The UAB ranks second in Spain in terms of number of patent applications according to a new study by the European Patents Office (EPO) on academic inventions registered from 2000 to 2020. The report highlights the inventive role of European universities and reveals that Catalonia's universities lead the ranking in pattent applications submitted in Spain. During the years analysed by the EPO, the UAB registered a total of 328 patents.
From 14 to 18 October the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) will open up to the surrounding community and share its innovation ecosystem, to bring society closer to the technologies created and knowledge generated on campus. The second edition of Innovation Week will include different activities, such as an innovation fair, conferences on artificial intelligence and cultural events, awards to entrepreneurial projects, debates on the social impact of research and companies, and visits to research centres.
An effective communication is fundamental for the success of research and innovation projects, especially in the context of the European Union. The life of Ignaz Semmelweis reminds us that revolutionary ideas can be ignored if they are not appropriately shared. In this article, we will introduce six keys to communicating your research with an impact and ensure that your findings make it to whom it really matters.
The UAB and the UAB Parc de Recerca participated on 19 September in the signing of the new Innovation Alliance in Sant Cugat del Vallès. This agreement between the city council and some thirty companies and academic, technological and research institutions aims to consolidate the Vallès city as a leader in innovation and entrepreneurship, both locally and internationally.
How can we fund a research, development, and innovation public-private project? In this piece, Lina Solarte, a funding technician at the UAB Research Park, shows us four different ways of funding research to create new opportunities that promote the creation of strategic consortiums between UAB and businesses.
Mainly targeted at members of the UAB community with an entrepreneurial project, it is open to all of those who have taken part in a past edition of Visionaris or another entrepreneurship programme.
On Friday, 8th, the final of the «Valida la Teva Recerca» programme took place. It is an initiative created by the UAB Research Park focusing on validating the research of research personnel to make it marketable.
The US company ANEW Medical, a UAB spin-off with two gene therapy licences to stop the advancement of neurodegenerative diseases developed and patented by UAB researchers, will begin to trade on Nasdaq.
The Spain Scientific and Technological Parks Association (Asociación de Parques Científicos y Tecnológicos de España; APTE) has presented in their second annual General Assembly the statistics of activity from the businesses and entities among the 51 scientific and technological park members, showing a growth in all its indicators from the previous year.