Six UAB research projects will receive a total of €576,056 of the 1.6M Euros the RecerCaixa programme awards to promote scientific research of excellence in Catalonia in the fields of social sciences and health.
Mercedes Unzeta, emeritus professor of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the UAB, was awarded a prize in the institutional event commemorating International Women's Day on 8 March at the UAB.
A series of activities will be held on campus during this month in commemoration of International Women's Day. This year's institutional ceremony was held in honour of the career path of chemist Mercedes Unzeta.
Juan Luis Arsuaga, co-director of the excavations at Atapuerca, will give a conference to inaugurate this year's second semester at the Faculty of Biosciences on Thursday 23 February. The conference forms part of the events celebrating ten years since the faculty first opened.
The Director for International Cooperation of the Directorate General for Research and Innovation at the European Commission presented the EC objectives in this field on Tuesday 14 February at 9 a.m. at the auditorium (Sala d'Actes) of the Rectorat building.
A European study involving the ICTA-UAB will address and propose solutions to the effects of the increase of waste generated by tourism on islands during the summer season.
Interview with Italian physicist Guido Tonelli, one of the persons responsible for the discovery of the Higgs boson, on his visit to the UAB to give a conference at the Faculty of Sciences.