An article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) describes a new pathway in the central nervous system to expel waste substances from the brain through the creation of corpora… Read More from A new study reveals the function of ‘corpora amylacea’ to remove brain waste substances
Jimena Baleriola is a Group Leader- Ramón y Cajal Fellow (Ikerbasque Research Fellow in leave of absence) from Laboratory of Local Translation in Neurons and Glia (former Axon-Glia Interactions) at… Read More from Recommendations from Dr. Jimena Baleriola for PhD students
One year after the achievement of the María de Maeztu Excellence award, it’s time to look back and evaluate the actions taken in 2019 to strengthen the strategy of the… Read More from Scientific Advisory Board meeting
Are you interested in doing your PhD at the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona? Check out our offers within “la Caixa” doctoral fellowships at www.fellowships.lacaixa.org The advancement… Read More from ”la Caixa” Doctoral Fellowships call is now open
Researchers from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona and the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) described a mechanism, the increase of proteinaceous synthesis, which… Read More from Researchers identify a molecular mechanism involved in neuronal degeneration caused by Huntington’s disease
A total of three PhD students were awarded the prestigious INPhINIT doctoral fellowship in order to carry out their exciting research projects at the Institute of Neurosciences of the University… Read More from The Institute of Neuroscience of the University of Barcelona is the Unit of Excellence María de Maeztu with more incoming INPhINIT fellowships “la Caixa”
The memory of specific episodes is the base of autobiographical memory, but we do not know how the brain structures the experience to remember it in the long run. A… Read More from Researchers identify a neural mechanism involved in the creation and consolidation of memories
Attention, reading and writing, working memory, numerical processing, and calculation are key cognitive processes that control learning. Low performance in these processes is related to school failure, and although Spain… Read More from Neurekalab, a spin-off of the UB and the UVic-UCC, is launched to improve learning and reduce school failure
The League of European Research Universities (LERU) has published a new report on how to improve patients’ access to Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) in medical centers and university hospitals…. Read More from LERU shares advice so that patients have a better access to advanced therapy
The Spanish Society of Psychiatry, at the XXII National Psychiatric Congress, held in Bilbao from September 26 to 28, 2019, has awarded the Prize to the Professional Career in Psychiatry… Read More from Awarded the Prize to the Professional Career in Psychiatry to Dr. Miquel Bernardo
Scientists from the Institute of Neurosciences UB and Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), have shown that protein translation is increased in the striatum of Huntington’s disease. Results… Read More from Researchers identify increased translation as a novel pathogenic mechanism in Huntington’s disease
Researchers from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro), Hospital Clínic and the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) have identified a group of genetic… Read More from Researchers identify a group of genetic markers linked to the start of symptoms of Parkinson’s disease