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Wednesday: Training sessions with more than 100 women from the scientific and technological fields, who will speak on their role as influential leaders for other women seeking to pursue careers in science. On 11 February, as part of the “International Day of Women and Girls in Science”, these scientists will share their professional experiences with students from over 100 schools around Catalonia. The predoctoral researchers Aina Calls, Maria Puigdomènech and Alba Sánchez from the Institute of Neuroscience (INc) will be offering conferences to the students of the J.V Foix secondary school centre in Rubí.

This activity forms part of the City and Science Biennial. More information on the activity can be found here.

Date: Thursday 7, February de 2019 - 14:00h

Date: Thursday 7, February de 2019 - 17:45h

Wednesday: Debate with six researchers, including Isabelle Anguelovski, ICTA researcher and director of the Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental, Justice and Sustainability (BCNUEJ).

This activity forms part of the City and Science Biennial. More information can be found here.

Place: Espai Francesca Bonnemaison (La Sala)

Date: Thursday 7, February de 2019 - 18:00h

Date: Thursday 7, February de 2019 - 20:00h

Wednesday: Visits to different science academy facilities and conferences. Josep Enric Llebot (Department of Physics) will offer a conference on climate change and social justice at the Institute of Catalan Studies.

This activity forms part of the City and Science Biennial. More information can be found here.

Date: Friday 8, February de 2019 - 19:00h

Date: Friday 8, February de 2019 - 23:00h

Wednesday: To mark the celebration of the International Day of Light on 16 May, the Faculty of Sciences and the Faculty of Biosciences will hold a flash fiction contest opened to everybody working at the UAB. Deadline for submissions is Sunday 28 April.


Contest Rules:
https://www.uab.cat/doc/Microrelats2019bases

Registration Form:
https://eformularis.uab.cat/group/sidcib/concurs-microrelats-2019

 

Place: Faculty of Sciences and Faculty of Biosciences

Date: Thursday 16, May de 2019 - 13:00h

Promotor: Faculty of Sciences and Faculty of Biosciences

Wednesday: As a part of the 5th Conference on Research by the BABVE (Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology), to be held on Tuesday 4 June, the photo exhibition of the photography contest EXPONATURA 2019 can be seen thanks to the support of the Faculty of Bioscience, the Vice-rectorate for Institutional Relations and Culture of the UAB and the collaboration of Altaïr, Oryx, Olimarc and Abacus. 

The contest is open to all members of the UAB community, who can present a maximum of two digital photographies on the topic Biodiversity. The deadline is 26 May 2019.

On the website of the department you will find more information about the contest (rules, awards, application form...).

Place: Sala de Vidre of the Faculty of Biosciences

Date: Tuesday 4, June de 2019 - 17:30h

Wednesday: Oceanographer and climate scientist Erik van Sebille will be visiting the UAB campus on Thursday 3 October to offer a conference at the ICTA-UAB in which he will speak on the contanimation of oceans caused by plastics, and their distribution and accumulation around the world.

Leading world expert in the problems caused by plastic, Erik van Sebille will offer a conference at 12 noon at the ICTA-UAB building. His conference is entitled "Where's all the plastic in our oceans? Simulating ocean transport to identify sources, fate and risks of marine waste” and focuses on the need to understand how this debris moves around the ocean before being able to elaborate plans and strategies to help mitigate this global problem.

Place: ICTA-UAB

Date: Thursday 3, October de 2019 - 12:00h