The Pasqual Maragall Researchers Programme (PMRP) will distribute a total of 1.5 million euros among the three selected projects. The winning projects address epigenetics, microglia, and the connection between the… Read More from The Pasqual Maragall Foundation announces the winners of the research grants in Alzheimer
What brings together the chef Carme Ruscalleda, the artistic director of La Fura dels Baus, Pep Gatell, and the professor and researcher in computational neurosciences Idan Segev? The answer is… Read More from Ruscalleda, Gatell and Segev to debate on creativity at the University of Barcelona
A new study by the University of Barcelona could drive the design of future strategies to regenerate damaged brain areas in neurodegenerative diseases. The study emphasizes the role of neuron-derived… Read More from UBneuro study outlines new strategies to combat neurodegenerative diseases
People with more aggressive and psychopathic tendencies adopt hostile behaviours quickly, but they find it difficult to leave them when they are no longer adaptive or practical. Although this was… Read More from A study by the University of Barcelona shows similarities between people with aggressive and psychopathic tendencies
A successful event organized by the PhD Committee of the Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona This past thursday, 8th of June, the PhD Committee of the Institute of Neurosciences… Read More from Neurobrews 2023
Huntington’s disease is a genetically-based neurodegenerative disorder that causes motor, cognitive and psychiatric disorders in the affected individuals. Understanding the alterations in the neural circuits in this disorder is essential… Read More from New insight on the sensory-induced behavioral alterations in Huntington’s Disease
Today, Wednesday, May 31, the welfare room was inaugurated at the Bellvitge Campus, a pioneering initiative in the Catalan university scene, promoted by the Vice-Rector’s Office of Equal Opportunities and… Read More from Inauguration of UB’s first welfare room in Bellvitge
Congratulations are in order! As announced at the CRG webpage, The Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona has offered one full fellowship, which will cover for the traveling… Read More from The Institute of Neurosciences awards the Brain Organoids Course fellowship to young researcher Jarmila Havelková
Mel Slater, researcher at the University of Barcelona and member of the Institute of Neurosciences of the UB (UBneuro), leads the first European Metaverse Research Network (ERMN). This network includes eight leading… Read More from UBneuro researcher leads the first European metaverse research network
This year the Science Festival of the University of Barcelona reaches its ninth edition and offers more workshops than ever, a total of 67, in which researchers from the Institute… Read More from The UB’s Science Festival offers more proposals than ever for you to enjoy research
The psychiatrist Eduard Vieta, the epidemiologist and paediatrician Quique Bassat and the economist Judit Vall have been awarded the 10th UB Doctors’ Senate and Board of Trustees’ Award to the top… Read More from Dissemination awards given to the psychiatrist Eduard Vieta, the economist Judit Vall, and the epidemiologist Quique Bassat
The results of the European Research Council‘s (ERC) Proof of Concept grants, which fund projects by researchers who have been previously awarded ERC grants, have been published today. Mel Slater, a… Read More from Does virtually reliving youth improve old people’s health?