Activities
Friday, February 9 2024
Dia · Setmana
09:00
Exhibition: "Women Scientists and Engineers to Come"
Description:
The Faculties of Science and Biosciences, the School of Engineering and the Library of Science and Technology (BCT), with the support of the Observatory for Equality, organise the exhibition "Women Scientists and Engineers to Come", which can be visited from 9 February to 10 March in the displays of the BCT and the general hall. Associated with the exhibition, which was created by the BCT, are other activities such as a colloquium, a bibliographic exhibiion, a debate and lecture on Scikus with gender perspective, a session on the Hypatia MArs project, and a self-defense workshop.
More information on International Day of Women and Girls in Science at the UAB can be found here.
Place: General hall and displays of the Science and Technology Library, UAB
Date: Friday 9, February2024 - 09:00h
End date: Sunday 10, March2024 - 09:00h
11:00
Computational modeling of hybrid materials for applications in photonics and catalysis, by Dídac Armand Fenoll Silvestre
Description:
PhD thesis defense
PhD in Chemistry
PhD candidate: | Dídac Armand Fenoll Silvestre |
Academic tutor: | Xavier Solans-Monfort |
Thesis supervisor: | Mariona Sodupe |
Place: C1/070 Graduate Room - Faculty of Sciences
Date: Friday 9, February2024 - 11:00h
11:00
Ecology of marine aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria, by Carlota Ruiz Gazulla
Description:
PhD thesis defense
PhD in Microbiology
PhD candidate: | Carlota Ruiz Gazulla |
Academic tutor: | Olga Sánchez |
Thesis supervisors: |
Isabel Maria Ferrera Josep Maria Gasol Olga Sánchez |
Place: Assembly Hall. Institut Ciències del Mar - ICM
Date: Friday 9, February2024 - 11:00h
13:00
Photoswitchable phosphines for light-modulated metal catalysts, by Anastasiia Sherstiuk
Description:
PhD thesis defense
PhD in Chemistry
PhD candidate: | Anastasiia Sherstiuk |
Academic tutor: | Rosa María Sebastián |
Thesis supervisors: |
Evamarie Hey-Hawkins Rosa María Sebastián Jordi Hernando |
Place: Inorganic Chemistry. Kleiner Hörsaal, Johannisallee 29, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. Cotutela
Date: Friday 9, February2024 - 13:00h
Monday, February 12, 2024
09:30
Ceremony commemorating the CED's 40th anniversary
Description:
The Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) will be turning 40 on 10 February. On Monday 12 February, the centre will hold an institutional celebration at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya, and an academic commemoration event at the UAB Casa Convalescència will be held on Tuesday 13 February.
INSTITUTIONAL COMMEMORATION EVENT
Monday 12 February at 6:00 p.m. at the Auditorium of the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya.
Attending the event will be the rector of the UAB, Javier Lafuente; founding member and honorary director of the CED, Anna Cabré; director of the CED, Albert Esteve; and Minister for Research and Universities Joaquim Nadal.
Programme: https://ced.cat/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/newsletter-12-1.pdf
ACADEMIC COMMEMORATION EVENT:
Tuesday 13 February from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the UAB-Casa Convalescència
Programme: https://ced.cat/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/newsletter-13-2.pdf
Guests will be welcomed to the event starting at 9:30 a.m. From 10:00 to 11:30 a.m a conference will be held on "Ageing: Past, present and future", which will be given by Eileen Crimmins, Chair in Gerontology de la USC Davis School of Gerontology of the University of Southern California, and by Iñaki Permanyer, ICREA researcher from the Centre of Demographic Studies and head of the Research Group in Health and Ageing.
After a 30-minute pause, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. another conference entitled "Too many migrants? Migration and policy", will be offered by Silvia Giorguli, president of the Colegio de México and research lecturer of its Centro de Estudios Demográficos, Urbanos y Ambiental and by Andreu Domingo, deputy director of the Centre for Demographic Studies and head of the Research Group in Globalisation, Migrations and Space.
Following a break for lunch, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m the ceremony will focus on "Families in the 21st century", a subject that will be presented by Aart Liefbroerm, senior researcher at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI), and by Diederik Boertien, Ramon y Cajal researcher at the Centre for Demographic Studies and head of the Research Group in Family, Inequalities and Social Change.
Simultaneous interpreting from/to English will be offered.
Place: Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya and UAB Casa Convalescència, Barcelona
Date: Monday 12, February2024 - 09:30h
End date: Tuesday 13, February2024 - 16:30h
15:00
Base genética de la coloración de la pulpa de melón, de Laura Valverde Carvajal
Description:
PhD thesis defense
PhD in Plant Biology and Biotechnology
PhD candidate: | Laura Valverde Carvajal |
Academic tutor: | Jordi García Mas |
Thesis supervisors: |
Manuel Rodríguez Concepción Jordi García Mas |
Place: Auditorium - CRAG
Date: Monday 12, February2024 - 15:00h