This academic year, the UAB will be offering fifteen minors, itineraries which allow students to acquire knowledge in an area different from their bachelor's degree by taking subjects from another degree.
The social-educational programme Campus Ítaca will begin its 13th edition on 27 June. This year, the UAB will welcome more participants from a greater number of centres, with a total of 388 girls and boys.
The Solidarity Fund campaign is launched to encourage UAB students to tick the Autonomous Solidarity Foundation box in their UAB registration form and make a €15 donation. The Solidarity Fund sponsors several cooperation and education projects promoted by members of the university community.
Researchers from the UAB and the IBEC have revealed a way to effectively deliver a mycobacterium (M. brumae) needed for the treatment of bladder cancer in humans. The method, based on an emulsion using olive oil and tested on mice, was recently published in the journal Scientific Reports.
On 20 June the Faculty of Law played host to the welcoming session for students participating in this year's International Summer Term programme at the UAB.
Researchers from the UAB and the ICN2 have developed a nanoencapsulation system which increases the efficacy of bacteriophages, viruses used to eliminate bacterial infections. The system was tested successfully in animals with Salmonella and could soon be used in humans.
ICTA-UAB researchers led by Dr Martí Boada have written three chapters on urban biodiversity, and will participate in the presentation of this year’s annual report by the Worldwatch Institute (WWI) on 13 June in Madrid.
The auditorium of the Rectorat building was filled to full capacity in the investiture of Margarita Arboix as the new rector of the UAB. Among other issues, Dr Arboix, in her first speech as rector, asked for an end to the economic cutbacks and demanded that undergraduate and postgraduate credits have the same price. According to her, "there must be dialogue and participation" among all members of the university community.
A collaboration between the INc-UAB and Harvard University pioneers the increase of memory using optogenetics in mice in Spain. The study has been done on a group of neurons, Tac2, playing a key role in the memory of fear. Treated mice increased their long-term memory.