UAB researchers have identified modifications in a sodium transporter gene with key consequences for plants needing to adapt to fluctuating soil salinity. The research, published in PNAS, can help to improve crop adaptation to rising salinity levels associated with climate change and human pressure. Read more
With the aim of meeting the needs of society in terms of education and employability, the UAB has created a new strategic research community (CORE) whose main objective is to make the research into these fields more visible and facilitate knowledge transfer from researchers to their surroundings. Read more
The B-30 area will be one of the three European areas chosen as a case study for the European project SeeRRI - Building Self-Sustaining Research and Innovation Ecosystems in Europe through RRI, with the participation of the UAB. Read more
Researchers at the UAB have implemented an innovative and universal strategy, prepared for a simultaneous diagnosis of genetic mutations and chromosomal alterations within embryos obtained by in vitro fertilisation (IVF). It allows analysing up to 4,800 genes responsible for the most common hereditary diseases and speeds up the study process and the availability of the results of the family’s single gene disorders. Read more
Researcher at the ICTA and the Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Gara Villalba has been awarded a European consolidation grant to develop the project “Integrated System Analysis of Urban Vegetation and Agriculture” (URBAG). The grant will launch the research lab “Integrated Metabolic and Atmospheric Research for Urban Sustainability”. Read more
The UAB Chamber Choir, directed by Poire Vallvé, will be performing on 18 and 21 December in the first representation of the 3rd act of the opera Garraf at the Palau Güell. Under the musical coordination and direction of lecturer Francesc Cortès, the performance will mark the end of the Güell Year 2018. The performance of the Garraf opera was only interpreted once, in 1917, at the Palau de la Música. Read more
The book “Indagación, ABP y controversias. Apuntes para la Competencia Científica”, by Faculty of Education Studies lecturer Jordi Domènech was awarded the Marta Mata Prize in Education, conferred onto him by the Rosa Sensat Teachers' Association.
The training programme, offered to 25 young unemployed people, aimed to foster a sustainable economy by acquiring digital skills. Six months after completing the course, 19 of the 25 have found a job.
The international software company Petroleum Experts donates software licences to the Department of Geology for a total value of 1.3M pounds.
Interview
Interview with Maxwell from Nigeria and Ahid from Syria, both refugee students living at the UAB Vila Universitària. They were in charge of delivering this year's inaugural speech at the Festa Major. Read more
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