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U6. Biomaterial Processing and Nanostructuring Unit

U6. Biomaterial Processing and Nanostructuring Unit

- Scientific Director: Prof. Jaume Veciana vecianaj@icmab.es Prof. Nora Ventosa ventosa@icmab.es

- Scientific Coordinator: Dr. Nathaly Segovia nvsegovia@icmab.es
- Entities: Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona ICMAB-CSIC
- Address: Campus de UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
- Phone: +34 935 801 853
- Fax: +34 935 805 729
- Web: ICMAB

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Description

Located at the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), in Barcelona, and under the coordination of Professor Jaume Veciana and Prof. Nora Ventosa, current directors of NANOMOL Group, which is a research group with wide expertise and recognized excellence in the synthesis, processing and study of molecular and polymeric materials with chemical, electronic, magnetic and biomedical properties. It gathers several laboratories, perfectly equipped, to perform the mission of this facility: the development, characterization, and large-scale production of molecular biomaterials of therapeutic or biomedical interest, with controlled micro-, nano- and supramolecular structure. One example of Key-Enabling-Technology (KET) available in this unit is a simple one-step methodology, DELOS-SUSP, based on the use of compressed fluids (CF), such as CO2, to prepare particulate materials with precise and reproducible structural characteristics at micro-, nano- and supramolecular levels (size, shape, internal structural gradients, supramolecular organization and crystalline purity). This example shows one of the singularities of this unit is that counts with CF–based plants at different scales, from mL to L, which allow process development by QbD and process scale-up.

Services

FOR THOSE SERVICES IDENTIFIED AS OUTSTANDING, AT LEAST 20% OF THEIR CAPACITY IS OPEN UNDER COMPETITIVE ACCESS. SEE ANNEX 1 OF ACCESS PROTOCOL FOR DETAILS ON % OF OPENNESS FOR EACH SERVICE

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Equipments

Active projects

		Title	Fundin: Organism	Call: Funding source	Role
GA: 720942		SMART FUNCTIONAL GLA-NANOFORMULATION FOR FABRY DISEASE – Smart-4-Fabry	Unión Europea (Comisión Europea)	H2020-NMBP-2016-2017	Coordinator
SAF2017-90810-REDI		Strategic Promotion and coordinated management of Nanbiosis: Pronanbiosis II	Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI)	Acciones de dinamización «REDES DE EXCELENCIA» -ICTS 2017	Coordinator

Other projects

Ref	Title	Funding Organism	Unit Role
PI15/00272	Design of intelligent nanoconjugates for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.	Instituto de Salud Carlos III	Participant
H2020-MSCA-ITN-2014-642196	Integrated self-assembled SWITCHable systems and materials: towards responsive organic electronics - a multi-site innovative training action i-Switch	Unión Europea H2020	Participant
2014 SGR 17	Consolidation Research Group: Molecular Nanociènciai Materials Orgànics (NANOMOL)	Generalitat de Catalunya	Participant
CTQ2013-40480-R	Molecular Bio- and Electro-active materials for the improvement of health and social well-being (Be-Well)	MICINN	Participant
FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN nº 607721	Nanochemistry of molecular materials for 2-photon functional applications. Nano2Fun	Unión Europea	Participant
MAT2013-50036-EXP	Cell Surface Vessel Engineering Using Dynamic Molecular Bioinfecting (DYNAMO)	MINECO	Participant
RTC-2016-4567-1	Nanocapsules containing active ingredients for the topical treatment of dermatological diseases (NANO4DERM)	MINECO	Participant
RTC-2014-2183-S	Application of Quatsomes technology for the development of a new range of perfumed softeners with lower environmental impact	MINECO	Participant
201260E080	Self-assembly, Nanostructuring and Processing of Functional Organic Molecules and their Applications	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación	Participant
MAT2016-80826-R	Molecular materials and supramolecular organizations for therapy, diagnosis and tissue engineering (MOTHER)	MINECO	Participant
RTC-2014-2207-1	TERARMET: Development of therapies for the treatment of rare congenital metabolic diseases	MINECO	Participant

Publications

2016

Munoz-Gomez J.L., Monteagudo E., Lloveras V., Parella T., Veciana J., Vidal-Gancedo J.. Optimized polarization build-up times in dissolution DNP-NMR using a benzyl amino derivative of BDPA. RSC Advances. 2016;6(32):27077-27082.
Cordoba A., Hierro-Oliva M., Pacha-Olivenza M.A., Fernandez-Calderon M.C., Perello J., Isern B. et al. Direct Covalent Grafting of Phytate to Titanium Surfaces through Ti-O-P Bonding Shows Bone Stimulating Surface Properties and Decreased Bacterial Adhesion. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2016;8(18):11326-11335.
Cabrera I., Abasolo I., Corchero J.L., Elizondo E., Gil P.R., Moreno E. et al. α-Galactosidase-A Loaded-Nanoliposomes with Enhanced Enzymatic Activity and Intracellular Penetration. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2016;5(7):829-840.
Cano-Garrido O., Sanchez-Chardi A., Pares S., Giro I., Tatkiewicz W.I., Ferrer-Miralles N. et al. Functional protein-based nanomaterial produced in microorganisms recognized as safe: A new platform for biotechnology. Acta Biomaterialia. 2016;43:230-239.

