A study led by ICTA-UAB researcher Víctor Sarto describes a striking example of evolutionary convergence in the order of Lepidoptera. A diurnal moth species has adopts sexual communication rules that are specific to butterflies.
On 30 April and 7 May this year's Family Day will take place, in which future university students and their families can visit the campus, the different faculties and the Vila Universitària.
Ferran Sancho, Rector of the UAB, and Miguel Pajares, President of the Catalan Committee to Help Refugees, signed a collaboration agreement to carry out joint actions such as help refugees continue with their university studies.
One of the UAB's archaeology campuses will be located in the town of Guissona. On Monday 25 April the UAB and the City Council of Guissona will sign the agreement to create the archaeology campus, which will be located at the Roman site of Iesso.
The post-PhD researchers, from 14 different countries, will join UAB-CIE Sphere centres in the following months. The P-SPHERE Programme for recruiting experienced researchers will open a new call in autumn.
From 18 to 22 April, the UAB organises a new edition of the Erasmus Staff Week, where administrative members of different European universities spend a week at the UAB.
The telescopes, with participation of the UAB, IFAE and IEEC, will form part of the future Cherenkov Telescope Array in the Northern Hemisphere (CTA-North) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory.
UAB researchers have developed a paper-based biosensor covered in bacteria which detects water toxicity. This is an innovative, simple and inexpensive biological tool which can detect several contaminants and can be easy to use in economically restricted areas or developing countries.
SAVING –E project, leaded by researhers in the Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering at the UAB, has officially launched its brand new website.