The EPSN, led by Fundación Épica-La Fura dels Baus, will organise several events for the next European Researchers’ Night, to be held on 24 September, in Badalona. The project will show how researchers contribute to society in a multidisciplinary and attractive format for a wide range of audiences.
In a study coordinated by ICN2 and IBB-UAB, polymeric nanoparticles were used to encapsulate dopamine and to be administered via intranasal to reach the brain of rats with Parkinson’s disease.
The UAB's School of Culture of Peace (ECP) launches a new edition of its anual publication on peace processes and negotiations, which this year covers the effects of COVID-19 in this area. It can be downloaded at the ECP website.
Researchers from the UAB Department of Modern and Early Modern History have spent four years on the research project “EpiCAT.Cartes familiars de Catalunya (segles XVI-XIX)”, 44 historical archives from all over Catalonia in which 2,438 letters were registered, transcribed and analysed. All letters were made available to the scientific community and general population on the open and recently presented web portal EpiCAT (epicat.uab.cat).
PLASTICHEAL project will develop new methodologies and will provide reliable scientific evidence for regulators to set the knowledge basis for adequate risk assessment. The results will draw a variety of experimental human models and measuring potential health effects under short and long-term conditions.
After two years of compiling data on peri-urban conditions, the UABee Project confirms that the Asian predatory wasp represents a large menace to the survival of bees, but also demonstrates the possibility of preventing this decline by adequately managing beehives.
The fourth edition of the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, which classifies the top universities in 54 different academic subjects, ranks the UAB among the top 100 universities worldwide in 7 academic subjects: Veterinary Sciences, Geography, Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology, Ecology, Economics and Oceanography.
Pilar Benejam, retired professor of the Department of Language and Literature Education and Social Science Education, was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of hte Balearic Islands.
On 26 and 27 May, the ECIU University organises an online event to talk about real challenges and real solutions. The sessions are open to members of all participating universities. Registration required.
ICREA research Professor at ICTA-UAB Victoria Reyes-García has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in recognition of her distinguished and continued achievements in original research.
The UAB rises 10 points and reaches position 186 in the latest edition of the CWUR World University Rankings, which takes into account the prestige of its graduates and lecturers, as well as the scientific impact of the university.
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