BLOC Project develops a new technology based on NMR spectroscopy and imaging to monitor disease and assess drug response in OOC models. Funded by @EU_Commission

Barcelona
Joined September 2020
Don’t miss this video where @IMarcoRius explains in a nutshell the @blocprojectEU and the impact it will have to the society! She is the scientific lead of BLOC and coordinates the project together with @ramon_azcon at the @Biosensors_IBEC from @IBECBarcelona 📽️👇📽️👇 #NMR #MRI
Today @IMarcoRius, coordinator of BLOC project from @mipmed  lab at @IBECBarcelona, showcased the new benchtop spectrometer and the advances of the project in a talk at the Annual Congress of the Spanish Society of Biomedical Engineering @caseib2023. Great presentation 👏👏👏
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Great success of BLOC Symposium and Workshop yesterday at @IBECBarcelona . 👏👏👏  Renowned researchers from Europe and abroad in the field of #MRI, #NMR and hyperpolarization presented the latest advances in the field. And after that...
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…attendees had the opportunity to participate in a workshop to see, first hand, the new BLOC benchtop spectrometer, the MRI machine and the hyperpolarizer at the @mipmed laboratory.
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@blocprojectEU is getting close to the end… This week we had the final meeting at @IDIBAPS to discuss the results and how to improve our benchtop #NMR spectrometer. It was time for great discussions with the advisory board and all the project partners! #tissueengineering #NMR
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NMR has been at the heart of analytical #chemistry for over 60 years. We're inspired to now be developing #technology to expand the analyses that #NMR can perform on the bench in any laboratory.   Learn more on #benchtopNMR applications in chemistry: okt.to/qkhfV9
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Meet the Sunday NMR challenge ⁉️🧲 Use the poll below or stay tuned for the answer with the explanation) #nmr #nmrchat #chemistry #challenge #organicchemistry
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Yesterday, @IMarcoRius, coordinator of BLOC Project talked about “Hyperpolarization enhanced #NMR and #MRI methods for tissue engineering applications” at the Autumn #GERMN #NMRDay: future NMR, at the @iqfr_csic. #RSEQ #MRI #tissueengineering #WomeninSTEM
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#EASD2023 has ended… and we are proud of the participation of BLOC Project researchers from @idibaps at this great meeting: 2 short oral presentations showcasing groundbreaking results on animal models of diabetes and NAFLD and the intriguing topic of organ crosstalk. 1/3 🧵👇
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Dr. @SamanthaMRos talked about the effects of extracellular vesicles on pancreatic beta cells during obesity progression in mice…
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…while Dr. Vicent Ribas focused his presentation on the induction of sex-specific divergent adaptations in liver and adipose tissue in mice subjected to high-fat diet.
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📣 Today @AlbaHerreroG from @MIPMED presented her work at the #IBECSymposium 2023 👉 non-invasive in vivo study on the effects of diet in mouse liver metabolism using #hyperpolarization‐enhanced Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging. #MRS #tissueengineering #NMR #WomeninSTEM
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BLOC project retweeted
Today MIPMED team attended a great talk by Professor Dan Vigneron @DrVigneron_Ucsf. What a pleasure to see how hyperpolarized carbon-13 MRI is revolutionizing molecular imaging, unlocking previously-inaccessible biochemical pathways! #HPMRI #MRI #MIPMED @UCSFimaging
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Yesterday BLOC family met together at @IBECBarcelona and @MIPMED to discuss the final steps of the project. We are almost there: 👉developing a benchtop #NMR spectrometer to study metabolism in real-time and non-destructively by hyperpolarization-enhanced #MRS #tissueengineering
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Last week BLOC Project was at the @ISMRMIberian! @AlbaHerreroG from @MIPMED lab presented a poster with the latest advances of the project. She had great turnout and a lot of questions about #NMR applied to the medical field. Congratulations! 👏👏👏 #ISMRMIberian #ISMRM_Iberian23
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📣@IMarcoRius, coordinator of BLOC, is at the Barcelona Integrative Resonance Symposium! In her great talk she highlighted #OOC as models to reduce animal experimentation and also for personal drug testing, in combination with #hyperpolarization and #MRI. #NMR #BIRSymposium👏👏
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I. Marco, @mipmed @IBECBarcelona, presents an instrument that combines #MRI with #Hyperpolarization to amplify the signal in order to study cell metabolism. #BIRSymposium #hyperpolarized #NMR #metabolism
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🧲 Great participation of BLOC project at #EMIM2023! @MarcAzagra presented the equipment being developed at @blocprojectEU: an easy-to-use and low-cost microfluidic platform for NMR studies of biomedical tissue engineering, environmental control and chemical industry. #NMR #MRI
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The Barcelona Integrative Resonance Symposium is taking place in two weeks!
#ICTSNews | We are very pleased to announce the 'Barcelona Integrative Resonance Symposium' 🗓️March 20th-21st ✍️Register: bit.ly/3YmGwHJ Organized by #CCiTUB @UniBarcelona & @IBECBarcelona #BIRSymposium #NMR #MRI #EPRENDOR @CienciaGob 🇪🇺#NextGeneratioEU
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🧲Come and join the Barcelona Integrative Resonance Symposium! Speakers includes a 50%-50% balance between consolidated leaders and early career scientists. 🗓️March 20th-21st 👉Boosting the magnetic resonance community in Spain and Europe #BIRSymposium #NMR #MRI #NextGeneratioEU
#ICTSNews | We are very pleased to announce the 'Barcelona Integrative Resonance Symposium' 🗓️March 20th-21st ✍️Register: bit.ly/3YmGwHJ Organized by #CCiTUB @UniBarcelona & @IBECBarcelona #BIRSymposium #NMR #MRI #EPRENDOR @CienciaGob 🇪🇺#NextGeneratioEU
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Great news for @blocprojectEU too! 👏👏👏
Our preclinical MRI is finally at @IBECBarcelona. We can't wait to start getting hyperpolarisation-enhanced magnetic resonance images! @mipmed @bruker
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