A total of 218 female researchers of the University of Barcelona are listed in the ranking published by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) with the top 5,000 female researchers of Spain. The number of UB women scientists rises to 262 if we include those belonging to hospitals affiliated at the institution and cases of dual affiliation.

In the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, the intensity and location of the oceanographic fronts that limit the gene connectivity among populations of marine crabs vary over time. These dynamic changes, described in an article published in the journal Scientific Reports , alter the gene structure of the populations of marine crabs of commercial and gastronomic interest.

Institucional The University of Barcelona and the Palestine Technical University - Kadoorie , in Tulkarm, in the West Bank, have signed a cooperation agreement to promote the collaboration between both institutions in the academic and scientific fields.

Institucional 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.

Institucional Robin Boadway, one of the leading experts in public finance, tells us in this interview —after being awarded an honorary doctorate by the UB on 16 June— the elements for a federal tax system to work properly.

Cultura July brings back ArqueUB , the project that brings archeology closer to citizens. The activities are related to the site of the Faculty of Geography and History of the UB, in Raval, where you can find the remains of the studio of Antoni Tarrés, an important potter from Barcelona of the 19th century.

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.

Acadèmic The CHARM-EU alliance has opened an extraordinary call to apply for the Master's in Global Challenges for Sustainability starting in September 2022.