Activities
Wednesday, July 2 2025
Dia · Setmana
17:00
Second meeting of the UAB-UB healthcare institutions
Description:
The two leading institutions in healthcare studies in Catalonia, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Universitat de Barcelona, are organising the 2nd Meeting of UAB-UB healthcare institutions, which will be held at UAB Casa Convalescència in Barcelona on 2 July. It will begin at 5:00 p.m. with welcoming remarks by the rectors of the UAB, Javier Lafuente, and the UB, Joan Guàrdia.
This will be followed by a conference, entitled “Artificial Intelligence in a white coat: ally or substitute”. The conference will be given by Aura Hernández, deputy director of Gender and Secondary School Relations at the UAB School of Engineering, and Jorge Bernal, lecturer at the UAB Department of Computer Science and researcher at the Computer Vision Centre. The moderator will be Ricardo Casaroli, assistant for coordination with the network of health institutions of the UB.
This will be followed by a round table discussion entitled "Mental health in the population: The role of medical schools", with the participation of Narcís Cardoner, director of the Psychiatry Service of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau; Mireia Forner, coordinator of Health Psychology at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau; Antoni Trilla, dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the UB; and Josep Maria Haro, director of Teaching, Research and Innovation, Sant Joan de Déu Health Park. The moderator will be Salvador Navarro, dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the UAB.
Place: Casa Convalescència, Barcelona (Carrer Sant Antoni Maria Claret 171)
Date: Wednesday 2, July2025 - 17:00h
Thursday, July 3, 2025
09:00
First meeting on RNA and ribonucleases
Description:
On 3 and 4 July the 1st International Meeting on RNA & Ribonucleases will take place in the Sala de graus of the Faculty of Biosciences. A total of 47 researchers from 14 different countries will be participating. The congress is organised by Ester Boix, Jiarui Li, Guillem Prats-Ejarque and Mohammed Moussaoui, all lecturers in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and forms part of the events organised by the new regional network entitled Catalonia RNA & RNase Salon. The network is composed of members of the UAB, the University of Girona and the ALBA Synchrotron. The network's mission is to promote exchange and debate within the biology sector of RNA and ribonucleases. The meeting is sponsored by the RNA Society, Lexogen, the Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and The Company of Biologists.
Place: Faculty of Science and Biosciences (Sala de graus)
Date: Thursday 3, July2025 - 09:00h
11:00
How to study contemporary democratic erosion
Description:
As part of the activities of the ARENAS project (Analysis of and Response to Extremist Narratives), the seminar “How to study contemporary democratic erosion?” will be given by Nicolás Emanuel Olivares (CONICET-FC-UdG) on 3 July. The seminar will start at 11:00 a.m. online through the following link. This talk is organised by ARENAS and the Centre of Dictatorships and Democracies Studies (CEDID-UAB).
Place: Online event
Date: Thursday 3, July2025 - 11:00h
Friday, July 4, 2025
09:00
First meeting on RNA and ribonucleases
Description:
On 3 and 4 July the 1st International Meeting on RNA & Ribonucleases will take place in the Sala de graus of the Faculty of Biosciences. A total of 47 researchers from 14 different countries will be participating. The congress is organised by Ester Boix, Jiarui Li, Guillem Prats-Ejarque and Mohammed Moussaoui, all lecturers in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and forms part of the events organised by the new regional network entitled Catalonia RNA & RNase Salon. The network is composed of members of the UAB, the University of Girona and the ALBA Synchrotron. The network's mission is to promote exchange and debate within the biology sector of RNA and ribonucleases. The meeting is sponsored by the RNA Society, Lexogen, the Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and The Company of Biologists.
Place: Faculty of Science and Biosciences (Sala de graus)
Date: Friday 4, July2025 - 09:00h
12:00
Investiture ceremony of Koen Lenaerts as honorary doctor of the UAB
Description:
Belgian jurist Koen Lenaerts, president of the Court of Justice of the European Union and professor at the Catholic University of Leuven, will be awarded an honorary doctorate by the UAB, at the proposal of the Faculty of Law. The ceremony will take place on 4 July 4 at 12:00 noon, in the conference hall of the Rectorat building. His sponsor will be Gregori Garzón, professor of public international law and holder of the Jean Monnet Chair ad personam of EU Law. The ceremony will be streamed live on the UAB YouTube channel.
Place: Rectorat building (conference hall)
Date: Friday 4, July2025 - 12:00h
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
18:30
Presentation of the J-Lab platform: "The success of Japanese pop culture in our country"
Description:
The J-Lab digital platform, launched by the UAB's GREGAL research group in collaboration with Casa Àsia, was born with the goal of offering a dynamic and rigorous space dedicated to information, knowledge and analyses of the relations between Japan and Spain. It focuses particularly on areas such as public diplomacy, language and culture, society and economics, and science and technology.
The presentation of the platform will include the presence of Professor Pau Pitarch from the Waseda University in Tokyo, who will analyse the growing social interest in Japanese literature in Spain, within the context of global success of Japanese cultural and creative industries, ranging from manga and anime to music (J-pop), cinema and video games (geemu).
Place: Palau Macaya, Barcelona (Passeig de Sant Joan 108)
Date: Tuesday 8, July2025 - 18:30h