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Professor Ephrem Engidawork is a neuropharmacologist at the Addis Ababa University (AAU). His research aims to investigate the effects of khat (Catha edulis) on the brain, its potential role in the development of mental disorders, and its potential as a pharmacological agent for treating neurological diseases.

From 14 to 16 October, the Hotel Eden Roc in Sant Feliu de Guíxols hosted the 13th edition of the INc-UAB Research Days, a highly successful event that brought together researchers in a unique setting to share knowledge, present scientific findings and exchange ideas and experiences.

The team will receive €1,000,000 to pursue new gene therapies for childhood brain disorders. The highly competitive call selected 32 projects from among 800 proposals.

The first edition of the Innovations in Hearing Implants (IHI 2026) conference brought together 121 participants from academia, clinical practice, research institutes, and industry from around the world.

The Innovations in Hearing Implant Research Conference (IHI 2026) will bring together hearing specialists from 30 September to 3 October to discuss the latest advances in hearing implants, from basic research to clinical applications.

The new CENIT-UAB will be a 17,809 m² scientific infrastructure bringing together research in neuroscience, psychology, cognition and neurotechnology at the Bellaterra campus.

Research led by the Institut and the Institut de Recerca Sant Pau (IR Sant Pau) shows in an animal model that two compounds capable of activating antioxidant defence mechanisms can reduce pain hypersensitivity and depressive-like behaviours associated with fibromyalgia. Read the article

The INc-UAB renews its visual identity to align it with the UAB’s current corporate image.

On September 8th, the Master's students in Neurosciences (2025–2026) will present their Master's theses. Check the schedule.

A large share of scientific research is funded with public money, yet only a small proportion is ever communicated to society. A new study by the communications department of the Institute and the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC) shows that research centres and universities need to actively promote their findings if they want them to reach the news media.