The competition to find the best presentation of a PhD thesis under 5 minutes will take place on 18 May at 11:30 a.m. A total of twelve PhD students from the UAB will give an oral presentation of their research. The two top presentations will receive 1st and 2nd prize, and a third prize will be awarded to the one most liked by the public.
A team from IEEC and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has developed the algorithm to steer the signals sent from ground to the EGNOS satellites and broadcast back to EGNOS users.
The round table “Co-designing an inclusive Europe - Migrations and migrants in the EU” will bring together 10 European projects and representatives of 135 institutions from 34 countries inside and outside the European Union.
Researchers from the IBB and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology recently published an article in Trends in Biochemical Sciences proposing a new research line for the study of Parkinson’s disease, based on the identification of human endogenous peptides that selectively block the toxic aggregates causing the disease, and which could lead to the development of innovative treatment alternatives to prevent cognitive decline.
The UAB will be celebrating International Women's Day, 8 March, with a series of activities. The institutional event will be held on Thursday 10 March, and recognition will be given to Faculty of Law lecturer Encarna Bodelón, specialist in women's rights and director of the research group Antígona.
A research led by researchers at the Department of Physics of the UAB has managed to emulate learning neuromorphic abilities using thin layers of cobalt oxide. The experiment, performed at the ALBA Synchrotron, is a new step towards brain-inspired computers.
RIDaGoP, a project by Victoria Reyes-García to enhance the governance of indigenous knowledge systems, and ResisCHIP by Albert Quintana, focusing on the rapid diagnosis of pathogens and resistances, are two projects awarded a Proof of Concept grant from the European Research Council.
The Wassu UAB Foundation recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for an awareness-raising programme among Gambia's female leaders against the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM). The strategy of the Wassu UAB Foundation's of raising awareness and providing training, in both home and host countries, has helped the index of FGM in Gambia to fall by 13% in girls aged 4 or younger between the years 2010 and 2020, according to data from DHS and UNICEF.
Nanoligent, a spin-off from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Research Institute of the Hospital de Sant Pau, specialized in the development of nanotechnology-based cancer treatments, announces the completion of the first closing of a Seed financing round of €1M.