The UAB leads the €7 million VIVALDI project, which will develop a set of breakthrough biotechnologies to transform real off-gases from key bioindustries sectors into novel feedstock for the chemical industry. The project aims to reduce CO2 emissions from bioindustries and at the same time produce organic compounds in a cheaper and more sustainable way.
PhD student in Medicine Clara Puig will represent the UAB at the final competition of the "Thesis in 4 Minutes", which will take place on 22 June from 5 to 7 p.m. The competition, organised by the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation, will be streamed live.
An international consortium led by the UAB will improve the productivity of vineyards by guarateeing the traceability of the wine throughout its value chain, with smart labels and a blockchain-based data registry. The project's kick-off meeting will take place from 9 to 11 June at the Faculty of Sciences.
In a study coordinated by ICN2 and IBB-UAB, polymeric nanoparticles were used to encapsulate dopamine and to be administered via intranasal to reach the brain of rats with Parkinson’s disease.
PLASTICHEAL project will develop new methodologies and will provide reliable scientific evidence for regulators to set the knowledge basis for adequate risk assessment. The results will draw a variety of experimental human models and measuring potential health effects under short and long-term conditions.
Researchers from the UAB Department of Modern and Early Modern History have spent four years on the research project “EpiCAT.Cartes familiars de Catalunya (segles XVI-XIX)”, 44 historical archives from all over Catalonia in which 2,438 letters were registered, transcribed and analysed. All letters were made available to the scientific community and general population on the open and recently presented web portal EpiCAT (epicat.uab.cat).
On 18 May, at 11:30 a.m., the UAB held the final of its "Thesis in 4 Minutes" competition. The jury awarded first prize to Clara Puig and second prize to Joaquim Viñes, and the audience voted online to choose a third winner, Eloi Guerrero.
An investigation led by the INc-UAB, carried out from the study of a drug that modifies the memory of fear, shows for the first time that the neural processes and behaviours related to the formation of memory can be opposite between male and female mice. The study, published in Nature Communications, emphasizes the need for more basic and clinical research that includes females.
The competition to find the best presentation of a PhD thesis under 5 minutes will take place on 18 May at 11:30 a.m. A total of twelve PhD students from the UAB will give an oral presentation of their research. The two top presentations will receive 1st and 2nd prize, and a third prize will be awarded to the one most liked by the public.