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The registration period for the Postgraduate Course "Strategies in Biosafety and Biocontainment" (14th edition). This course, organized by the Faculties of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, has the collaboration of IBC-UAB, IRTA-CReSA, CRAG and Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and is preferably aimed at technicians, lab managers, graduates and professionals in the biomedical, biotechnology, veterinary and agri-food sectors.

An international study led by the Institut de Neurociències at the UAB (INc-UAB) has shown that increasing levels of the Klotho protein in mice extends lifespan and improves both physical and cognitive health when aging.

A study led by the UAB and the IBEC has uncovered how co-infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Mycobacterium abscessus, two common lung pathogens, can suppress immune responses and worsen outcomes in patients with respiratory diseases. The findings, published today in the journal Virulence, provide new insight into why polymicrobial infections are particularly difficult to treat and open the door to new therapeutic strategies.

The Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology has initiated a new campaign to detect and capture Asian wasp queens on campus. The campaign will last until the end of May.

UAB researcher Jordina Belmonte, head of the Aerobiological Network of Catalonia (XAC) of ICTA-UAB and BABVE, together with Gaspar Dalmau, physician specialising in allergology and president of the Catalan Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (SCAIC), presented the forecast of allergenic pollen levels for this spring and the effects they will have on allergy sufferers.

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UAB researchers Maria Lluch and Clàudia Faúndez will receive funding from the scientific foundation Associació Espanyola Contra el Càncer (AECC) to develop two projects on glioblastoma and endometrial cancer treatments.

The vaccination campaign organised by the UAB Healthcare Service will offer the Tetanus Diphtheria Vaccine to university community member aged over 40.

The Alzheimer’s Association will fund UAB projects studying the molecular alterations of inhibitory neurons which take place in patients with Alzheimer's.

Researchers from the IBB-UAB have developed a new class of nanostructures capable of trapping and neutralising large quantities of the SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, both in liquid solutions and on the surface of materials. These novel nanoparticles could be used to manufacture antiviral materials such as wastewater and air filters, and could be exploited to develop new tests for the early detection of COVID-19. Moreover, the nanoparticles could be redesigned to target other pathogens.