An international study with UAB participation has put forward a new hypothesis regarding the origin of huge flooding on Mars, which implies it could have been caused by vast quantities of sediment and ice that were deposited 450 million years before the floods occurred.
The official opening of the 2015–2016 academic year at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona will take place at noon on 29 September, in the auditorium (Sala d'Actes) of the Rectorat building. María Josefa Yzuel, emeritus professor in the Department of Physics, will give the opening lecture entitled "The science of light and light-based technologies".
UAB researchers have identified for the first time a triple mechanism that stops mitosis when the integrity of the chromosomes is threatened. Their study has been published in Plos Genetics.
Interview with Mariona Bonàs, the student who has obtained the highest access mark in the UAB in the Sciences. With a mark of 13,720, she will be taking Physics + Mathematics, two disciplines that appeal strongly to her.
The study of 175 high-risk families has established a causal link between the gene FAN1 and the aggregation of hereditary colorectal cancer. This study has been published in the journal Gastroenterology.
All through the week of 14 to 19 September the International Welcome Days are taking place, a week of activities to welcome the Autònoma's international students. The aim is for these students to get to know the UAB campus, services and associations, and meet up with other international and local students.
The UAB maintains its position among the best 200 universities in the world, according to the just-published QS World Rankings. This university is ranked 190th, despite the changes that QS has made to its methodology.
You can now find the full list of official master's degrees, UAB master's degrees and graduate diplomas for the 2015/2016 academic year, which commences in September 2015. Registration period still open for some programmes!