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Núria Sara Miras: “Differences are a source of joy”
09/03/2022
Núria Sara Miras has been appointed rector’s delegate for the management of the UB Equality Unit just the week before International Women’s Day (March 8). She tells us she is linked to feminism from three sides: as a researcher, she specialized in pragmatist feminism and has focused on the...
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The Barcelona School of Economics turns twenty
02/06/2022
The celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Barcelona School of Economics, a research centre with UB participation, took place in the Historical Building. The event combined the institutional commemoration with the reflection on current economic issues. ...
Current affairs
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15/03/2022
Statement to the scientific community and administrations to demand urgent actions supporting Ukrainian students and lecturers
Last Thursday, March 10, the University of Barcelona organized the event “Invasion in Ukraine: stop the war, stand for peace” in the Paranimph of the Historical Building of the University. The event closed with a speech by the rector Joan Guàrdia, titled “Universities: innovation for...
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14/03/2022
The UB in Saló de l’Ensenyament
The University of Barcelona is presenting, in Saló de l’Ensenyament (education fair), from March 16 to 20, and in Saló Futura, from March 18 to 19, its training offering of bachelor’s, master’s, postgraduate and doctoral studies for the academic year 2022/2023. ...
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14/03/2022
Meeting with the ambassador of Hungary
The rector of the UB, Joan Guàrdia, and the ambassador of Hungary in Spain, Katalin Tóth, met today on the occasion of the agreement between the UB and the Hungarian Government on the cultural and scientific fields. One of the parts of the agreement involves giving lectures of Hungarian language and...
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09/03/2022
Núria Sara Miras: “Differences are a source of joy”
Núria Sara Miras has been appointed rector’s delegate for the management of the UB Equality Unit just the week before International Women’s Day (March 8). She tells us she is linked to feminism from three sides: as a researcher, she specialized in pragmatist feminism and has focused on the...
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09/03/2022
The UB and Planeta Formación y Universidades create a chair on higher education studies
The University of Barcelona and Planeta Formación y Universidades presented today the Chair on Higher Education Studies, affiliated at the faculties of Economics and Business and Education of the UB. The new chair results from the proposal by four lecturers of the University: Amelia Díaz, Francisco...
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08/03/2022
The UB and Celgene present the Chair on Cell Immunotherapy
The University of Barcelona and the biopharmaceutic company Celgene, from Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), presented today the UB-Celgene Chair on Cell Immunotherapy. Its aim is to promote training in this field, specially in CAR T-cell therapy, and to improve the wellbeing and survival of oncohaematological...
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08/03/2022
UB event in support for Ukraine
After the events unfolding in the wake of the war conflict in Ukraine, Europe and its universities have expressed their unambiguous and clear positioning: their support for the country under invasion and for dialogue as the means for conflict resolution. They also defend their scrupulous respect for...
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07/03/2022
First survey on gender perspective in education
The first survey on gender perspective in teaching at the UB, filled in by the teaching staff, has received 405 answers. The questions revolved around five axes: inclusive syllabus, methodologies and learning environment; assessment; references and bibliography, and non-sexist language. ...
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04/03/2022
Statement by the 41 Alliances of European Universities
The 41 Alliances of European Universities, among which is CHARM-EU, led by the UB, published the following statement showing support to Ukraine. They gather a total of more than three hundred European universities. ...
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04/03/2022
New formulas to strengthen the collaboration with the European Institute of the Mediterranean
The managing director of the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), Roger Albinyana, and Lurdes Vidal, head of the Arab and Mediterranean World Department at the IEMed, gathered today with the rector of the UB, Joan Guàrdia, and the vice-rector for Internationalization Policy, Raúl Ramos....
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03/03/2022
UB start-up HumanITcare, awarded at the Mobile World Congress
The UB start-up HumanITcare has been awarded the 4YFN Prize in the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This is one of the most relevant awards in the start-up sector, which gives an international support to the awardee. ...
