Júlia Lorenzo, researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (IBB) and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Raül Andero, ICREA researcher at the Institut de Neurociències (INc), are involved in two projects funded by this year's CaixaResearch call for health research projects. One will be studying nanotechnology to stop the advancement of Parkinson's disease while the other will focus on how gut microbiota can control food intake in cases of obesity.
Members of the Catalan Parliament and the Spanish Congress of Deputies visited some of the TECNIO Association's centres located on the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona's campus after having worked closely together on Catalonia's new law on science.
The SO-CLOSE project research team organises an online micro-conference and a round table which will be held respectively on 26 and 29 September, as well as a digital poster, to disseminate the objectives of this project and the tools being developed to stop stereotypes and bring about a social reflection of the social cohesion and integration of refugees.
Urban areas with more "walkable" and greener environments favour the practice of physical activity among citizens. This is the result of a study conducted by researchers from ICTA-UAB and the Department of Geography of the UAB that provides public decision-makers with valuable indications on how to design healthy urban environments in the future.
Researchers at ICFO and UAB, in Barcelona, use the coldest systems in the universe to realize in the laboratory gauge theories, key models of modern physics that describe the fundamental forces of Nature and the behavior of complex quantum materials.
The European project NFFA Europe provides researchers and companies across Europe with a wide range of tools for research at the nanoscale. Applications for access can be sent in until 1 September.
During the past few months, the Parc de Recerca and Doctoral School have paired up to offer the Validate your research entrepreneurial programme which aims to foster knowledge transfer among PhD students. Now the programme has come to an end, and on 15 July participants presented the projects they have been working on and which represent examples of how research can be carried on into the market and viable business models created from research projects.
The BrighFocus Foundation will provide $300,000 in funding to a project studying changes in the expression of genes found in a type of neuron vulnerable to Allzheimer's disease. The research, led by INc-UAB researchers Carles Saura and Arnaldo Parra, will also be analysing how these changes can cause alterations in neuronal circuits involved in the menory process.
Ana Sánchez, enrolled in the PhD programme in Biotechnology, represented the UAB and became the winner of the "4 Minute Thesis" competition, which was held on 22 June in Barcelona. A total of 125 PhD candidates from all across Catalonia participated in the event, which was organised by the Catalan Research and Innovation Foundation.
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