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April 10, 2018 In Divulgació, News By admin

Live Research Fair: from photoactive drugs to apps to improve the quality of rivers

How do photoactive drugs work? What process does a water molecule undergo to get hydrogen and use it as a clean source of energy? Can we contribute to research on rivers and their preservation with our phones? These experiments and other science approaches can be...

February 27, 2018 In News By admin

Virtual reality improves offenders’ empathy

Researchers from IDIBAPS and the University of Barcelona developed a virtual reality system so that men who committed a domestic violence crime can get into the victim’s shoes. The study, published in Scientific Reports, shows that these violent people have a lack of emotional recognition...

February 15, 2018 In News By admin

The oxidation process favours recovery after a spine injury

The common drugs to ease the effects of a spine cord injury or an injury in the nervous system are anti-inflammatories and antioxidants. When a nerve is injured, a process of inflammation occurs and the immune system gets activated –it sends macrophages so they act...

February 2, 2018 In News By UCCi Divulgacio

Neuroart Contest starts with neuroscience lectures at the participating schools

The Neuroart Contest takes on a new phase, after selecting its ten participating centers. Over the upcoming months, researchers Alba Andrés, Ester Gratacòs and Noemi Lamonja, from the Institute of Neurosciences, will offer lectures at the schools, about the nervous system (structure, functions and plasticity)....

January 30, 2018 In News, Success Story By admin

The Cátedra Extraordinaria del Dolor honors Professor Francisco Ciruela for the design of the first photoactive drug with analgesic action

Professor Francisco Ciruela, from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Barcelona, the Institute of Neurosciences of the UB and the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), has been awarded the Preclinical Research Award from Cátedra Extraordinaria del Dolor of the University...

December 20, 2017 In News By UCCi Divulgacio

“When you see yourself in a virtual body, you adopt some of its features”

[caption id="attachment_4720" align="alignright" width="300"] Mel Slater, researcher at the Institute of Neurosciences, director of Event Lab and ICREA professor at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Barcelona.[/caption] We interviewed Mel Slater, regarding the latest Advanced Grant...

December 19, 2017 In News By UCCi Divulgacio

Neuron development in the cerebral cortex

PhD workshop master lecture [caption id="attachment_4689" align="alignright" width="352"] Dr Oscar Marín, director of the MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology at King’s College London.[/caption] On Friday December 1, the master lecture “Molecular mechanisms of cortical interneuron diversity and plasticity” was given by the researcher Oscar Marín, director of...

December 15, 2017 In News By UCCi Divulgacio

II PhD Workshop, a meeting point for the Institute’s young researchers

[caption id="attachment_4660" align="alignleft" width="300"] Inaugural Board at the PhD Workshop chaired by Carles Escera (left) and Bru Cormand (right).[/caption] On November 30 and December 1, the second PhD Workshop of the Institute of Neurosciences of the UB took place. This meeting, with more than a hundred...

November 29, 2017 In News By UCCi Divulgacio

Scientists identify the segmentation and consolidation mechanism of long-term memories

[caption id="attachment_4582" align="alignleft" width="300"] The research was carried out by Ignacio Sols, as the first author, and Lluís Fuentemilla, all of them researchers from The Institute of Neuroscience of the University of Barcelona (UB).[/caption] A study led by a team from the UB and the Bellvitge...

November 21, 2017 In News By UCCi Divulgacio

This year, the PhD Workshop of the Institute of Neurosciences will take place at the Faculty of Biology during November 30 and December 1, 2017. The activity aims to respond the interests and doubts of in-training researchers and students of the master degree of the...

Live Research Fair: from photoactive drugs to apps to improve the quality of rivers

Virtual reality improves offenders’ empathy

The oxidation process favours recovery after a spine injury

Neuroart Contest starts with neuroscience lectures at the participating schools

The Cátedra Extraordinaria del Dolor honors Professor Francisco Ciruela for the design of the first photoactive drug with analgesic action

“When you see yourself in a virtual body, you adopt some of its features”

Neuron development in the cerebral cortex

II PhD Workshop, a meeting point for the Institute’s young researchers

Scientists identify the segmentation and consolidation mechanism of long-term memories

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