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Scientific Programmes
Bioengineering and Medical Imaging
Over 2015, the researchers from the Bioengineer- ing and Medical Imaging programme of the CIBER BBN started up four projects with great impact Eu- rope-wide: Neurographene, Modelage, RADAR-CNS and E-MEDIVIP, and have been given an award for Innovation.
Dr Rosa Villa from the GBIO-UAB group is taking part in the FET-Flagship Grafene with her Neurographene
As well as this, the “Liver on a chip” programme, coordinated by Dr Rosa Villa along with Dr Jordi Gràcia-Sancho from CIBEREHD, has obtained the second prize in the Innovation Competition at Salud del Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR) in the category of innovation in research results. “Liver on a chip” is a microfluidic chamber which simulates liver microcirculation designed and made by this re- search team. The chamber will act as a tool for “in
project, which sets out to synthesise graphene sen- sors to simultaneously detect electrical activity in different cortical regions of the brain. These devic- es are already being used in the study of sleep and epilepsy in animal models. These sensors could be incorporated in implantable devices which would for example enable the early detection of a crisis in ep- ileptic patients at the same time as sending alerts to medical services. The results of this project will lead onto future brain-machine interfaces, an objec- tive which will enable more efficient communication between persons and artificial electronic systems.
Dr Esther Pueyo’s Modelage project (of the BSICoS group from the Universidad de Zaragoza) has been awarded a grant of 1.5 million euros from the Eu- ropean Research Council (Starting Grant category). Through this project, the researcher sets out to fur- ther the characterisation of the heart’s aging and to shed light on the different paces of aging in different people, which can have major repercussions on an individual’s predisposition to undergo heart arrhyth- mia. The results of the Modelage project will help to develop non-invasive tools for backing medical decisions, helping to make progress in personalised preventive medicine.
Professors Jordi Aguiló and Pablo Laguna take part along with CIBERSAM researchers in the consorti- um for the Remote Assessment of Disease And Re- lapse in Central Nervous System project (RADAR – CNS) which went in for the 3rd call for the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 in 2015. The project focuses on improving patient care through the remote as- sessment of the evolution of diseases of the central nervous system, specifically epilepsy, multiple scle- rosis and depression. To this end it is proposed to develop a platform enabling remote detection of bi- ological signatures of early identification of relapse or cognitive deterioration.
vitro” studies and diagnosis of cell function, pharma- cology, toxicity and personalised medicine.
The E-MEDIVIP project: e-learning platform for medical informatics to improve vocational and in- formation and communication technologies skills financed by the Erasmus+ programme of the Euro- pean Commission has been got under way. Dr Mar- garita Julià, from the GABRMN-UAB group, is taking part in this. The project is designed to improve skills in information technology of healthcare students and workers, such as doctors, nurses, chemists and other professionals.
The programme’s scientific production consists of 85 publications (articles, reviews, editorials and let- ters), with 62% in the first quartile and 19% in the first decile. As regards patents, two international patents have been applied for and a national patent has been granted.
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