News U6

04 Feb

NANBIOSIS research to fight cancer

Twenty years ago, the 4 February was declared World Cancer Day with the global challenge of cancer would not be forgotten. Since then, huge progress has been made to understand, prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer. NANBIOSIS as an ICTS (Singular Scientific and Technical infrastructures) for biomedical research plays a very important role in the fight against cancer. Some examples of the work carried out during the last year, are bellow: Unit 20 of NANBIOSIS at VHIR, works in several proyects reletaed to cancer as H2020-NoCanTher: magnetic nanoparticles against pancreatic cancer through the use of hyperthermia combined with conventional treatment. H2020-Target-4-Cancer: nanotherapy based on polymeric micelles directed against[...]

16 Jan

New nanocarrier for bio-imaging and drug-delivery applications

Researchers of CIBER-BBN and NANBIOSIS-ICTS (U6 Biomaterial Processing and Nanostructuring Unit at ICMAB-CSIC and U18 Nanotoxicology Unit at Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau have developed a new nanocarrier for bio-imaging and drug-delivery applications The new nanovesicle formulation is based on the quatsome architecture – which stands out due to the high colloidal stability and homogeneity in size – and has now been shown to be suitable for in vivo dosing. Quatsomes are new non-liposomal lipid-based nanovesicles that have been developed by Nanomol group in recent years, and have been shown to be highly homogeneous and stable in[...]

11 Jan

A step forward in the field of organic free radicals acting as chiral emitters

Researchers of NANBIOSIS U6. Biomaterial Processing and Nanostructuring Unit have just published the article titled “An enantiopure propeller ‐ like trityl ‐ brominated radical: Bringing together a high racemization barrier and an efficient circularly polarized luminescent magnetic emitter” in the scientific magazine Chemistry A European Journal. The urgent need to cope with the more and more specific requirements in electronic devices is nowadays behind the search for new multifunctional materials. In this work, a step forward has been done in the field of organic free radicals acting as chiral emitters. The recently developed brominated trityl derivative, namely TTBrM radical, shows[...]

30 Dec

A step forward for the design of multifunctional protein nanomaterials for cancer therapies

Researchers of NANBIOSIS Unit 1 and NANBIOSIS Unit 18, led by Prof Antoni Villaverde have published the article at the prestigious scintific magazine titled Collaborative membrane activity and receptor-dependent tumor cell targeting for precise nanoparticle delivery in CXCR4+ colorectal cancer The researchers have shown that the combination of cell-penetrating and tumor cell-targeting peptides dramatically enhances precise tumor accumulation of protein-only nanoparticles intended for selective drug delivery, in mouse models of human colorectal cancer. This fact is a step forward for the rational design of multifunctional protein nanomaterials for improved cancer therapies. Protein production has been partially performed by the ICTS NANBIOSIS U1, Protein Production Platform[...]

27 Dec

Why the poor biodistribution so far reached by tumor-targeted medicines?

Cell-selective targeting is expected to enhance effectiveness and minimize side effects of cytotoxic agents. Functionalization of drugs or drug nanoconjugates with specific cell ligands allows receptor-mediated selective cell delivery. However, it is unclear whether the incorporation of an efficient ligand into a drug vehicle is sufficient to ensure proper biodistribution upon systemic administration, and also at which extent biophysical properties of the vehicle may contribute to the accumulation in target tissues during active targeting. To approach this issue, structural robustness of self-assembling, protein-only nanoparticles targeted to the tumoral marker CXCR4 is compromised by reducing the number of histidine residues (from[...]

07 Nov

NANBIOSIS expertise on Nanoparticles Characterization by Amable Bernabé.

Amable Bernabé, Technical Coordinator of NANBIOSIS U6 Biomaterial Processing and Nanostructuring Unit has given a course from Monday, 7 October, to Wednesday, 9 October on “Characterization techniques for particulate materials”. The course has counted with 12 participants from different CSIC centers (including ICMAB, IBM-CNM, ICM, IQAC…) and has introduced the participants to different techniques to characterize nanoparticles and other particulate matter, including the basic fundamentals, sample preparation, practical examples and results interpretation. It is the second time that Amable Bernabé, technician from the Sof tLab, has decided to offer this course to all the CSIC community, so they can learn new methods to characterize nanoparticles,[...]

