Conferència a càrrec de la Dra. Inés Fernandez del Departament de Química Física i Ciència de Materials titulada: “Recerca en materials per emmagatzematge d’energia tèrmica”
Lloc: Sala de Graus de Física
Dia i hora: Divendres, 18 d’Octubre de 2024, 12:00 h.
Us hi esperem!
Lecture of the Doctoral Program in Organic Chemistry
New molecular systems towards targeted imaging and delivery
By Dr. Ona Illa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Date and Venue: October, 25th, 2024 at 12:00; Sala de Graus of the Faculty of Physics (UB)
We invite all members of our Section to explore the historical archive of the FIGIPS conference, which took place in Barcelona in 2001. This event was organized by several of our active and former members, including Prof. Santiago Alvarez, who generously provided this impressive collection of images.
The album is available in the director’s office in both print and digital formats.
El passat dilluns 30 de setembre va ser el darrer dia de feina dels nostres companys Amparo Caubet, Jaume Granell, Margarita Crespo i Ramón Vicente Castillo després de diverses dècades a la nostra Secció.
Us desitgem tot el millor en aquesta nova etapa i sempre sereu benvinguts, això és casa vostra!
The European Innovation Council funds two UB projects to develop cutting-edge technologies
Two University of Barcelona projects have been selected by the European Innovation Council to develop cutting-edge technologies within the 2024 Pathfinder Open call. Marta Estrader and Josep Puigmartí Luis, researchers from the UB’s Faculty of Chemistry, lead two consortia to promote advances in the remote detection of aquatic pollution and cell alignment in tissue bioprinting, respectively.
Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Faculty of Chemistry Marta Estrader, a member of the UB’s Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), coordinates the WATERsense project, funded with three million euros over four years. The aim is to “remotely detect the presence of pollutants in water at any time”, explains Estrader. “Therefore, we will develop magneto-optical nanosensors that will be able to encapsulate certain pollutants (from pesticides to products derived from the chemical and pharmaceutical industry) on the previously functionalized surface. These substances can be identified using vibrational Raman spectroscopy”, she adds.
The innovation of the WATERsense technology lies in the fact that “through a small device that will be installed in rivers, lakes or any point of water, it will be possible to quickly detect the presence of contamination, and the results will be sent immediately via the internet, which will reduce the overall cost compared to the methodology used today”, says Estrader.
Eventually, WATERsense will make it possible to carry out careful analyses of variations in water quality in relation to changes in socio-economic activity or in the demography of a certain place or region. The project involves researchers from the University of Vigo, the Austrian Institute of Technology, the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Hydrodynamics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and Lightnovo.
More information: https://web.ub.edu/en/web/actualitat/w/eic-pathfinder-2024
New President of the Academic Committee of the PhD Program
Today, Xavier Verdaguer steps aside as President of the Academic Committee of the PhD Program in Organic Chemistry, and our colleague Anna Maria Costa will take his place. We thank Xavier for his commitment and hard work during the last years and we wish Anna Maria all the best with all our support. Good luck!
Poster Prize
A PhD student of our Section, Miguel Mellado, was awarded the second Poster Prize in the XXIX Biennial Meeting of Organic Chemistry that took place in Santa Cruz de Tenerife last week. Congratulations, Miguel!
