The UAB will be holding a new edition of its "Thesis in 4 Minutes" competition, in which PhD students present their thesis during a maximum of four minutes. The deadline for applications has been extended to 21 March 2025. The finalists will be able present their work in front of a panel of judges on 8 May.
On 3 March the new chemistry teaching laboratories will open for the different bachelor's degrees offered at the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Biosciences. The remodelling of the new laboratories form part of the refurbishings of Building C's Espina C7.
Researchers from different universities and research centres in Catalonia, including the UAB, have created the Catalan Association of Science and Technology Studies (STS-CAT). The official presentation will take place on 28 February at 9:30 a.m. at the Barcelona Research Residence. The inaugural lecture will be given by Wiebe E. Bijker, one of the leading thinkers in this field.
MiraMon, the geographic information system developed by the UAB and CREAF, celebrated its 30th anniversary in an event that will be followed by other activities during 2025. With more than 200,000 users in 42 different countries, this software is a key tool in Catalonia for monitoring changes on land. Thanks to MiraMon, a large number of PhD theses and key research works in the fields of geography, biology and climate have been carried out.
The evaluation surveys for the first semester of the 2024/25 academic year corresponding to the teaching performance of faculty members and subjects/modules will be available until 17 January 2025.
The vaccination campaign organised by the UAB Healthcare Service will offer the Tetanus Diphtheria Vaccine to university community member aged over 40.
Javier Lafuente was elected rector of the UAB on 7 November. He took office on 21 November in an event that includes speeches by Núria Montserrat, Minister for Research and Universities; Tania Nadal, President of the Social Council and Esther Zapater, secretary General of the UAB.
A 10-year research led by the UAB and CREAF analysed European red pine (Pinus sylvestris) forests in Catalonia affected by tree mortality events and now reveals that the deadwood in these forests is more varied and, therefore, also hosts greater biodiversity.
Scientists from the UAB and Iowa State University have generated the genome assemblies of two hidden-neck turtles, unpublished until now. The results, which revealed a new three-dimensional structure of the genome within the phylogenetic group of reptiles, birds and mammals, will contribute to the development of more effective turtle conservation strategies, and to the study of the evolution of the genome and chromosomal organisation of vertebrates.