06 Nov

NANBIOSIS Scientific Director, Jaume Veciana, coauthor of an article highlighted in Chemistry Views

Jaume Veciana, Scientific Director of NANBIOSIS is coauthor of an article chosen to be highlighted on the ChemistryViews newsletter: “Organic Free Radicals as Circularly Polarized Luminescence Emitters”, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and is about the intrinsic chiral emission of enantiometric organic free radicals. The short news about the paper is entitled “Circulary Polarized Light from Organic Radicals” is available here. Circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) can occur when a luminescent compound has a chiral structure. Organometallic structures are leading in CPL activity. However, purely organic CPL emitters are promising alternatives in several applications where low toxicity is important (i.e., bioimaging). Jaume Veciana (Institut de Ciéncia de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB), Spain), Araceli G. Campaña (University of Granada, Spain)[...]

16 Oct

Biomarkers in semen to diagnose prostate cancer

Sara Larriba of the Human Molecular Genetics Group of Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) has informed NANBIOSIS about a recent publication mentioning NANBIOSIS in the Acknowledgements for its participation in the results of their research. (The nanoparticle tracking analysis was performed by the ICTS NANBIOSIS U6 Biomaterial Processing and Nanostructuring Unit) The article has been published by the journal Scientific Reports of Nature Research. The prediction of PCa in the early stage of the disease is one of the most important objectives in male urology. A significant decrease in deaths due to PCa has been associated with the use of serum[...]

U6-Biomaterial Processing and Nanostructuring Unit

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U9. Synthesis of Nanoparticles Unit

Scientific Director: Prof. Jesús Santamaría jesus.santamaria@unizar.es

Scientific Coordinator: Dr. Gema Martínez gemamar@unizar.es

Entities: Institute of Nanoscience of Aragón (INA)

Address: R&D Building, Campus Río Ebro, Universidad de Zaragoza. C/Mariano Esquirl S/n, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain

Phone: 34 976 761000 ext. 3496

Web: I3A-UZ

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Active projects

		Title	Fundin: Organism	Call: Funding source	Role
SAF2017-90810-REDI		Strategic Promotion and coordinated management of Nanbiosis: Pronanbiosis II	Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI)	Acciones de dinamización «REDES DE EXCELENCIA» -ICTS 2017	Coordinator

Other projects

Ref	Title	Funding Organism	Unit Role
CTQ2014-52384-R	INTELLIGENT APPLICATIONS BASED ON NANOSTRUCTURED FIBERS CONTAINING NATURAL BIOCIDES WITH PHARMACOKINETIC CONTROL OF THEIR RELEASE	Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad	Participant
CTQ2013-49068-C2-1-R	MICROSYSTEMS BASED ON NANOSTRUCTURES WITH SPECIFIC PROPERTIES OF ADSORPTION AND SUPERFICIAL PLASMON, FOR DETECTION OF HIDDEN EXPLOSIVES AND AGENTS OF CHEMICAL WAR.	Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad	Participant
TARMAC	TARMAC. New tools for the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory infectious diseases: pH-responsive matryoshka nanoparticles for an efficient and controlled intracellular delivery of oral antibiotics and gated nanoparticles for the detection of pathogenic microorganisms showing intracellular persistence	Ministerio de Economia y competitividad	Participant
TARMAC/IQMA-UDM-UPV	pH-responsive matryoshka nanoparticles for an efficient and controlled intracellular delivery of oral antibiotics and gated nanoparticles for the detection of pathogenic microorganisms showing intracellular persistence	CIBER-BBN-CIBERES-SEPAR	Participant
H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016/H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016	European Training Network for Continuous Sonication and Microwave Reactors.	Unión Europea	Participant
H2020-SPIRE-2014-2015	ADREM / Adaptable Reactors for Resource- and Energy-Efficient Methane Valorisation	Unión Europea	Participant
I-2012/023	Development of a microfluidic platform to produce nanomaterials and assessment on new nanotechnology applications	Unión Europea	Participant
CTQ2016-77147-R	NEW STRATEGIES FOR CO2 CONVERSION USING CATALYSTS UNDER ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION.	MINECO. MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y COMPETITIVIDAD	Participant
CTQ2016-79419-R	ADVANCED ADSORPTION TECHNOLOGIES, SERS DETECTION AND CATALYSIS FOR CHEMICAL WAR	MINECO. MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y COMPETITIVIDAD	Participant
NANOHEDONISM	A photo-triggered on-demand drug delivery system for chronic pain	European Research Council	Participant
I-2011/004	HECTOR- MICROWAVE-ASSISTED MICROREACTORS: DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGHLY EFFICIENT GAS PHASE CONTACTOR WITH DIRECT CATAYST HEATING	Unión Europea	Participant
FIS PI15/01118	Towards an advanced therapy of bone regeneration: tissue intermediates activated by infrared energy for the controlled expression of osteogenic and angiogenic factors	INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III	Others
AMBIT	Animal Model of Bone Regeneration Induced by Tissue Intermediates Responsive to Near-Infrared Light	Roche Farma	Participant

Publications

2016

Sebastian V., Smith C.D., Jensen K.F.. Shape-controlled continuous synthesis of metal nanostructures. Nanoscale. 2016;8(14):7534-7543.

