![]() ![]() The goal was to provide an opportunity for them to meet IBEC researchers and discuss the issues to take into account when considering a research career in the field of bioengineering. In 2015 we organized the first open day aimed at university students. Throughout the year different types of open days are organized: Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group leader Elisabeth Engel gave a talk, “Biomaterials, beyond a simple template” at Mon San Benet as part of the lectures schedule of BIYSC, and nine students came to IBEC in July to start the hands-on part of the project. The project aims to help the students understand the basis of regenerative medicine and to find out about developing of target-specific biomaterial scaffolding systems and was one of ten that was offered by research centres in the area within the framework of the first BIYSC, and one of four that was fully subscribed.Īs well as the lectures from leading scientists, BIYSC’s calendar of events offered debates and discussions with the directors of international research centres, including IBEC’s director, Josep Samitier visits to those centres the chance to work on the project in a lab and many social activities. ![]() IBEC’s researchers contributed to the first edition with the project “Instructive Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine” (see video, left), coordinated by Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group senior researcher Soledad Pérez. IBEC takes part in the Barcelona International Youth Science Challenge (BIYSC), an initiative that aims to stimulate scientific talent among undergraduate students aged between 16 and 19 from all over the world. The course will be held on Saturdays from January 20 to Octoat IBEC, as well as at other collaborating centers such as the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS and the Diagonal Besòs Campus of the UPC. They’ll also be able to take part in complementary workshops dealing with ethical questions or that provide specific training in the environment of a research laboratory. Each of IBEC’s groups will provide one of the 21 sessions, during which the students will find out about the controlled release of drugs, biomaterials, regenerative therapies and the medicine of the future, among other topics. IBEC’s course on bioengineering will introduce students to the multidisciplinary environment offered by the field, where different disciplines come together to solve health problems. The theoretical-practical sessions taught by researchers at the participating research centers, which include IRB, CREI, ICN2, ICIQ and more, cover topics such as biochemistry, biomedicine, economics, physics, food, mathematics, nature, new technologies and chemistry. First launched in 2013, the programme offers courses – held on a series of Saturdays throughout the year – to selected high school students who show aptitude in science. 2018 will be the first year that IBEC takes part in Bojos per la Ciència (Crazy about Science), the Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera initiative that aims to encourage scientific vocation among high school students. ![]()
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