October 18, 2022
Landscape of molecular contacts: How the corona virus SARS-CoV-2 communicates with human cells
The BIST centre IRB Barcelona participates in a consortium led by the Helmholtz Munich Institute…
May 23, 2022
Scientists disclose the mechanism of action of solnatide, a possible treatment for pulmonary edema
Solnatide is a synthetic peptide currently undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of life-threatening lung…
March 4, 2022
A novel and clinically validated optical biosensor enables rapid and quantitative serological testing of COVID-19
An innovative nano-biosensor for fast, quantitative, and accurate COVID-19 serology, which achieves the high reliability…
February 24, 2022
Light-based device uses a few drops of saliva to effectively test Covid-19 patients
A team of researchers from the BIST centre ICFO and IrsiCaixa report on the development…
November 19, 2021
Viral lessons from supercomputing
Prof. Núria López, member of the PRACE Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) and group leader at…
March 4, 2021
Light-Sheet videos show efficacy of facemasks
Researchers at the SLN laboratory at ICFO, a BIST centre, have used a light-sheet scattering…
February 15, 2021
People with Down syndrome are genetically susceptible to COVID-19
A study by researchers at the BIST centre CRG (Centre for Genomic Regulation) reveals the…
September 24, 2020
Nanophotonic biosensors for rapid diagnostics of COVID-19 and other respiratory virus infections
In a thorough review recently published in ACS Sensors, researchers from the BIST centre ICN2,…