News U9

26 Jan

Support for companies: Nanotechnological Bonds

From the NFP research group of CIBER-BBN and INA, led by Jesus Santamaria, that coordinates NANBIOSIS U9 Synthesis of Nanoparticles Unit, and through the SAMCA Nanotechnology Chair, the call for grants has been launched: Nanotechnological Bonds For more information: http://capsulasdenanotecnologia.es/bonos-nanotec/[...]

09 Nov

Jesús Santamaría new Corresponding Academician of the Royal Canary Academy of Sciences

Jesús Marcos Santamaría Ramiro, Scientific Director of NANBIOSIS Unit 9 Synthesis of Nanoparticles Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Zaragoza and Deputy Director of the University Institute of Nanoscience of Aragon has been appointed new Corresponding Academician of the Royal Canary Academy of Sciences. Reception of the new Corresponding Academician took place last November 7th at the Hall of the Canary Islands Advisory Council in La Laguna the entry speech of the new Corresponding Academician was tittled “Heterogeneous Catalysis 4.0: Opportunities for catalysts when they leave the reactor”[...]

03 Nov

New inside backcober by researchers of NANBIOSIS U9

Researchers of NANBIOSIS U9 Synthesis of Nanoparticles Unit Ignacio Julian, José L. Hueso, Reyes Mallada and Jesús Santamaría, are co-authors of an article with inside backcover recently published by the scientific magazine Catalysis, Science and Tecnology. The synthesis of the materials has been performed at the Platform of Production of Biomaterials and Nanoparticles of the NANBIOSIS ICTS, more specifically at the Nanoparticle Synthesis Unit 9 of the CIBER in BioEngineering, Biomaterials & Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN) Article: Polyoxometalates as alternative Mo precursors for methane dehydroaromatization on Mo/ZSM-5 and Mo/MCM-22 catalysts. Julián I, Hueso J.L, Lara N, Solé-Daurá A, Poblet J,M, Mitchell S.G, MalladaR, Santamaría J.Catal. Sci.[...]

30 Oct

Killing cancer from starvation or by toxicity with Trojan horses.

Jesús Santamaría, who leads the NFP research group of CIBER-BBN and the Institute of Nanoscience of Aragon (INA), at the University of Zaragoza, in an interview on October 29 to Aragon TV, talks about the problems in the fight against cancer and explains in a very didactic way, the solutions that are being approached from his research group, in collaboration with other groups. It would consists, basically, in reducing the tumor from inside the tumor cells. Prof. Santamaria has been granted funding twice from the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant program for catalysis-related projects, the last one with two[...]

16 Aug

The University of Zaragoza, in the elite of the 500 best universities in the world

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), known as Shanghai Ranking, which was made public on August 15, once again places the University of Zaragoza among the elite of the 500 best universities in the world. This indicator organizes up to 20,000 university centers worldwide. Among the keys that have been able to positively influence the results of the research, according to the Vice Chancellor for Prospect, Sustainability and Infrastructure of the University of Zaragoza, Francisco Serón, are the increase in public campus funding for four years as well as the quality of their Scientists. The University of Zaragoza houses[...]

25 Jun

Do you want to join the nanotechnology revolution?

13 Mar

“Matrioskas” of nanoparticles, a new therapeutic approach against tuberculosis

Researchers of NANBIOSIS U9 Synthesis of Nanoparticles Unit Manuel Arruebo and Víctor Sebastián have participated in a research published in the journal Nanomedicine Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that poses a serious public health problem and, according to WHO data, 10.4 million people became ill with tuberculosis and 1.7 million died in 2016. Therefore, advance in the development of new tools for diagnosis and treatment is essential and the use of nanoparticles could open a new horizon to deal with the infections caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In this line, researchers from the CIBER at the University of Zaragoza, and at[...]

11 Feb

NANBIOSIS Scientific Women in the International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Today February 11 is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a day to raise awareness of the gender gap in science and technology. According to the United Nations, while yet women and girls continue to be excluded from participating fully in science, science and gender equality are vital to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Thus, in recent years, the international community has made a great effort to inspire and promote the participation of women and girls in science. NANBIOSIS wants to acknowledge the efforts made by scientific women who struggle every day to contribut[...]

