Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)
Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)

Overview

The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) is a research centre whose purpose is to carry out interdisciplinary research at the highest international quality level which, by creating knowledge, helps to improve health and quality of life and generate wealth.

IBEC conducts excellent interdisciplinary research at the frontiers of engineering and life sciences in order to generate new knowledge by putting together fields like nanomedicine, biophysics, biotechnology, tissue engineering and the applications of health information technology.

The knowledge that exists in the IBEC research groups is structured in three broad avenues of knowledge: nanomedicine, cellular and tissue engineering and ICT for health. These are placed at the service of science and society to progress in three major application areas, namely:

Bioengineering for future medicine

Bioengineering for regenerative therapies

Bioengineering for active ageing

IBEC actively pursues the establishment of… IBEC structure consists of R&D core and a Nanotechnology Service Platform. IBEC’s Nanotechnology Platform is an accessible and versatile research facility featuring 150m2 of class 10,000 cleanroom space and laboratories offering state-of-the-art equipment for the fabrication and characterization of micro- and nanodevices and structures.IBEC R&D core: Establishing a partnership with IBEC gives companies access to top-class scientists and research know-how, in three breakthrough avenues of knowledge: nanomedicine, cellular and tissue engineering and ICT for health..
Scientific & technological
Study / initial design / Simulation
Proof of concept / Lab testing of basic experimental set-up/ Characterisation
Component/ breadboard / process development & testing
Prototyping (integrated system/ sub-system) development & testing
Pilot line / demonstration line / preseries
Product validation / certification
Bioprinting of 3D structures using biomaterials and cellladen hydrogels.
Microfluidic chips design and fabrication using photolithographic processes, including Cr photomasks fabrication.
Microelectrode fabrication using a thin layer deposition technique.
Chemical characterization of materials using ToF-SIMS:  mass spectra of surfaces; chemical mapping of elements and molecular distribution and depth profile, implantation profiles and interface analysis.
SEM morphological and topographical characterization.
Wettability characterization of surfaces using a contact angle measurement technique.

. Yes. service.