The Spanish Ministry for Universities has conferred onto the UAB a total of 17.5 million euros to be destined for Margarita Salas grants, aimed at training young PhD graduates and the requalification of civil servants, and for the María Zambrano grants for the attraction of international talent. Deadline for applications is 30 September.
Researchers from the UAB Department of Mathematics worked in collaboration with the Hospital de Mataró in developing an artificial intelligence-based model for predicting the risk of death of intensive care unit patients according to their characteristics. The model will improve the quality of care in these types of units.
An international collaboration has identified several genetic markers associated with the SARS-CoV-2 infection and the severity of the disease. The research, published in Nature, included the involvement of the IBB.
As in previous years, the bachelor's degree in Physics and Mathematics at the UAB is the degree with the highest entrance mark in all of the Catalan university system (13.566 over 14) out of all the degrees offered in 2021/22.
Researchers at the UAB describe the mechanism through which a non-toxic derivative of the tetanus neurotoxin (Hc-TeTx) may serve to treat depression and neurodegenerative diseases, as has already been demonstrated in animal models.
According to the IUNE Observatory’s 2021 Report total public spending on university R&D&I gradually increased by 6% between 2016 and 2019, increasing from 8,989 to 9,554 million Euros, although it has still not reached 2008 pre-recession levels, when 10,628 million Euros were invested.
Due to a large increase in cases and rapid transmission of the delta variant of Covid-19, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona's governing team deems it necessary to suspend all graduation ceremonies which were to be held on campus.
Judith Panadès, professor of the Department of Economics and Economic History, was recently elected dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies.
Kim Jung-sook, First Lady of South Korea, visited the UAB to meet with students from the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting, which is also the headquarters of the King Sejong Institute in Barcelona.
Pilar Benejam, retired professor of the Department of Language and Literature Education and Social Science Education, was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of hte Balearic Islands.
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