U10. Drug Formulation

- Scientific Director: Prof. José Luis Pedraz joseluis.pedraz@ehu.es
- Scientific Coordinator: Dr. Jesús Ciriza Astrain jeciriza@gmail.com
- Entities: Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU)
- Address: Pharmacy & Pharmac. Technology Lab.; Facultad de Farmacia, C/Paseo de la Universidad 7, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain)
- Phone: +34 653593042
- Fax: +34 945 013040
- Web: NANOBIOCEL UPV/EHU

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Description

Located at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of the Basque Country (UPV), Campus of Vitoria, is led by Prof. José Luis Pedraz and consists of large laboratories for: cell culture, chromatography equipment, sample preparation and characterization and one specific for scale preparation of pharmaceutical formulations. This Unit has the capacity to design and evaluate dosage forms both classical and new dosage forms of biotech drugs, DNA, RNA and vaccines using different methodologies based on micro and nano-medicine. The latter methodology based on the microencapsulation of cells, peptides, proteins, and in general of biotech products, as well as the development and design of non-viral vectors for gene therapy, is one of the biggest singularities of this unit. It counts with the most advanced equipment for micro and nano encapsulation.

The aim of the Unit is to determine experimentally all the variables needed to develop an optimal formulation and work instructions for preparing final pharmaceutical products.

The pharmaceutical technology applied to drug development involves the selection of materials and procedures that can be adapted to different processes that lead to specific pharmaceutical forms. To do that, the Unit counts with the most advanced equipment to cover the development for all the steps of the process.

One of the singularities of this Units is that is GLP certified by the Spanish Medicament Agency

Services

FOR THOSE SERVICES IDENTIFIED AS OUTSTANDING, AT LEAST 20% OF THEIR CAPACITY IS OPEN UNDER COMPETITIVE ACCESS. SEE ANNEX 1 OF ACCESS PROTOCOL FOR DETAILS ON % OF OPENNESS FOR EACH SERVICE

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Equipments

Active projects

	Title	Fundin: Organism	Call: Funding source	Role
RTC-2016-4770-1	Development of a new bioadhesive for the treatment of Pterigium. Biotape	Ministerio de Economía, Industría y Competitividad (MINECO)	Retos Colaboración 2016	Partner
RTC-2016-5451-1	Development of Bioprinting and Bioink systems for cartilage and bone repair	Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (MINECO)	Retos Colaboración 2016	Partner
GA: 783132	POSITION-II “A pilot line for the next generation of smart catheters and implants”	Electronic Component Systems for European Leadership Joint Undertaking (JU) - ECSEL JU	H2020-ECSEL-2017-1-IA-two-stage	Partner
GA: 645991	DRIVE – Diabetes-Reversing Implants for Enhanced viability and long-term efficacy	Unión Europea (Comisión Europea)	H2020-NMP-2014-two-stage	Partner
SAF2017-90810-REDI	Strategic Promotion and coordinated management of Nanbiosis: Pronanbiosis II	Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI)	Acciones de dinamización «REDES DE EXCELENCIA» -ICTS 2017	Coordinator

Other projects

Ref	Title	Funding Organism	Unit Role
RTC-2016-4770-1	DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW BIOADHESIVE FOR PTERIGIUM SURGERY. BIOTAPE	MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, INDUSTRIA Y COMPETITIVIDAD.	Participant
RTC-2016-5451-1	DEVELOPMENT OF BIOIMPRESSION SYSTEMS AND BIOTINES FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL CARTILAGE AND BONE REGENERATION	MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, INDUSTRIA Y COMPETITIVIDAD.	Participant
RTC-2015-3303-1	Lipid solid nanoparticles for subcutaneous administration of antitumor marine compounds - UNDERLIPIDS	MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y COMPETITIVIDAD

Publications

2016

Grijalvo S., Puras G., Zarate J., Pons R., Pedraz J.L., Eritja R. et al. Nioplexes encapsulated in supramolecular hybrid biohydrogels as versatile delivery platforms for nucleic acids. RSC Advances. 2016;6(46):39688-39699.
Moreno-Sastre M., Pastor M., Esquisabel A., Sans E., Vinas M., Fleischer A. et al. Pulmonary delivery of tobramycin-loaded nanostructured lipid carriers for Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections associated with cystic fibrosis. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 2016;498(1-2):263-273.
Moreno-Sastre M., Pastor M., Esquisabel A., Sans E., Vinas M., Bachiller D. et al. Stability study of sodium colistimethate-loaded lipid nanoparticles. Journal of Microencapsulation. 2016;33(7):636-645.
Garcia-Orue I., Gainza G., Gutierrez F.B., Aguirre J.J., Evora C., Pedraz J.L. et al. Novel nanofibrous dressings containing rhEGF and Aloe vera for wound healing applications. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 2016;:-.
Ojeda E., Puras G., Agirre M., Zarate J., Grijalvo S., Eritja R. et al. The role of helper lipids in the intracellular disposition and transfection efficiency of niosome formulations for gene delivery to retinal pigment epithelial cells. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 2016;503(1-2):115-126.
Ojeda E., Puras G., Agirre M., Zarate J., Grijalvo S., Eritja R. et al. The influence of the polar head-group of synthetic cationic lipids on the transfection efficiency mediated by niosomes in rat retina and brain. Biomaterials. 2016;77:267-279.

