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May 27, 2019 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

Pint of science: sharing conversations about science

MD. Dr. Jordi Alberch Vié, director of the Institute of Neurosciences UB, sharing his knowledge about the evolution of the brain at Polaroid bar Last week, the Institute of Neurosciences UB sponsored the Pint of Science Festival in Barcelona. Pint of Science is a non-profit organization...

May 21, 2019 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

NeuroArt Exhibition at the Science Festival of the UB

https://vimeo.com/339514615 The 2019 edition of the NeuroArt concluded last Friday with an exhibition of the art pieces at the Science Festival of the UB. More than a thousand of people were able to admire the different pieces and talk about the relationship between art and science. We...

May 6, 2019 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

AC 2019-1 Resolution

The Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona has awarded 23 grants to early stage researchers to attend National and International Congresses. The grants result in a total funding of 9700€. The aim of this grant is to promote the internationalisation of research and to...

May 3, 2019 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

Researchers from the Institute of Neurosciences, awarded in ICREA Academia 2018

The program ICREA Acadèmia 2018 . The program ICREA Academia 2018 has honoured the scientific career of nineteen researchers of the University of Barcelona in the framework of the edition that honoured the research of forty-five experts of the Catalan area. The ICREA Academia awardees receive...

April 24, 2019 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

Help children with GRINopathies

GRIN-related disorders are an ultra-rare neuropaediatric condition, with approximately 500 cases diagnosed worldwide. These disorders are a set of neurological conditions that alter the development of the brain, causing serious problems such as intellectual disability, hypotonia and epilepsy. Researchers from the Institute of Neurosciences of...

April 9, 2019 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

Researchers identify molecular features of brain regions associated with high levels of education in the elderly

A study led by a team from the Institute of Neurosciences of the UBidentified greater cortical thickness in the frontal lobe in a group of old people with high levels of education (15 or more years of education). Afterwards, the study of the molecular architecture of...

April 3, 2019 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

The quality with which sound information reaches a baby’s brain can predict its future reading ability – Interview with Carles Escera

Dr. Carles Escera is the principal investigator of Brainlab, which belongs to the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona. The aim of this research group is to identify cognitive mechanisms impaired in neurodevelopmental disorders and use them as a diagnostic tool. What does Brainlab...

March 29, 2019 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

Spanish leading research centres claim urgent changes in public funding for scientific research

The directors of 27 research centers, including the Institute of Neurosciences of the UB, state the alarming situation of Spanish scientific research in a letter published by EL PAÍS. "The prolonged period of reduction and freezing of public funds has reached a point of almost no return that,...

March 21, 2019 In News, Success Story, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

Agreement between Virtual Bodyworks and Los Madroños Hospital

Applying immersive virtual reality technology in the rehabilitation of brain damage Virtual Bodyworks, a spin-off of the University of Barcelona (UB), the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) and ICREA, has begun to collaborate with the Advanced Unit of Neurorehabilitation of the Los Madroños...

March 13, 2019 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

Science and Art to explore the brain

NeuroArt, teaching Science and Art together Arts and Sciences are apparently far from each other but they can be quite close sometimes. Scientific dissemination and citizen science are paving the way for exploring the intersection between these different disciplines to discover and explore the interconnections, since...