The Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering Research Group (BBT), with Prof. Maria-Pau Ginebra as Research Director, is part of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (CEM) of the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC).
The BBT’s main scientific goal is the development of biomaterials for tissue and organs regeneration/functional repair, from a basic scientific approach to an applied point of view, by transferring the generated knowledge to bio companies and hospitals.
News
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Three researchers from the BBT group obtained funding from the beamtime 2025-II call of the ALBA Synchrotron (Cerdanyola del Vallès) to study the hydroxyapatite nanofibers developed with the BioFlex...
BBT researchers obtain a project to study hydroxyapatite nanofibers at the ALBA synchrotron -
BBT researchers develop a skin-like hydrogel that releases drugs in a controlled manner using magnetic fields. This system, in addition to being biocompatible and adaptable to different body shapes,...
BBT researchers develop a hydrogel similar to our skin with the ability to release drugs using magnetic heads -
A PhD student of the BBT directed by Prof. Maria-Pau Ginebra and Dr. Montserrat Español, winner of the Doctoral Thesis Grant by Fundació Caixa Enginyers in this year's edition.
Doctoral Thesis Scholarship by Caixa Enginyers Foundation for a BBT student -
Dr. Jordi Guillem-Martí, along with researchers from the BBT and the Baker Lab (USA), has just published a new study in Advanced Materials introducing a new class of proteins called NeoNectins,...
NeoNectins, or how to help your body heal naturally -
Dr. Sílvia Gómez presented her doctoral thesis "Surface modification treatments to enhance the performance of titanium backplate in keratoprosthesis”, co-directed by Prof. José María Manero and Dr....
Sílvia Gómez, Doctor in Biomedical Engineering from by UPC -
Laia Moliner, a PhD student at BBT with a CIBER-BBN predoctoral grant, participated in this year's edition of the Pint of Science Barcelona 2025 Festival, with the talk "Bioprinting: a real chapter...
Bioprinting: a real episode of Black Mirror?
To know more about some of our projects:
Finished:
ENABLE - Nuevas tecnologías para el desarrollo de injertos óseos osteoinductivos y antimicrobianos
con altas prestaciones. Projecte R+D+i Destacat AEI.
New Papers
- D. Naranjo et al. Intelligent cross-linking in polymer simulations: SuSi’s approach to complex 3D networks. Computer Physics Communications
- A. Viteri et al. In situ synthesis of Fe3O4 nanocatalyst in chitosan-agarose hydrogel membranes for the sustainable and efficient degradation of organic compounds. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
- R. Fagotto-Clavijo et al. Strategic advances in Vat Photopolymerization for 3D printing of calcium phosphate-based bone scaffolds: A review. Bioactive Materials
- P. López-Gómez et al. Tailoring Self-Assembled Peptide Hydrogels with Antimicrobial or Cell Adhesive Properties for Tissue Engineering. Chemistry - A European Journal
- X. Wang et al. De Novo Design of Integrin α5β1 Modulating Proteins to Enhance Biomaterial Properties. Advanced Materials
- A. Viteri et al. Tailoring drug release from skin-like chitosan-agarose biopolymer hydrogels containing Fe3O4 nanoparticles using magnetic fields. Chemical Engineering Journal
- N. García de Albéniz et al. Tailoring Cell Behavior and Antibacterial Properties on Zirconia Biomaterials through Femtosecond Laser-Induced Micropatterns and Nanotopography. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