News U10

28 Jan

POSITION II WORKSHOP #5 IN LEUVEN, BELGIUM

Jose Luis Pedraz, Jesus Ciriza and Angela Losada of NANBIOSIS U10 Drug Formulation – NanoBioCel Group of CIBER-BBN and University of the Basque Country were in Leuven, Belgium attending the European Project POSITION-II Workshop #5, which was held between January 21 and 23. The workshop was held at the facilities of iMEC, one of the [...]

21 Jun

Agreement signed with Spanish Goverment for the allocation of FEDER funds for NANBIOSIS ICTS

In the framework of the FEDER Program in ICTS 2014-2020, a projects related to the ICTS NANBIOSIS has been selected by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities for co-financing with FEDER funds of the European Regional Development Funds program. An agreement has been signed between Ministry of Science, Innovation and UPV/EHU (University of the Basque Country [...]

14 May

Diabetes mellitus type 1: new system for treatment

The research carried out by the NanoBiocells group, coordinator of NANBIOSIS U10 Drug Formulation unit, from CIBER-BBN and UPV-EHU, with BIOMICS group of UPV-EHU was yesterday highlighted in Catalunya Vanguardista and Noticiasdelaciencia.com. The research reduces the volume of implantation of microcapsules containing insulin-producing pancreatic cells by almost 80% thanks to an innovative system of Magnetic [...]

13 May

Biomedical devices with natural fluorescence for monitoring in the body

Researchers from the NanoBioCel and the ICTS NANBIOSIS through the Drug Formulation Unit 10 of CIBER-BBN and the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), together with the University of Michigan (USA), have developed a biomedical cellular immunoisolation device (microcapsules) with intrinsic capacity to be traced once implanted in the organism. The novel design incorporates a [...]

22 Aug

Micro and nanotechnologies for the release of biotechnological products

José Luis Pedraz, Scientific Director of NANBIOSIS Unit 10, Drug formulation, talks in this video about Micro and polymeric nanoparticles, lipid nanoparticles, non-viral vectors for gene therapy and scaffolds for cell therapy and regenerative medicine and bio 3D printing &nbs[...]

22 Jun

NANOMEDICINE APPLICATIONS IN DRUG DELIVERY AND TARGETING: NANBIOSIS – NANOMED Industrial Forum

Yesterday took place in Barcelona, at Barcelona School of Management, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, a meeting of resarch groups and units of NANBIOSIS and CIBER-BBN and companies in the third B2B Forum organized by NANBIOSIS, in this case together with NANOMED SPAIN. Thirteen companies and twelve groups from CIBER-BBN and CCMIJU (ten of them coordinating NANBIOSIS [...]

20 Jun

NANBIOSIS working on the development of next generation catheters

NANBIOSIS’ partners CIBER-BBN and JUMISC, with another 44 European partners, led by Philips Electronics Nederland B.V, will work on the development of next genration catheters. The project, Position-II (Ref. n. 783132), that pretends to diversify the production of smart catheters (overcoming the obsolescence of current ones), improve their performance (facilitating their use to be smaller), [...]

03 Jun

DRIVE Project: Artificial Biopancreas for Type I Diabetics

On Saturday, June 2, in the auditorium of the Artium museum in Vitoria, a meeting was held for patients with diabetes, organized by the group of European researchers of the DRIVE project with the aim of conecting patiens with researchers. The event was organized by the NanoBioCel research group of the CIBER-BBN and the University of [...]

28 May

New frontiers in the treatment of Diabetes type 1

On Saturday, June 2, at 10.30 in the auditorium of the Artium Museum in Vitoria-Gasteiz, a meeting will take place for patients with diabetes, organized by the group of European researchers of the DRIVE project. The objective of the meeting, held for the first time in Spain, is to connect researchers with all those with [...]

15 May

Nanotechnology, gene therapy, omics therapies and ‘big data’

Nanotechnology, gene therapy, omics therapies and ‘big data’ were the topics discussed in the Forum on Emerging Technologies oganized on May 8 by nanotechnology, gene therapy, omics therapies and ‘big data’ were the topics discussed in the I Forum on Emerging Technologies held on May 8, organized by the CIBER Internationalization Platform, of which the CIBERER, [...]

