The 17th Ibero-American Biology Olympics which took place at the University of Havana, Cuba, ended on 13 September. Four students from different Spanish universities obtained exceptional results in the competitions and were awarded three silver medals and one bronze medal. Among the winners was Ona Navarro Roca, student of the UAB Faculty of Biosciences, who won a silver medal.
An article by UAB professor Joan-Ramon Daban analyzes in depth the physical problems associated with DNA packaging that have often been neglected in structural models of chromosomes. The study published in the journal Small Structures demonstrates that the multilaminar organization of DNA, proposed from previous experimental research carried out at the UAB, is fully compatible with the structural and functional properties of chromosomes. This organization can be explained by weak interactions between nucleosomes, which are the repetitive blocks that fold the DNA double helix.
The UAB campus services will offer a combination of remote and in-office attention with special opening hours during the month of August.
Pep Canadell, executive director of Global Carbon Project (GCP) and chief research scientist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), offered a conference on 27 June entitled "Is global warming accelerating and are we in time to stop it at 1.5, 2 or 3°C?", organised by the faculties of Biosciences and Science and CREAF.
Pep Canadell, executive director of the Global Carbon Project (GCP) and head of research at the Australian National Science Agency (CSIRO), will give a lecture entitled "Is global warming accelerating and are we in time to stop it at 1.5, 2 or 3°C?". The conference will take place on Thursday 27 June at 1 p.m., in the auditorium of the Faculties of Science and Biosciences. The conference has been organised by the UAB and CREAF, of which Canadell is, respectively, alumnus and scientific advisor, and is open to the general public.
The final competition of "Thesis in 4 Minutes", in which PhD students are encouraged to present their doctoral thesis in a maximum of four minutes, will take place on 7 May at 12 noon, at the UAB Doctoral School. The event will be streamed live on the UAB's YouTube channel.