Designed and produced by the Communications Office of the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia Printed by GAM www.ibecbarcelona.eu Welcome to IBEC’s 10th anniversary symposium The Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia is a leading-edge multidisciplinary research centre based in Barcelona that conducts 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. IBEC was formally set up in December 2005 by the Departments of Innovation, Universities and Enterprise and Health of the Government of Catalonia, the University of Barcelona and the Technical University of Catalonia, but it was in 2007, with the first IBEC Bioengineering and Nanomedicine Symposium, when IBEC started to disseminate its research results. In just ten years IBEC has positioned itself among the best research centres in bioengineering at an international level. The major results obtained by IBEC’s research groups, which can be summarized in the quality of scientific publications, the 11 prestigious ERC Grants developed at the institute, the coordination of many international consortia, the development of a high number of cooperative agreements with hospitals and biotechnological and medical technology companies, and the generation of spin-offs. Today IBEC is recognized as a leader in mechanobiology, nano-characterization at molecular and cellular levels, nanomedicine for diagnostics, biomaterials for regenerative medicine, and biomedical signals. IBEC’s excellence has been acknowledged by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through its Severo Ochoa Excellence Programme, which recognises IBEC as one of Spain’s top research centres at the highest international level in terms of cutting-edge research, training, human resources management, outreach and technology transfer. This year we commemorate our 10th anniversary with a special symposium where we want to celebrate our success story and our contribution to the advancement of science for the improvement of health and quality of life. For the first time, we're also inviting IBEC's alumni to contribute to the programme within the framework of our newly launched Alumni Network. Join us in this celebration! IBEC’s 10th Anniversary – 10 years of impact… But the best is yet to come! 10th IBEC Symposium · BIOENGINEERING for FUTURE MEDICINE 3 Information for participants Information Desk The conference registration and information desk will be located in the main reception hall of the AXA Auditorium building. It will be staffed from 14:00 to 19:30 on Tuesday 6th June, and from 8:30 to 17:00 on Wednesday 7th June. Badges Each registered participant will receive a name badge. For security reasons, the badge must be clearly exhibited in order to access the congress area during all scientific and social events. Replacements for lost badges will be available from the registration desk. Speakers/Flash presentations All presentations should be upload during registration time (from 14:00 to 15:00 on Tuesday and from 8:30 to 9:00 on Wednesday) or during the coffee breaks. Poster sessions Posters should be hung during registration between 8:30 and 9:00 on Wednesday 7th June. Please refer to the information board in the registration area or this book to check which board number has been allocated to you. Posters can remain on display throughout the conference and should be removed between 17:00 and 18:00 on Wednesday. Any posters remaining after the indicated time will be removed by the organizers, who accept no responsibility for loss or damage. Poster sessions will take place during the coffee and lunch breaks on Wednesday 7th June. Certificate of attendance If you wish to have a Certificate of Attendance, you can request one from the Secretariat at [email protected]. 4 10th IBEC Symposium · BIOENGINEERING for FUTURE MEDICINE Programme Tuesday 6th June · 10th Anniversary Commemoration 14:00 – 15:00 Registration 15:00 – 16:00 Opening ceremony Keynote speaker (Chair: Núria Montserrat) 16:00 – 16:40 "Future Shock Again – The Promise of Bioengineering Innovation" Thomas C. Skalak, The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group 16:40 – 17:00 Keynote speaker (Chair: Josep Samitier) "Regenerative algorithms?" Josep A. Planell, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) 17:00 – 17:30 Coffee break Round Table (Chair: Cristina Sáez, Science journalist) "The role of bioengineering in the advancement of healthcare, and the contribution of IBEC" Jean-Louis Coatrieux, INSERM, Université de Rennes 17:30 – 18:30 Josep A. Planell, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) Emilià Pola, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) Josep Samitier, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) Sam