The inter-university research centre CYBERCAT is born
The UAB participated alongside five other Catalan universities: URV, UOC, UdL, UPC and UPF. Over 100 researchers will be working in the centre, coordinated by the Rovira i Virgili University.
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The UAB ranks among the top 100 most innovative universities in Europe
The UAB ranks third in Spain according to Reuters' World's Most Innovative Universities. It is located in 93rd position in the Reuters News ranking, which assesses patents and the commercial impact of university research.
David Kaiser, physicist and science historian at MIT, to talk about Richard Feynman at the UAB
As part of the Feynman Year 2018, Kaiser will give a conference in "Following His Own Path: The Life and Science of Physicist Richard Feynman", on Wednesday 9 May at 12 noon at the conference hall of the Faculty of Sciences.
"The emotion of discovery is a profound and incomparable feeling"
Margarita Salas began a project at the CSIC Biological Research Centre on bacteriophages as a study model of molecular biology of morphogenesis, replication and transcription, after having worked in the United States with Severo Ochoa.
The UAB to award honorary doctorates to Caddy Adzuba, Marie-Paule Kieny, Jaume Plensa, Joaquim Mª Puyal and Lisa Randall
As partof its 50ty annivesary celebrations, the UAB has decided to award five honorary doctorates to experts from different fields of knowledge: Caddy Adzuba, Marie-Paule Kieny, Jaume Plensa, Joaquim Mª Puyal and Lisa Randall.
The UAB opens a call for 44 emeritus and honorary titles
Candidates have until 18 May to submit their applications to the call for emeritus and honorary titles for teaching staff in the 2018/19 academic year. Departments and institutes can present applications for professors who have already retired and fulfil all requirements stated in the call details.
The Faculty of Sciences to dedicate a day full of activities on International Day of Light
Throughout the day there will be poetry recitals by David Jou and a conference by ICFO researcher Jens Biegert. From 7 to 18 May the faculty is also hosting an exhibition on posters.
UAB students and secondary school centres work together to find new antibiotics
UAB students of the bachelor's degree in Microbiology are working alongside fifteen secondary school centres on experiments which illustrate the importance of finding new antibiotics and the bacteria needed to produce them.
First Solidarity Week on Mental Health
Mental disorders, depression, anxiety and suicide are some of the issues which will be discussed by experts in the First Solidarity Week, organised by the Faculties of Science and Biosciences and taking place from 23 to 27 April. The main objective is to provide information on subjects of interest from a scientific and social point of view and get the university community involved.