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15 UAB researcher-driven projects have received funding from the Indústria del Coneixement grant from the Departament de Recerca i Universitats of the Generalitat de Catalunya to improve their value and transfer.

Researchers from four health science departments of the UAB are part of two recently launched partnership projects, promoted by the European Union through the Horizon Europe Programme and the European Defence Fund. On the one hand, EUPAHW, which aims to promote research in animal health and welfare and collaboration with other agents of society from the perspectives of one health and one welfare. On the other hand, RESILIENCE, which will research and develop new medical solutions against potential chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats.

RAST, the new WHO mobile application designed to assist in laboratory biorisk assessment.

The Zoology Unit of the Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology will develop an on-campus detection and capture campaign of Asian hornet queens in collaboration with students from the bachelor's degree in Environmental Biology.

Good hand washing technique is important to prevent the spread of germs. Think about everything you touch from the moment you wake up, come to work and come home.

The registration period for the Postgraduate Course "Strategies in Biosafety and Biocontainment" (12th edition). This course, organized by the Faculties of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, has the collaboration of IBC-UAB, IRTA-CReSA and CRAG and is preferably aimed at technicians, lab managers, graduates and professionals in the biomedical, biotechnology, veterinary and agri-food sectors.

The 4th edition of the WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual has finally been published in late 2020, together with the seven supplemental monographs that cover the various technical and organizational topics of biosafety.