16th IBEC SYMPOSIUM
Bioengineering for Future and Precision Medicine
October 3rd · Auditori Axa, Barcelona
The 16th IBEC annual Symposium brings together high-profile international experts for an open forum for interdisciplinary discussions and networking. This year the symposium is dedicated to Bioengineering for Future and Precision Medicine, one of IBEC’s three major application areas.
Scientific community is invited to participate. Attendees from IBEC and abroad are welcome to present their research or projects in poster format. Moreover, some of these contributions will be selected by the scientific committee for an oral flash presentation.
Important deadlines 2023:
Abstracts submission deadline: July 9th
Notification of acceptance: September 4th
Registration deadline: September 25th
venue:
Auditori AXA
Av. Diagonal, 547, Barcelona
INVITED speakers
| 08:00 – 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Opening ceremony |
| 09:15 – 09:45 | Director’s presentation |
| 09:45 – 10:20 | Laura Soucek, Vall d’Hebron Institut d’Oncologia (VHIO), Spain |
| 10:20 – 10:50 | Coffee break |
| 10:50 – 11:25 | Poster session I |
| 11:25 – 12:00 | Targeting protein aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases. Michele Vendruscolo, University of Cambridge Chair: Giuseppe Battaglia |
| 12:00 – 12:45 | Flash presentations 1 Chair: Zaida Álvarez |
| 12:45 – 13:05 | Building nanobioengineered devices for translational precision diagnostics. Lorena Dieguez, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, INL Chair: Elena Martínez |
| 13:05 – 13:10 | Group photo |
| 13:10 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 – 14:35 | Poster session II |
| 14:35 – 15:10 | Biofunctionality of nanomedicines to manage brain diseases overcoming barriers and drug resistance. Bruno Sarmento, Institute for Research and Innovation in Heatlh (i3S), University of Porto, Portugal Chair: Samuel Sánchez |
| 15:10 – 15:55 | Flash presentations Chair: |
| 15:55 – 16:25 | Round table Clinical Translation Chair: Nuria Montserrat |
| 16:25 – 16:55 | Poster session 3 |
| 16:55 – 17:30 | Engineered viscoelasticity in stem cell microenvironments. Manuel Salmeron, Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment, University of Glasgow, UK Chair: Pere Roca-Cusachs |
| 17:30 – 17:40 | PhD Committee Judith Fuentes, IBEC |
| 17:40 – 17:50 | Postdoc Committee Jorge Oliver De La Cruz, IBEC |
| 17:50 – 18:00 | Awards and closing ceremony |
REGISTRATION
At this year’s Symposium the poster sessions will be electronic – No need to print or to stand around your poster for hours.
With the innovative e-poster format the posters will be displayed on plasma screens and everyone will be assigned a time slot to present it in front of the interested audience.