New NeuroArt Gala VI
This year 17 schools from around Catalonia participated in this edition Arts and Sciences are apparently far from each other but they can be quite close sometimes. Scientific dissemination and citizen...
This year 17 schools from around Catalonia participated in this edition Arts and Sciences are apparently far from each other but they can be quite close sometimes. Scientific dissemination and citizen...
On the 10th of February 2023, the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona hosted the VI annual PhD Workshop at Campus Clinic. The workshop session started with an opening ceremony by...
After the achievement of being granted once again the María de Maeztu Excellence award, it’s the time to turn in the assessment on the actions taken and present the strategic plan for the next...
Research groups of the Institute Institute of Neurosciences participate in the “Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu”, which became CERCA institute in 2020. The Governing Council...
The project Uncovering the human subcortical pathway for auditory threat detection (HumanSUBthreat), funded with 1.9 million euros. The results of the European Research Council’s Consolidator Grants...
The results contrast with those of 4 previous independent clinical trials and could provide relevant information on the role of iron accumulation in the process of neurodegeneration. Treatment with de...
A team of researchers from the University of Barcelona, the UB Institute of Neurosciences (UBneuro) and the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) has created the first highly mature neurons...
Studies on diseases that affect the human brain are usually based on animal models which cannot reproduce the complexity of human neuropathies. Therefore, these methodologies often fail when applied i...
Every year, about a third of all food produced in the world —about 1.3 billion tonnes— is wasted in consumers’ homes and retail businesses, according to the United Nations (UN). The food sec...
Researchers of the Faculty of Psychology, the Institute of Neurosciences (UBneuro) and the Institute of Complex Systems (UBICS) of the University of Barcelona have identified, using functional magneti...
A new study led by UB researchers shows that wasteosomes —structures that act as containers for brain waste products— indicate a malfunction of the glymphatic system, a recently discovered system ...
Parkinson’s disease affects 3% of population over 65 years old, and the average age of onset is 60. Regarding juvenile Parkinson, which represents the of all Parkison’s cases, the disease begins b...
Is neurotechnology the new revolution in the study of the brain? What do we know about synaptic plasticity in neurodegenerative diseases? What psychological factors could enhance cognitive resilience?...
Last Friday, 4 November, the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation published the provisional resolution of the call for accreditation and public aid for Severo Ochoa centres of excellence and Mar...
In 2021, La Marató de TV3 i Catalunya Ràdio was dedicated to mental health in order to raise public awareness of disorders with many stigmas, and it raised 12.1 million euros. Now, these funds will ...
El professor lector de la Facultat de Psicologia de la Universitat de Barcelona Macià Buades-Rotger ha rebut una beca de la Brain & Behaviour Research Foundation, una institució de prestigi que ...
Joan López-Moliner is a professor at the Faculty of Psychology, he specialises in visual perception and psychophysics and is the director of the Vision and Action Control Group, which studies the vis...
The 29th of September at the Historic Dia 25 d’octubre 2022 va tenir lloc el Mental Health Innovation Day organitzat per la Xarxa TECSAM, un espai de trobada entre la tecnologia disruptiva del futur...
The 29th of September at the Historic Building of the University of Barcelona was launched the project 4-DBR, a European project that will develope a 4D bioprinted implantable brain. The EIC Pathfinde...
Huntington’s disease is a rare hereditary neurodegenerative pathology which usually manifests itself between the ages of 30 and 50. It is characterized by the emergence of motor, cognitive and psych...