Stupp, Simpson Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology Keynote speaker (Chair: Samuel Sánchez) "A brighter future? The social implications of biomedical discoveries" 18:30 – 19:10 Salvador Macip, University of Leicester President of the Catalan Association for the dissemination of science 19:10 – 19:20 Closing Remarks 19:20 Cocktail to commemorate IBEC’s 10th anniversary 10th IBEC Symposium · BIOENGINEERING for FUTURE MEDICINE 5 Wednesday 7th June · 10th IBEC Symposium: Bioengineering for Future Medicine Keynote speaker "IBEC’s Evolution and Scientific highlights" 09:00 – 09:35 Josep Samitier, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Spain Alumni Session (Chair: Teresa Sanchis) "Biofabrication strategies to recapitulate articulating joint complexity" Riccardo Levato, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands 09:35 – 10:25 "Epigenomic mechanisms controlling β cell development, regeneration and survival" Santiago A. Rodríguez-Seguí, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Flash poster presentations I (Chairs: Javier Ramón and Raimon 10:25 – 11:20 Jané) Nanomedicine and ICT for Health 11:20 – 11:50 Coffee break and poster session Technology Transfer session (Chair: Xavier Rubies) "Inhibiting mechanostransduction as a novel therapy in the 11:50 – 12:25 treatment of solid tumors" Pere Roca-Cusachs, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Spain Flash poster presentations II (Chair: Eduard Torrents) 12:25 – 13:00 Cell Engineering 13:00 – 13:15 Time for sponsors Keynote speaker (Chair: José A. del Río) "How the brain decides to wake us up: optogenetic control of 13:15 – 13:35 arousal circuits" Luis de Lecea, Stanford University, USA 6 10th IBEC Symposium · BIOENGINEERING for FUTURE MEDICINE 13:35 – 14:45 Lunch and poster session Keynote speaker (Chair: Elena Martínez) "Bio-responsive hybrid materials for regenerative medicine and 14:45 – 15:20 biosensing" Molly Stevens, Imperial College, UK Keynote speaker (Chair: Elisabeth Engel) "Dynamic Hydrogel Matrices: Cell Biology in the Fourth 15:20 – 15:55 Dimension" Kristi S. Anseth, University of Colorado Boulder, USA 15:55 – 16:10 Time for sponsors 16:10 – 16:25 Time for PhD Committee (Chair: Sergio González) 16:25 – 16:50 Awards and closing ceremony 16:50 End of Symposium 10th IBEC Symposium · BIOENGINEERING for FUTURE MEDICINE 7 Keynote Lectures Tuesday, 6th June 16:00 Future Shock Again – The Promise of Bioengineering Innovation Tom Skalak Executive Director The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group The 21st century promises to be a time of exponential growth in our collective knowlege of living systems. In the last few years alone, major paradigms in biology and medicine have been completely overturned by radical new discoveries about molecular, cellular, organism, and ecosystem structure and behavior. This rapid growth in basic knowledge, within the still young field of bioscience, opens the door widely for new bioengineering innovations. Examples include major diseases ranging from Alzheimer’s disease to cancer and cardiovascular disease, use of biophysical, electrical, and optical methods in diagnostics or therapy, nanomedicine, healthy aging, biomanufacturing, and plant science for agriculture or ecosystems retoration. Such innovations will create vast improvements in human health, lift national or regional economies that can take advantage of fast-moving bio-innovation ecosytems, sustain the natural environment, and help preserve human dignity, peace, and freedom. 10 10th IBEC Symposium · BIOENGINEERING for FUTURE MEDICINE Tom Skalak Tom Skalak is the founding Executive Director of The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, launched in 2016. The Frontiers Group, based in Seattle, seeks to explore new frontiers, re-invent fields in ways that reflect major societal challenges and fundamental scientific curiosity, and bring new knowledge to light with a broad array of global partners, making a positive impact on the world. A major interest of the Frontiers Group is the growing landscape of quantitative bioscience. Pioneering research is supported through the Allen Distinguished Investigators and the Allen Discovery Centers. Previously, Tom was Vice President for Research at the University of Virginia, where he led research and innovation programs spanning biosciences, environmental sustainability, physical sciences, engineering and technology, arts, design, and humanities. Tom led the launch of the OpenGrounds collaboration initiative, bringing people together across fields for ideation; the statewide i6 Virginia Innovation Partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce; and the Global Water Games, a participatory computer game that improves the health of watersheds