The device contains living cells and mimics the structure and physiological conditions of the blood–retinal barrier; it also enables testing molecules in vitro and studying diseases such as diabetic retinopathy.
The UAB leads the Neosetac project, which aims to develop a new selenium-based nano drug therapy to be used as a breast cancer treatment. The five European institutions and companies participating recently met at the UAB to begin working on this new project.
A new service, OPINA UAB, allows all those interested to transmit to the university administration their opinions, suggestions, complaints or compliments on any of the university activities and services offered by the UAB.
Researchers at the UAB, in collaboration with Purdue University (USA), have shown that heat flow behaves similarly to a viscous fluid when studied at nanoscale.
Frank De Winne, head of the ESA European Astronaut Centre and former commander of the International Space Station, spoke about the perspectives of current and future ESA missions, including explorations of the moon and Mars.
The first Recopharma work session took place on 17 and 18 January at the Faculty of Science, with the participation of representatives of all eight member institutions. This is the first time Cuba participates with the UAB in an H2020 programme.
The UAB's online journal UABDivulga recently received the National Research Prize 2017 from the Government of Catalonia and the Catalan Research and Innovation Foundation (FCRi) in the category of Scientific Communication.
As in previous years, the UAB centres will be closed during the period 23 December 2017 to7 January 2018. Some services, however, will still be operating.
Ana Ripoll, professor in computer architecture and former rector of the UAB, was awarded the 12×12 Dona TIC 2017 Prize in the category of "academic-researcher".