Agreement with the City Council of Santa Coloma for the renaturation of the River Besòs The rector of the UB, Joan Guàrdia, and the mayor of the City Council of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Núria Parlon, signed a collaboration agreement as part of the Renaturation project for the River Besòs and one of their main strategies, the creation of a Refuge for Biodiversity.
The UB will support the project through the academic activities at the Faculty of Biology, and the members of the faculty Dolors Vinyoles and Gustavo Llorente will take part in the Scientific Advisory Committee for the creation of the refuge for biodiversity. Both will provide their knowledge on how to create the ideal habitat conditions to host the native fish and amphibian species of the area and favour their reproduction.
Deletion of ‘Wt1’ gene produces alterations in the reproductive organs of mice The deletion of the Wt1 gene during the early stages of the embryonic reproductive organ formation leads to differences in sex development in adult mice, according to an article published in the journal PLOS Genetics and led by the lecturer Ofelia Martínez-Estrada, from the Faculty of Biology and the Biomedicine Research Institute (IRBio) of the UB.
Gaudir UB presents new courses and launches a new website From 27 June, registration will be open for enrolment in Gaudir UB's face-to-face and online courses for the first term of the 2022-2023 academic year, which will run from 19 September to 30 November 2022.