The First IBUB Early Career Research Day will be held on June 14th ,2024 at the Faculty of Biology (UB). The junior members of IBUB including postdoctoral fellows, PhD candidates, Masters and undergraduate students are kindly invited to participate in the event. The program will be available soon. Sign up until May 7th, 2024. Scan the QR code or click
In commemoration of 8M, International Women’s Day, from the IBUB Equality Commission we adhere one more year to the initiatives of the Equality Unit of the University, with the impulse of the Vice-rectorships of Equality, Inclusion and Gender and Culture, Memory and Heritage, a tribute to all the women who make it possible: teachers, students,
Researchers at IBUB and the University of Barcelona (UB) are developing a promising project that aims to provide new therapeutic options for treating glioblastoma multiforme, a lethal brain tumour for which, to date, there is no cure and no effective treatment either. Currently, glioblastoma multiforme is treated with surgical resection followed by chemoradiotherapy, mainly using
In commemoration of the Rare Diseases Day, the UB-Pfizer Chair in Rare Diseases organizes on February 28th the Conference on Rare Diseases Research in which different groups will present their progress in their field of research. Do you want to know the members and activities of the Chair in Rare Diseases? Visit the website!
Parkinson’s disease is one of the most common diseases affecting the motor and the nervous system. It has no treatment yet, and this pathology causes a deterioration of the motor skills due to dopaminergic neuronal death, the neurons that synthetize dopamine, a brain neurotransmitter that controls the volunteer movements. Now, a study on Parkinson’s published
A study led by the University of Barcelona and the Biomedical Research Networking Center in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM) reveals how a new mechanism could improve the efficiency of currently available treatments for diabetes. The study, carried out on mice and cell cultures, may open up new ways of approaching metabolic diseases that are a global
The human brain is an organ that takes nearly from 20 to 25% of the energy the body needs. This high energy demand for neuronal functions depends on the transport and precise distribution of mitochondria — the energy-generating cell organelles — in each neuron. Now, a study published in the journal Science Signaling has identified,
Artificial intelligence (AI) is an avant-garde discipline that is significantly revolutionizing research in several knowledge fields. AI is increasingly integrated in many daily life aspects, and it is regarded as a transforming technology that has become an essential pillar of the activity of the research institutes at the University of Barcelona. The aim of the
Women with depressive symptoms during pregnancy may experience an alteration in the circadian rhythm of cortisol — a hormone that is necessary for fetal development — which could affect the course of pregnancy. Cortisol increases naturally in pregnant women during pregnancy, but excessive cortisol levels in early pregnancy can negatively impact fetal development, especially if
According to a study conducted on animal models and published in the journal Metabolism, aerobic exercise could help fight the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, the most common liver disease worldwide: it affects nearly 24% of the global population and it usually causes a certain stigma among the affected people. The study opens ways for identifying