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03/03/2022
UB Chair on Rare Diseases
There are currently more than 6,000 types of rare diseases. Although these received this name because they are not common pathologies, if we put together all the diseases under this category, we see they affect between the 6% and 8% of the world population, and specifically in Spain, they affect more...
Research
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17/02/2022
First study to analyse brain changes associated with juvenile fibromyalgia
Juvenile fibromyalgia is a syndrome characterized by a chronic pain affecting the whole body. It also causes fatigue as well as sleep and mood disorders. It affects children and adolescents —mainly girls— worldwide and it appears during a critical period of the brain development. Analysing...
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16/02/2022
UB and IDIBAPS study links mechanisms that control the embryonic development with cancer cell growth
Researchers of the University of Barcelona and the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) have shown in a study with lung cancer cell lines that the same molecular signals that control the embryonic development can also control the harmfulness of cancer cells. The results of the...
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14/02/2022
A genomic study shows differences between populations of the black sea urchin in the Mediterranean
Global environmental changes such as those caused by climate warming can have a deep impact on the ecosystems. In this context, it is vital to gather biological and ecological information of the main species to predict and mitigate the potential effects of these changes in the distribution, abundance...
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10/02/2022
How to improve crop management in organic horticulture
Sowing crops with agroeconomical services, that is, with benefits for the global ecosystem in crop practices is an efficient strategy for improving environmental sustainability. Now, an international study reveals that the uses of the technique called roller crimper —creating a layer of plant...
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07/02/2022
Researchers identify molecule that connects cognitive performance to metabolism
Obesity or diabetes, among other metabolic disorders, can produce cognitive impairment. Molecular bases and brain areas involved in this relation are not studied enough, but now, a study published in the journal Cell Metabolism reveals the involvement of a molecule and a brain region in this process...
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03/02/2022
Ancient trees are vital to forest survival
A study published in the journal Nature Plants reveals that the oldest trees are living beings that offer more than a majestic presence and a series of ecosystem services to the forest. These ancient and monumental trees of long-term survival —they can be centennial or millennial trees—...
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01/02/2022
Astronomers confirm the second Earth Trojan asteroid after a decade of search
An International team of astronomers led by researcher Toni Santana-Ros, from the University of Alicante and the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB), has confirmed the existence of the second Earth Trojan asteroid known to date, the 2020 XL5, after a decade of search....
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26/01/2022
Salinization of river and lake ecosystems: a research agenda for a global threat
The increasing salinity in freshwater habitats —rivers, lakes, wetlands, etc.— is a global threat to the conservation of biodiversity and the natural habitats of the world. Human activities such as mining and intensive agriculture, as well as the rise of the sea level caused by the climate...
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26/01/2022
Spin-off Reveal Genomics to commercialize a genetic test to customize breast cancer treatment
Reveal Genomics, a spin-off created by the University of Barcelona, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, will commercialize HER2DX. This test predicts the prognostic of patients with HER2 positive breast cancer patients (HER2+) in early stages, as well as the probability...
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25/01/2022
Researchers identify a molecule that could take part in the formation of bone metastasis in prostate cancer
Bone metastasis is a common complication in prostate cancer and it reduces dramatically the patients’ survival options. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Barcelona, the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Centre (IDIBELL) and the Vall d’Hebrón Research Institute (VHIR) have identified...
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25/01/2022
Study detects how a genetic variant modifies the brain stimulation impact on memory
The gene of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is associated with several processes related to memory and brain plasticity. Now, a paper reveals that it is easier to alter the cognitive activity through transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in people with the genetic variant Val/Val for...
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21/01/2022
Researchers design an artificial light-fuelled molecular machine
A molecular machine is a series of molecules that can conduct different mechanical movements as a response to a stimulus. This is a key structure for the development of different cellular functions. Professor Lluïsa Pérez-García, from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences of the UB, took part in...
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