariano Barbacid, a biochemist at the National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO)

– Susana Marcos, director of the Institute of Optics ‘Daza Valdes’ CSIC

– Alberto Ruiz Jimeno, founder of the high energies of IFCA group

– Laura M. Lechuga, research professor at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and leader of the research CIBER-BBN group Nanobiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications

– Francisco J. Martinez Mojica, a researcher at the University of Alicante and scientific development of CRISPR

– Jose Manuel Galan, Egyptologist and promoter of the project Djehuty

– Juan José Gómez Cadenas, IFIC researcher and director of the experiment Next

– Carmen Martinez, director of Viticulture Group on Biological Mission of CSIC in Galicia

– Mariano Esteban, President of the Royal Academy of Pharmacy

– Mara Dierssen, researcher at the Center for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona

– Miguel Delibes de Castro, a researcher at the Biological Station of Doñana

Laura Lechuga develops innovative devices based on nanotechnology for diagnosis of Several pathologies. In her researches she use the unit 4 of NANBIOSIS of Biodeposition and Biodetection, a system suitable for the functionalization of biosensors With any kind of biomolecule, nanoparticles, graphene or other nanostructures, for surface patterning for cell culture, or for the preparation of micro / nanoarrays, Among other applications, which also harbours to Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) service.

Laura Lechuga, Scientific Director of the Unit 4 of NANBIOSIS in the Spanish Selection of Science.

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Multi-scale physiology-driven computational tools to assist cardiac disfunctions

Researchers from the unit 27 of NANBIOSIS are developing a Multi scale physiology-driven computational tools to assist cardiac dysfunctions. They have been granted a project of the R+D+I 2016 call of Spanish National Program of “INVESTIGACIÓN, DESARROLLO E INNOVACIÓN ORIENTADA A LOS RETOS DE LA SOCIEDAD”. The project DPI2016-75458-R entitled MULTI-SCALE PHYSIOLOGY-DRIVEN COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS TO ASSIST IN THE ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CARDIAC DYSFUNCTIONS is led by Juan Pablo Martinez and Esther Pueyo, of the BSICDoS-i3A and CIBER-BBN group.

Both, multi-scale computational modelling, necessary to reproduce the experimental and clinical observations and the signal analysis (cellular, intracardiac and surface), shall be developed using the computing platform, Unit 27 of NANBIOSIS.

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A new system to detect Cocaine at very low concentrations

Ramon Martínez Máñez, Scientific Director of the Unit 26 of NANBIOSIS, together with researchers from his group and the group led by Professor Liz Marzal, both CIBER-BBN groups, have developed a new method to detect cocaine and Mycoplasma in very low concentrations.

The method involves the combined use of mesoporous silica nanoparticles, molecular equipped with doors, and spectroscopy SERS (Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering) a signal amplification system that uses gold nanoparticles to detect very low concentrations of the substances tested. According to the tests that have been developed in the laboratory, in the case of cocaine it has allowed them to nanomolar levels of detection, and the Mycoplasma genomic DNA 30 copies/uL.

The detection system is based on the release of a dye easily identifiable spectroscopy SERS from inside silica nanoparticles, only when the species to be detected is present. “The pores of the nanoparticles are unblocked in the presence of cocaine and Mycoplasma or a dye that interacts with gold nanotriángulos is released, and is this interaction which is detected by SERS spectroscopy. The concentration of the substance to be detected is proportional to the detected signal”, says Ramon Martinez Máñez, Scientific Director of NANBIOSIS.

Article of reference:

Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering and Materials for Sensing Applications Gated: The Ultrasensitive Detection of Mycoplasma and Cocaine. Oroval, M., Coronado-Püchau, M. Langer, J. Sanz-Ortiz, MN Ribes, A. Aznar, E. Coll, C. Marcos, M.D. Sancenón, F. Liz-Marzan, L. M., Martinez-Máñez, R. Chemistry-A European Journal. DOI: 10.1002 / chem.201602457

A new system to detect Cocaine at very low concentrations

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NANBIOSIS participates in the round table of the Working Day on Dissemination of ICTS, organized by the MINECO on September 19, 2016.

Jesus Izco, Coordinator of NANBIOSIS, together with seven representatives of ICTS (Singular Scientific Technological Infrastructures) were invited to share their experiences and ideas on the Communication and Dissemination of ICTS in a round table within a working day on Dissemination of ICTS. The debate and conclusions will be set out in a document issued by the MINECO, specifying the activities to be carried out in the medium and long term.

The event was presented by the General Director of R & D + I Policy, Maria Luisa Castaño Marin, and the General Director of the FECYT, José Ignacio Fernández Vera. Both stressed the importance of dissemination and public approach of the existence of ICTS Map and its role in the development of science in Spain as a strategic tool.

NANBIOSIS participates in the round table of the Working Day on Dissemination of ICTS

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Elisabeth Engel stimulating scientific talent in the Barcelona International Youth Science Challenge (BIYSC)

Dr. Engel, Scentific Director of Unit 5 of NANBIOSIS, participated in the Barcelona International Youth Science Challenge (BIYSC) held in Barcelona from July 11th to 22nd 2016. Ms. Elisabeth gave the lecture “Biomaterials beyond a simple template”, introducing the students to the breakthrough in the medical and social field of obtaining a synthetic biomaterial that eludes the need of cell therapy or the application of morphogens and growth factors.

The research group led by Elisabeth Engel hosted one of the projects of this programme: “Instructive Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine” dealing with replacement or regeneration of human cells, tissues or organs, to restore or establish their normal function where ten students took a course on angiogenesis.

BIYSC is an excellence programme, directed to undergraduate students, aged between 16 and 19 years-old, all around the with the purpose of stimulating scientific talent. It is a multidisciplinary programme (which includes several areas related with NANBIOSIS, like biotechnology, nanotechnology, biochemistry…) introduced by Catalunya – La Pedrera Foundation included lectures, workshops, scientific debates, and visits to international research centres.

Elisabeth Engel stimulating scientific talent in the Barcelona International Youth Science Challenge

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