The 3rd edition of the Awards for the best Final Degree Projects of the UAB with a gender perspective will be delivered next Tuesday, November 27. Of the 93 Final Degree Projects of the different faculties presented, 27 will be awarded, divided among four areas of knowledge.
On 26 November, the event to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women was celebrated at 1 pm at the Plaça Cívica.
From 5 November to 21 December the UAB Healthcare Service will hold its annual influenza vaccine campaign addressed to all members of the university community (staff and students), especially those at a high risk of developing flu-related complications.
The UAB opens its selection process for tenure-eligible lecturer and researcher positions under a new call for the Serra Húnter Programme which will be open until 7 December.
Addictions will be the main topic discussed at the fifth seminar by the UAB CORE in Mental Health. Organised in collaboration with the Dexeus University Hospital, the seminar will take place there on 15 November. Among other topics, experts will be discussing what are known as behavioural addictions, such as addictions to digital technologies or sex.
Professor Robert Huber offered a conference entitled "The Century of Vision: Protein Structures for Drug Research” on 13 November at the auditorium of the Faculty of Biosciences, in commemoration of its 50th anniversary.
Sculptor Jaume Plensa was awarded an honorary doctorate on 6 November at the UAB after having dedicated his career to "introducing beauty into people's everyday life", according to his acceptance speech.
The FMUAB (Festa Major de la UAB) will once again be held on Thursday 8 November. The campus will be filled with stands, musical performances and cultural, supportive and sports activitieses. This year will be dedicated to refugees, under this year's university motto #UABrefugi: l'Autònoma acull.
Researchers from the IBB-UAB and the IBMB-CSIC and have discovered the mechanism by which the bacterium Mycoplasma genitalium (Mgen) adheres to human cells. Mgen is a sexually transmitted bacterium responsible for several genitourinary disorders. The discovery opens the door to defining new therapeutic strategies to fight this pathogen which is becoming more and more resistant to antibiotics.