2019 BIST Conference

The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) is a leading institution of multidisciplinary research encompassing seven Catalan research centres of excellence. By fostering collaboration among members of its diverse scientific community, BIST aims to play a leading role in pushing the frontiers of science while becoming a global reference for training outstanding research talent.The centres of the BIST are theCentre for Genomic Regulation(CRG), theInstitute for Bioengineering of Catalonia(IBEC), theInstitute of Photonic Sciences(ICFO), theInstitute of Chemical Research of Catalonia(ICIQ), theCatalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology(ICN2), theInstitute for High Energy Physics(IFAE), and theInstitute for Research in Biomedicine(IRB Barcelona).

Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)

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<P><SPAN STYLE="color: #33e3b2; font-size: x-large;"><STRONG>Frontier research for the medicine of the future</STRONG></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN>The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) is launching two major research programmes to articulate its capabilities and scientific excellence to address some of today’s critical social challenges around </SPAN><STRONG>human health</STRONG><SPAN> and </SPAN><STRONG>climate change</STRONG><SPAN>. In the field of health, our </SPAN><STRONG>precision medicine</STRONG><SPAN> programme s<SPAN>eeks to have a comprehensive view of the patient through the combined use of genomics, bioinformatics, nanotechnology, among other advanced experimental techniques.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P>The third edition of the <STRONG>BIST Annual Conference</STRONG> will be focused on some of the last research developments in the area of human health. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about the work of some of the world’s leading experts in optogenetics applied to neuroscience.</P>
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<P>The research of these experts highlights the importance of multidisciplinarity to achieve significant advances in research, allowing us to address some of the major societal challenges we face. These experts also work at the intersection of biology, physics, chemistry, and engineering, and use advanced microscopy techniques, one of the BIST strategic priorities since its founding.</P>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: large;"><STRONG>Programme</STRONG></SPAN></P>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>8:30h      </SPAN><STRONG>Registration</STRONG></P>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>9:00h      </SPAN><STRONG>Welcome</STRONG></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><STRONG>Gabby Silberman</STRONG>, BIST Director General</P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><SPAN><STRONG>Directors</STRONG> of the BIST centres</SPAN></P>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>9:30h      </SPAN><STRONG>BIST Ignite Programme Session</STRONG></P>
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<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><EM>BIOSPAD: Towards wearable neuromonitoring with diffuse optics</EM></DIV>
<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><STRONG>Sebastian Grinstein</STRONG> (ICREA Research Professor at IFAE)</DIV>
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<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><EM>Artifical Bacteria: a novel generation of bioinspired vaccines</EM></DIV>
<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><STRONG>Claudio Roscini</STRONG> (ICN2 Senior Researcher)<BR></DIV>
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<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><EM>SensBot: the next generation of programmable 3D printed living biorobots</EM></DIV>
<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><STRONG>Maria Guix Noguera</STRONG> (IBEC Postdoctoral Researcher)</DIV>
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<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><STRONG>Tania Patiño Padial</STRONG> (IBEC Postdoctoral Researcher)</DIV>
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<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><EM>ORGANSENS: Dynamic monitoring of pancreas metabolism by combining nano-optical biosensing to organ on-a-chip technology</EM></DIV>
<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><STRONG>Maria Alejandra Ortega Machuca</STRONG> (IBEC Postdoctoral Researcher)</DIV>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>10:30h    </SPAN><STRONG>PROBIST and International PhD Session</STRONG></P>
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<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><EM>Dynamics of gene expression and chromatin marking in a model of human trans-differentiation</EM></DIV>
<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><STRONG>Beatrice Borsari</STRONG> (International BIST PhD Student, CRG)</DIV>
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<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><EM>Molecular catalysis as a tool to produce solar fuels</EM></DIV>
<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><STRONG>Nataliia Vereshchuk</STRONG> (International BIST PhD student, ICIQ)</DIV>
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<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><EM>Attosecond X-ray investigation of conical intersections in organic molecules</EM></DIV>
<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><STRONG>Maurizio Reduzzi</STRONG> (PROBIST Fellow, ICFO)</DIV>
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<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><EM>The life and times of galaxies</EM></DIV>
<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><STRONG>Malgorzata Siudek</STRONG> (PROBIST Fellow, IFAE)</DIV>
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<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><EM>Band-gap modulation of 2D semiconductors for photoelectrochemical biosensing</EM></DIV>
<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><STRONG>Emily Nguyen</STRONG> (PROBIST Fellow, ICN2)</DIV>
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<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><EM>Identifying genes involved in brain size regulation</EM></DIV>
<DIV STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><STRONG>Ilaria Dutto</STRONG> (PROBIST Fellow, IRB Barcelona)</DIV>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>11:30h    <STRONG>Coffee Break</STRONG></SPAN></P>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>12:00h    </SPAN><I>Dialogues in the boundaries of knowledge</I></P>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><SPAN><STRONG>New approaches to the optogenetic neuronal control</STRONG></SPAN></P>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="padding-left: 60px;"><SPAN><SPAN><STRONG>Prof. Ed Boyden</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN> (Dept. of Biological Engineering, MIT) and<BR></SPAN><SPAN><STRONG>Prof. Valentina Emiliani</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN><STRONG> </STRONG>(Institut de la Vision, CNRS, Paris</SPAN></SPAN><BR> <STRONG>Prof. Ernest Giralt (</STRONG>Design, Synthesis and Structure of Peptides and Proteins Group, IRB Barcelona)<BR> <STRONG>Prof. Michael Krieg </STRONG>(Neurophotonics And Mechanical Systems Biology Group, ICFO)</P>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>14:00h    </SPAN><STRONG>Closing remarks</STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG>Edward Boyden</STRONG> (Plano, Texas, 1979), Y. Eva Tan Professor of Neurotechnology and member of the MIT McGovern Institute and Media Lab academic teams, collaborated with Karl Deisseroth to create the optogenetic technique. This technique has revolutionized research in neuroscience and was named the “Methodology of the Year” by Nature Methods in 2010, and included in the “Breakthroughs of the Decade” article by Science. Employing genetic modification of neurons, the technique allows researchers to control neurons with light and study their functions and the impact of their alterations to an extremely precise degree. Boyden, who has received numerous international awards as recognition for his work in optogenetics, will discuss the latest developments in this and other neurotechnologies with <STRONG>Valentina Emiliani</STRONG>, Director of the Photonics Department and leader of the Wave Front Engineering Microscopy group (WFEMO) at the Vision Institute of the CNRS (Paris, France). The group led by Emiliani has pioneered the use of wavefront engineering in neuroscience and has developed several new techniques for the development of optogenetics to improve its accuracy.</P>
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<P>The five research projects selected in the competitive <STRONG>2018 BIST Ignite Call</STRONG> will also be presented at the conference. These projects are another great example of how multidisciplinary research approaches are leading to novel ways of addressing challenges in human health. From the creation of bionanorobots, to enzyme-powered motors with possible applications in drug delivery, to brand new types of biosensors, to organoids with real-time monitoring for testing new medications, to synthetic pathogens that teach the immune system to defend itself against infections without the risk of multiresistance, the BIST Ignite projects are all on the frontier of knowledge.</P>
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<P>The conference programme also includes a session for selected postdoctoral researchers working at the BIST centres to present their novel research.</P>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: medium;">More information at <A HREF="https://bist.eu/research/conference-2019/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">bist.eu/research/conference-2019</A></SPAN></P>
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