To celebrate the 11 of February, the Day of Women and Girls in Science, this year the UAB will organise a joint event between the Observatory for Equality, the Faculty of Sciences, the Faculty of Biosciences and the School of Engineering. The event, which will present the tools to overcome androcentrism when teaching science and technology, will be held on the 17 of February, at 1 pm, in the Conference room of the Faculty of Sciences and the Faculty of Biosciences.
A paper recently published in the prestigious journal “Angewandte Chemie” proposes a novel approach to the synthesis of molecular structures that can allow material scientists to design and build a set of new materials, with the “Clip-Off Chemistry” technique.
The Clowns Without Borders (Pallassos Sense Fronteres) and Trauma, Crisis and Conflicts Unit of Barcelona (UTCCB) at the Psychology and Speech Therapy Services of the UAB Faculty of Psychology, have joined forces once again to improve the emotional and psychological situation of children suffering from post traumatic stress disorder in Lebanon and Colombia.
On 31 March 2022, the UAB will be hosting the TEDxUABBarcelona event, a day in which different members of the university community will be speaking on issues related to “Innovative Minds”. The objective is to share the knowledge generated at the UAB considered to be transgressive and inspiring for the global community. All those interested in participating can sign up by filling out this form.
The UAB’s crowdfunding platform recently launched a campaign entitled “1 estudiant, 1 euro”, addressed to undergraduate students interested in donating to a research project conducted by the Gene Therapy for the Central Nervous System research group. Donations will go towards finding a treatment for a rare disease affecting only 45 children in the world. One of these children is Abril, who lives in Spain and is 5 years old.
An IBB project led by Salvador Ventura has been one of six selected by the Multiple System Atrophy Coalition in its research grant programme. The grant will allow researchers to advance in the study of molecules they have identified as being potential candidates for a treatment of multiple system atrophy. This neurodegenerative disease affects more than 30,000 people in Europe.
A study by the ICTA-UAB analyses different proposals for the implementation of telework based on mobility and air quality data obtained in Barcelona during the lockdown.
