Defenses de tesi

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Josep Santaló, professor of Cell Biology at the UAB and expert in bioethics and developmental biology, will give the conference "When do we start to be who we are?" at the Saint Albert's Day celebration event organised by the Faculty of Biosciences and the Faculty of Science on 5 November. It will take place at 11 a.m. in the faculty conference hall, and will also feature institutional interventions by the UAB's general secretary, Esther Zapater; the dean of the Faculty of Biosciences, Isidre Gibert; and the dean of the Faculty of Science, Juan Jesús Donaire.

Place: Faculty of Science and Biosciences (conference hall)

Date: Wednesday 5, November2025 - 11:00h

Description:

American researcher Craig Cameron Mello, awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 2006 for his discovery of RNA interference, will deliver the lecture “RNAi: A molecular spark in an information inferno.” Mello has been a researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Maryland since the year 2000.

The conference is part of the Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative, a programme organised by the Nobel Prize Outreach, in collaboration with the AstraZeneca Foundation, to bring Nobel prize winners closer to the scientific community and, especially, to young researchers.

Professor Mello will describe the research and challenges faced before and after receiving the award, which he was awarded together with fellow American pathologist Andrew Fire. He also will describe the history of the discovery of RNA interference, a fundamental mechanism in controlling the flow of genetic information.

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Place: Rectorat building (conference hall)

Date: Wednesday 5, November2025 - 12:00h

Organiser: Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative

Description:

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the social pact against corruption signed in the Parliament of Catalonia by civic entities and political parties, the Sala de graus of the Faculty of Law will host the presentation of the Citizen Observatory Against Corruption on 5 november at 1:00 p.m. Gemma Rubí, professor of contemporary history at the UAB and director of the Research Group on Political Studies, Identities, Institutions and Corruption (GREPIIC-UAB), will present the event. Joan Lluís Pérez Francesch, professor of constitutional law at the UAB, will then give a presentation entitled "The culture of integrity". The president of the Observatory, Itzíar González, will also give a speech.

Place: Faculty of Law (Sala de graus)

Date: Wednesday 5, November2025 - 13:00h

Description:

The UAB organises its PhD degrees and extraordinary awards ceremony, to be held on 7 November. In the ceremony, the PhD degrees will be awarded and the work of the winners will be presented. The ceremony programme and link to follow the event live on the UAB YouTube channel, can be found here. People who wish to attend in person must register using this form.

Place: Sala Arnau de Vilanova, Hotel Exe Campus (Vila Universitària)

Date: Friday 7, November2025 - 18:00h

Description:

The UAB School of Engineering is organising the new edition of the UAB THE HACK! hackathon on the weekend of 8 and 9 November. The hackathon will focus on artificial intelligence, data analysis and technological development under the theme "Pirates".

The event will take place over 32 hours of learning and fun, with total technological immersion. During the session, participants will face challenges imposed by companies in the sector, working in multidisciplinary teams and using next-generation tools.

It will feature the participation of prominent companies and institutions such as Caixa Enginyers, Quether, the UAB's Information and Communication Technologies Department, Deloitte and the Aina project, promoted by the Government of Catalonia and developed by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS).

Place: School of Engineering, UAB campus

Date: Saturday 8, November2025 - 10:00h

Description:

The Rubí University Outreach programme organises the conference “Salut mental i solitud en la gent gran”, as part of the AmicsUAB conference series. The event will include the participation of lecturer Guillermo Parra from the Department of Psychology and Speech Therapy at the UAB. This free session will reflect on the effects of solitude on the emotional health of older people and strategies to help increase their psychological wellbeing.

Place: Auditorium of the Mestre Martí Tauler Library, Rubí (Carrer Aribau 5)

Date: Tuesday 11, November2025 - 18:00h