Due to the health emergency and the lack of resources identified in the hospitals, the UAB made a call to gather protection and detection equipment to send to the hospitals. Several laboratories of the Institute have generously contributed, offering protection laboratory material, and loaning an extraction station.
In order to minimize the risk of coronavirus infection, exceptional and mandatory measures apply until further notice: researchers, technical support staff and students will be accommodated in teleworking, if possible.
Following health and safety recommendations and possible limitations to travel, the INc seminar program will be suspended until further notice.
There are some activities planned to celebrate International Women’s Day.
On one hand, Dr. Anna Vale gave the talk 'Women and neuroscience' at the Montcada i Reixac council. She showed how, despite the fact that there are more women starting scientific careers, very few end up occupying the higher positions.
Dr Esther Dalfó co-directed a study in which they identified a model of chromosome X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (x-ALD) in the earthworm C. elegans.
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