Activities
Wednesday, February 21 2024
Dia · Setmana
16:00
Relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness, cognition, structural and functional brain health in middle-aged adults, by María Goretti España Irla
Description:
PhD thesis defense
PhD in Medicine
| PhD candidate: | María Goretti España Irla |
| Academic tutor: | Jaume Kulisevsky Bojarski |
| Thesis supervisors: |
Timothy P. Morris Sergiu Albu |
Place: Auditorium Institut Guttmann (Badalona)
Date: Wednesday 21, February2024 - 16:00h
17:00
Introduction to Artifical Intelligence: a journey through its social impacts
Description:
Jordi González, professor in the Department of Computer Science at the UAB, will be giving a lecture that forms part of this year's Seminaris a l'Abast. The conference will focus on AI and its social impacts ("Introducció a la intel·ligència artificial: un viatge pels seus impactes socials") and will take place on 21 February at 5:00 p.m. at the conference hall of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities. This conference series on current events offered by UAB lecturers is organised by the UAB Graduate School's outreach programme, Universitat a l'Abast, and lasts until 12 June, which is when the closing session will take place at the UAB Auditorium, also located at the Faculty of Arts & Humanities. Registration is open during the academic year: the price for all conferences is 32 euros; the price for one single conference is 8 euros.
Place: Faculty of Arts & Humanities (conference hall)
Date: Wednesday 21, February2024 - 17:00h
Link:
Thursday, February 22, 2024
09:41
Science Carriage: let's talk about mental health stigma
Description:
Ana Barajas, Ana Aznar and Daniela León, PhDs and lecturers from the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, will be in the expert's seat of the Science Carriage this week from 9:41 a.m. to 2:22 p.m. They will be talking with train passengers about the stigma related to mental illnesses.
The first trajectory will begin at 9:41 a.m. from Sarrià to Sabadell Parc del Nord.
All three lecturers have participated in the Science Carriage podcasts, which are available here.
Place: Science Carriage, FGC. BCN-SABADELL 9:41 a.m. -> SABADELL PARC DEL NORD
Date: Thursday 22, February2024 - 09:41h
11:00
Synthrocytes: Synthetic erythrocytes to substitute animal red blood cells in hemagglutination assays for global influenza surveillance, by Ana Sánchez Cano
Description:
PhD thesis defense
PhD in Biotechnology
| PhD candidate: | Ana Sánchez Cano |
| Academic tutor: | Jordi Mas Gordi |
| Thesis supervisor: | Eva Baldrich Rubio |
Place: Traumatology Conference Room. Vall d'Hebron Teaching Unit - UDVH
Date: Thursday 22, February2024 - 11:00h
11:00
Urdimbre migrant: La politització del teixit associatiu migrant a Xile, by Mª Fernanda Barrera Rodríguez
Description:
PhD thesis defense
PhD in Sociology
| PhD candidate: | Mª Fernanda Barrera Rodríguez |
| Academic tutor: | Sònia Parella Rubio |
| Thesis supervisors: |
Sònia Parella Rubio Ainhoa Flecha Fernández de Sanmamed |
Place: B1/021 Graduation Hall. Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y de Sociología
Date: Thursday 22, February2024 - 11:00h
12:00
Tribute to Salvador Puig Antich on the 50th anniversary of his execution
Description:
On 2 March 1974, the Iberian Liberation Movement activist Salvador Puig Antich was executed by the dictator regime of Francisco Franco in the La Model Prison of Barcelona. Alongside Heinz Chez, his was the last execution to take place under Franco's dictatorship. To commemorate 50 years since his execution, the UAB Cinema Hall will project on 22 February the film Salvador (Manuel Huerga), which will be followed by a colloquium with the participation of the filmmaker, the activist's sisters Carme and Imma Puig Antich, film producer Jaume Roures and scriptwriter Lluís Arcarazo. Participating in representation of the UAB will be Rector Javier Lafuente, and Dean Enric Marín from the Faculty of Communication Studies. The film projection will open the series of activities "Puig Antich: 50 anys: El compromís vigent" which will also take place at other universities and at the La Model cultural centre, located in the former prison.
Place: Cinema Hall, Plaça Cívica
Date: Thursday 22, February2024 - 12:00h