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U12. Nanostructured liquid characterization unit

- Scientific Director: Prof. Carlos Rodríguez cranqb@cid.csic.es
- Scientific Coordinator: Jordi Esquena jemqci@iqac.csic.es
- Entities: Colloid and Interfacial Chemistry Group (QCI) at the Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC) & Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
- Address: Jordi Girona, 18-26, 088034, Barcelona, Spain
- Phone: +34 934 006 159
- Web: QCI – IQAC- CSIC

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The unit is located at the Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC), in Barcelona and it is coordinated by the Colloidal and Interfacial Chemistry Group, led by Dr. Carlos Rodríguez. The unit is focused on the characterization of nanostructures in liquids and liquid/liquid interfaces, such as micelles, liposomes, micro- and nano-emulsions, and nanoparticles. The unit features state-of-the-art instrumentation for the determination of various parameters such as size distribution and zeta potential (surface charge), critical micelle concentration (CMC), solubilization capacity, osmolarity, surface and interfacial tension, wettability, refractive index, turbidity, colloidal stability, density, viscosity and other rheological parameters (shear and elastic moduli, critical yield stress, etc.)

Services

FOR THOSE SERVICES IDENTIFIED AS OUTSTANDING, AT LEAST 20% OF THEIR CAPACITY IS OPEN UNDER COMPETITIVE ACCESS. SEE ANNEX 1 OF ACCESS PROTOCOL FOR DETAILS ON % OF OPENNESS FOR EACH SERVICE

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Equipments

Active projects

		Title	Fundin: Organism	Call: Funding source	Role
SAF2017-90810-REDI		Strategic Promotion and coordinated management of Nanbiosis: Pronanbiosis II	Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI)	Acciones de dinamización «REDES DE EXCELENCIA» -ICTS 2017	Coordinator

Other projects

Ref	Title	Funding Organism	Unit Role
CTQ2014-52687-C3-1-P	Design and applications of new biocompatible micro / nanogels obtained by advanced condensation methods (MICRONANOGELES)	MINECO	Participant
2014SGR1655	Grants for consolidated Research Groups of Catalonia	Generalitat de Catalunya	Participant
FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN - 606713	Biopolymer Based FOOd Delivery Systems (BIBAFOODS)	Unión Europea	Participant
Plan de Actuación 2015	Agreement of ACC1Ó with the UAB, the PRUAB, the CSIC and the CVC for the promotion of the technological transfer	Generalitat de Catalunya	Participant
TECSPR14-2-0033	Theranostic Magnetic Nanoparticles For Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: Magnetic Properties and Controlled Release of Anticancer Drugs (TheraMagNano)	Unión Europea	Participant
TECSPR14-2-0044	Novel antimicrobial hydrogels for contact lenses (HYDROLENSES)	Unión Europea	Participant
Acción COST CM1101	Joint Meeting of WG 3 and WG 4. Workshop "Nano-biocolloidal materials and non-equilibrium self-assembly"	Unión europea	Participant
Ref.: 308810 076/2015	DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE FORMULATIONS FOR THE DELIVERY OF ACTIVITIES INTO THE SKIN (ES)	ALMIRALL	Participant

Publications

2016

Fornaguera C., Caldero G., Solans C.. Electrolytes as a tuning parameter to control nano-emulsion and nanoparticle size. RSC Advances. 2016;6(63):58203-58211.
Caldero G., Montes R., Llinas M., Garcia-Celma M.J., Porras M., Solans C.. Studies on the formation of polymeric nano-emulsions obtained via low-energy emulsification and their use as templates for drug delivery nanoparticle dispersions. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 2016;145:922-931.
Fornaguera C., Feiner-Gracia N., Caldero G., Garcia-Celma M.J., Solans C.. PLGA nanoparticles from nano-emulsion templating as imaging agents: Versatile technology to obtain nanoparticles loaded with fluorescent dyes. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 2016;147:201-209.
Magana J.R., Kolen’Ko Y.V., Deepak F.L., Solans C., Shrestha R.G., Hill J.P. et al. From Chromonic Self-Assembly to Hollow Carbon Nanofibers: Efficient Materials in Supercapacitor and Vapor-Sensing Applications. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2016;8(45):31231-31238.
Perez-Carrillo L.A., Vilchez S., Mosa J., Aparicio M., Castro Y., Duran A. et al. Synthesis and properties of TiO2-P2O5 and SiO2-TiO2-P2O5 porous hybrids obtained by templating in highly concentrated emulsions. Ceramics International. 2016;42(16):18965-18973.

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07 Feb

Ethylcellulose nanoparticles as new “in vitro” tool for cell transfection

Researchers of NANBIOSIS U12 Nanostructured liquid characterization unit and U29 Sintesis of acid nucleic of CIBER-BBN at IQAC-CSIC have obtained successfully ethylcellulose nanoparticles with positive zeta potential formed from nano-emulsion complexation with an antisense oligonucleotide which result very promising complexes for “in vitro” cell transfection. A new non-viral gene delivery vector has been developed, based on ethylcellulose, an easily available and low cost carbohydrate polymer, “generally recognized as safe” by the FDA. Although ethylcellulose is nonionic, positively charged nanoparticle dispersions have been obtained using nano-emulsion templates in cationic:non-ionic surfactant-based systems. The nanoparticles have been successfully complexed with negatively charged phosphorothioate antisense oligonucleotides. These short nucleic[...]

