Immunologist Özlem Türeci to receive an honorary doctorate for developing mRNA-based vaccines 03/03/2026
An expert in cancer immunotherapy, Türeci led the Lightspeed project that developed the first mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine.
“Knowledge that transforms”: the UB commemorates International Women’s Day with a range of activities 02/03/2026
Portraits of women from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science make up this year’s graphic image for 8M at the University.
The UB, the university with the highest female participation in Unirun 2026 02/03/2026
The University of Barcelona had the most participants, topped on the women’s team classification and achieved third place overall in an edition that brought together 7,000 runners in Parc del Fòrum.
The Alt Penedès and Garraf Health Consortium becomes a university hospital complex of the University of Barcelona 02/03/2026
With this addition, the University of Barcelona now has eight university hospitals.
The Association Against Cancer promotes research at the University of Barcelona 27/02/2026
This organization has awarded grants to projects from various institutions that will be carried out in the province of Barcelona and cover all phases of research and research careers, with the aim of achieving a 70% cancer survival rate by 2030.
New study on DNA synthesis in bacteria drives the search for next-generation antibiotics 27/02/2026
The study reveals the first detailed images of the structure of a protein that could be a new target against bacterial infections.
La Conversa, the new platform for research dissemination in Catalan is presented at the UB 26/02/2026
The rector of the UB, Joan Guàrdia, highlights that “scientific knowledge must have an active presence in public debate.”