| Nanotechnology Activities Survey in Spain |
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| Name of the Laboratory |
Unitat de Biofísica i Bioenginyeria
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| Department |
Ciencias Fisiológicas - I |
| Institution |
Facultad de Medicina - Universidad de Barcelona |
| Institution (Acronym) |
UBB |
| Contact Person (e-mail) |
Jordi Alcaraz / Navajas, Daniel / Pere Roca-Cusachs / Ramón Farré / Xavier Trepat
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| Address |
Casanova 143 |
| Postal code |
08036-Barcelona |
| Province |
Barcelona |
| Autonomous Region |
Cataluña |
| Country |
Spain |
| Phone |
+34-934024515 |
| Fax |
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| Website |
http://www.ub.es/biofisica/ |
| Main Research Areas |
* Nanobiotechnology
* Atomic Force Microscopy
* Molecular and Cellular Nanomechanics
* Molecular and Cellular Nanomanipulation
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| Participating Projects |
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* GENESFORCEMOTION: Physical Forces Driving Collective Cell Migration: From Genes to Mechanism
Coordinator: Xavier Trepat: EU - Ideas - Starting Grants (1750.000 €)
* Mechanical signaling driving stem cell differentiation in the lung. Lung-on-a-chip model.
Coordinator: Daniel Navajas: Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (PI11/00089) (275.000 €)
* Mechanical determinants of lung fibrogenesis studied with 3D cultures
Coordinator: Jordi Alcaraz: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (SAF2009-13243) (90000.000 €)
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| Three more relevant publications within 2010-2013 |
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* Tambe DT, Hardin CC, Angelini TE, Rajendran K, Park CY, Serra-Picamal X, Zhou EH, Zaman MH, Butler JP, Weitz DA, Fredberg JJ, Trepat X. - Nat Mater. 2011 Jun;10(6):469-75
* Roca-Cusachs P, del Rio A, Puklin-Faucher E, Gauthier NC, Biais N, Sheetz MP. - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Apr 9;110(15):E1361-70
* Luque T, Melo E, Garreta E, Cortiella J, Nichols J, Farré R, Navajas D - Acta Biomater. 2013 Jun;9(6):6852-9.
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| Instruments and equipment available |
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* Atomic Force Microscopy
* Magnetic Tweezers
* Optical Tweezers
* Traction Microscopy
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| funding 2010-2013 (In
thousand Euro) |
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MECD/MINECO/MINETUR |
CC.AA. |
UE |
Private |
Total for years |
2010 |
220 |
0 |
1750 |
0 |
1970 |
2011 |
470 |
0 |
100 |
0 |
570 |
2012 |
170 |
0 |
300 |
0 |
470 |
2013 |
220 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
220 |
Total for organism
type |
1080 |
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2150 |
- |
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| Number of researchers (27) |
| Permanent positions (Prof, Dr) |
5 |
| PhD(contracted) |
3 |
| PhD Students |
10 |
| Technicians |
3 |
| Others |
0 |
| PhD 2010-2013 |
6 |
| PhD Ramon y Cajal (currently) |
0 |
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| Participation in other Networks
CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias. Nano2Life. |
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Nanotechnology for structural applications
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Nano powered ceramics
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Composite materials containing nanocrystals or powders
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Materials based on carbon nanotubes or fullerenes
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Nanoparticulate coatings
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Other - specify:
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NanoTechnology for information processing storage and transmission
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Nanoelectronics, materials and devices
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Optoelectronics/optical materials and devices
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Magnetic materials and devices
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Organic (opto) electronics
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Other - specify:
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Nano(bio)technology for medical applications
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Drug encapsulation
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Targeted drug delivery, molecular recognition
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Other - specify: Nanobiomechanics
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Nanotechnology for sensor applications
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Nanostructured sensors
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Sensors based on biological molecules
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Other - specify: Bioforce sensors
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Nanotechnology for (electro)chemical processing technologies
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Filtration
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Catalysts or electrodes with nano-structured surface
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Other - specify:
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Long-term research with generic applications
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Self- assembly
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Quantum physics, mesoscopic systems, chemical
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Interfacing to organic / biological molecules
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Other - specify:
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Instruments and equipment, supporting sciences and technologies
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Analytical equipment and techniques
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Powder production and processing
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Deposition equipment and techniques
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Patterning equipment and techniques
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Other - specify:
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