02 Dec

Carlos Rodriguez-Abreu (NANBIOSIS U12) keynote speaker in OKINAWA COLLOIDS 2019

Carlos Rodriguez-Abreu, Scientific Director of NANBIOSIS U12 Nanostructured liquid characterization unit has been invited speaker at OKINAWA COLLOIDS 2019 conference in Okinawa, Japan on November 3 to 8, 2019 in the session Foams / Bubbles / Emulsions and Microemulsions.Foams and emulsions stabilized by surfactants, amphiphilic polymers and solid particles are essential formulations for developing pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, foods and so on. Recently, many functional systems have been proposed including stimuli responsive materials, biocompatible materials, and environmental affinity materials. The topics of this session include a wide range of subjects: physical properties, phase behaviors and new functions of these systems.[...]

26 Oct

Formulation of emulsions: Science behind cosmetics at COSMETORIUM

Carlos Rodríguez-Abreu, Scientific Director of NANBIOSIS Unit 12 Nanostructured liquid characterization unit, from Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia, Higher Council for Scientific Research (IQAC-CSIC) and CIBER of Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN) has participated in the fourth edition of COSMETORIUM, given a talk on “Recent advances in the formulation of emulsions” The fair of Cosmetorium, which was held at the Palau de Congresos de Barcelona on October 23 and 24, is organized by the Spanish Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SEQC), begun with keynote conferences and a scientific program, which examined the key problems facing the cosmetic and personal care industry,[...]

22 Aug

NANO TECHNOLOGIES AND MICROENCAPSULATION course

Next October 15-18, the researchers of NANBIOSIS U12, Nanostructured liquid characterization unit, are giving a course on Nano Technologies and Microencapsulation organized by CSIC General Foundation and CUIMPB – Center Ernest Lluch of the Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP) in Barcelona. The nano- and microencapsulation consists in the protection of active substances inside nano- and microcarriers, particularly labile molecules, improving their stability, with the aim of transporting them and achieving their controlled release. This topic is the subject of great interest in numerous fields and industrial applications. It is known that the performance efficiency of an active substance greatly increases[...]

30 Apr

3D cross-correlation dynamic light scattering (DLS) spectrometer of NANBIOSIS U12 has been upgraded

The 3D cross-correlation dynamic light scattering (DLS) spectrometer of NANBIOSIS U12 Nanostructured liquid characterization unit has been upgraded with a new goniometer and last generation laser detectors and beam splitters that allow to extend the scattering angle detection range to 10-150 degrees, and enables measurements in shorter scattering lengths for highly turbid and/or concentrated samples. Non-ergodic samples (e.g. gels) can also be measured with the new configuration The upgrade has been funded by CSIC through the grant “Special fund for the support of Scientific and Technical Services 2018” (02045)[...]

12 Apr

New tensiometer for NANBIOSIS Unit 12

The new Biolin Sigma 701 has replaced the previos KSV Sigma 700. in the equipment of NANBIOSIS U12 Nanostructured liquid characterization unit With this new tensiometer automated and high precision measurement of surface and interfacial tensions, contact angles and critical micelle concentrations will be obtained. The purchase of the new tensiometer has been co-funded by the CSIC through a grant received from the Scientific and Technical Services support (MEC1372).[...]

15 Nov

NANBIOSIS in the Posters presentation in CIBER-BBN ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2018

Last 12 and 13 of November, CIBER-BBN has celebrated its 12th Annual Conference in Hotel Felipe IV in Valladolid. In poster session participated NANBIOSIS itself and some of its units. NANBIOSIS, Infrastructure for the Production & Characterization of Biomaterials, Nanomaterials and medical devices up to preclinical validation. Nanbiosis management team. Divalent cation effects on assembly of histidine-rich protein nanoparticles. López-Laguna, U. Unzueta, O. Conchillo-Solé, A. Sánchez-Chardi, M. Pesarrodona, O. Cano-Garrido, E. Voltà, L. Sánchez-García, N. Serna, P. Saccardo, R. Mangues, A. Villaverde, E. Vázquez (NBT-UAB) (U1 -U18) Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) anchored on the surface of contact lenses to prevent corneal infections. Emiliano Salvagni, Clara García,[...]

31 Jul

Advanced encapsulation technologies

Researchers of NANBIOSIS U12. Nanostructured liquid characterization unit, organize a course on advanced encapsulation technologies together with the Consorci Universitat Internacional Menéndez Pelayo Barcelona (CUIMPB) – Center Ernest Lluch whose objective is to provide attendees with the basic concepts about micro and nanoencapsulation techniques,including fundamentals and methods of preparation, as well as new applications in the chemical, cosmetic and pharmaceutical fields, among others. For further information and program[...]

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