Inspired by a type of natural assembly seen in amyloid fibres, researchers from the IBB-UAB fabricate 4 molecules of only 7 amino acids with the ability to self-assemble and rapidly and inexpensively form nanomaterials for biomedical and nanotechnological purposes. Read more
Nanoligent, launched by researchers at the UAB Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine and the Research Institute of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, aspires to create the first drug designed to eliminate metastatic stem cells. Read more
A research team led by the UB and with the participation of the UAB designs the first potentially therapeutic photoactive drug to fight Parkinson's disease. The drug is effective in animal models with the disease. The research was published recently in the Journal of Controlled Release. Read more
According to an ICTA-UAB research, cities not including social equity criteria into their political strategies to make urban environments greener and more ecological will not achieve long-term sustainability and risk creating green enclaves only for the social elite. Read more
Industrial districts are key to how migrant enclaves are integrated into a new destination. A study from the UAB and the UJI has studied their influence based on the case of Romanian inhabitants of Castelló de la Plana, creating a successful model of social and economic integration. Read more
The UAB participated alongside five other Catalan universities: URV, UOC, UdL, UPC and UPF. Over 100 researchers will be working in the centre, coordinated by the Rovira i Virgili University. Read more
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Since January 2017, the Research Group in Sport Psychology (Grup d’Estudis en Psicologia de l’Esport, GEPE) of the UAB, participates in the project ‘Be a Winner in elite sports and Employment before and after athletic Retirement’. Read more
