Dr. Maria Suñol has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship 🎉
Her project BRAVA will investigate brain predictors of resilience to adversity in adolescence to better understand youth mental health.
Read more: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/ubneuro-rese...
Congrats, Maria! 👏
Prof. Daniel Müllensiefen (University of Hamburg) will discuss how musicality can be defined and measured using cognitive psychometrics.
📅 March 9
🕛 12:00 CET
📍 Faculty of Psychology, UB (Sala Miquel Siguan)
Hosted by Josep Marco, Ernest Mas-Herrero & Marc Via.
The #UBneuro PhD Welcome Day 2026 was a great success! 🎓✨
New doctoral researchers connected with the community, explored responsible research, and visited the Cognitive Neuroscience Unit.
A strong start for the next generation of neuroscientists! 🧠
🎨🧠 Voting for #NeuroArt2026 is now OPEN!
Schools across Catalonia have transformed neuroscience into powerful artistic creations, and now it’s your turn to choose your favourite.
🗳️ Vote HERE: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/voting
Final gala: March 10, 2026 at CCCB.
VISI-ON-BRAIN, led by Prof. Josep M. Canals, secures €4.5M under Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions / Horizon Europe.
Read more: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/visi-on-brai...
🚀 Creatio UB coordinates #IMPACT, an €8.3M EU project transforming #CAR-T manufacturing.
IMPACT advances the full #CAR-T manufacturing chain: #LV scale-up, real-time #QC, AI-based #DigitalTwin, and #OrganOnChip models for predictive efficacy and safety.
@ubneuro.bsky.social @idibaps.bsky.social
At 4YFN (Mobile World Congress), three UBneuro spin-offs will showcase their technology:
🧠 OrganAID
💊 Flavii Therapeutics
🤖 Fedder AI — selected for the BKA Pitch Corner
From neuroscience research to real-world impact.
More info: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Prof. Daniel Tornero visited the Liceu Politècnic to explain how stem cells can help repair and model the human brain.
At UBneuro, outreach, education and equality are not side activities, they are part of our core mission.
Our researchers continue bringing neuroscience to schools 💜
For #Científiques, Prof. Ruth de Diego-Balaguer visited IE Greda (Olot) to talk about:
🧠 What tools does our brain use to learn a language?
Inspiring future scientists, one classroom at a time.
We’re joining #BCNHealthInnovationWeek!
Open House at the Cognitive Neuroscience Unit. Discover how our translational neuroscience infrastructure can support your innovation.
📅 Feb 17 | 11:30–13:00
📍 Mundet Campus, Barcelona
🔗 Register here: bcnhealthinnovationweek.biocat.cat
@biocat.cat @ub.edu
New UBneuro study out in iScience highlights that early-life cognitive stimulation may help preserve brain connectivity and memory in Alzheimer’s disease.
🔗https://www.neurociencies.ub.edu/early-life-cognitive-stimulation-preserves-brain-function-in-alzheimers-disease-with-sex-specific-effects/
@98lauramh.bsky.social
New research from UBneuro sheds light on the brain mechanisms underlying juvenile fibromyalgia, a chronic pain condition affecting children and adolescents.
🔗Read more: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/multisensory...
@ub.edu @medicinacs-ub.bsky.social
Why doesn’t music feel rewarding for everyone? 🎵🧠
UBneuro researchers review the brain mechanisms behind specific musical anhedonia, showing it stems from reduced connectivity between auditory and reward circuits.
Read more: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/understandin...
🎮📊 A serious game improves mathematical performance in children with dyscalculia.
Researchers from UBneuro validate NeurekaNUM, the first evidence-based digital intervention in Spanish and Catalan.
🔗 Full article: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/a-digital-se...
🧠 PhD position in Neuroscience
Join a funded project on nociception & chronic pain, focusing on CPT1C and AMPAR regulation.
More info: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/wp-content/u...
UBneuro spin-off OrganAID has been recognized as a winner of ChemoStart IX Edition 🏆
A major step forward for precision medicine through organoids and AI.
🔗 Read more: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/ubneuro-spin...
🧠 New study by Jordi Abante applies multimodal machine learning to uncover context-dependent genetic modifiers of Huntington’s disease.
The work reveals mechanisms influencing disease onset beyond CAG length.
🔗 Read more: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/multimodal-m...
🧠🔬 Prof. Daniel del Toro visited Liceu Politécnic to share insights on brain development, neurodegenerative diseases, and current neuroscience research, bringing active biomedical science into the classroom.
#UBneuroOUTREACH
🧠 New research identifies early biological signals of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP).
👉 Read the full news here: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/identifying-...
The Beatriu de Pinós 2025 postdoctoral call is now open.
At UBneuro, candidates can join internationally recognised neuroscience research groups and receive mentoring support during the application process.
📅 Deadline: 4 Feb 2026
🔗 lnkd.in/eKSK7a_F
Prof. Karim Lekadir joins the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro), bringing his expertise in trustworthy #AI for mental health.
Welcome to UBneuro! 🎉
🔗Full news: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/karim-lekadi...
🎓 Three UBneuro researchers, Mercè Masana, Daniel del Toro & Marina López-Solà, have been awarded the 2025 Academy of Excellence grants.
A strong recognition of UBneuro’s contribution to research excellence at @ub.edu.
🔗 Read more: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/three-ubneur...
✨ New research from UBneuro uncovers a promising pathway to treat Huntington’s disease
💡 This opens new possibilities to modulate brain function non-invasively
Read more on our website: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/a-light-base...
🧠 UBneuro researchers are developing a new epigenetics-based drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease.
The project has received a €150,000 AGAUR Product grant and shows promising neuroprotective results.
Read more 👉 www.neurociencies.ub.edu/ubneuro-rese...
UBneuro participated in the EIT Deep Tech Pledgers’ Share & Connect in Barcelona! 🧠
Dr Ruben Perellón shared insights on advancing deep tech training in neuroscience.
Proud to contribute to this growing European community!
📰 www.neurociencies.ub.edu/ubneuro-shar...
The Juan de la Cierva 2025 call is OPEN🚀
3-year postdoc contracts + allowance for early-career researchers.
Apply with UBneuro and join a leading neuroscience community with a dedicated mentorship programme for applicants🧠
📅 Deadline: 10 Dec
📧Info & interest: ubneuro@ub.edu
📣 On 11 Dec, Palau Macaya hosts the event How to Address Emotional Distress and Suicide in Young People.
UBneuro member Dr. Mari Aguilera will moderate the roundtable on suicide prevention in schools.
Free registration → redcap.link/JORNADA
🚨 We’re hiring
🔬 PhD Candidate – Huntington’s Disease research
🧪 Research Technician – GlioLighT Project
Fully funded positions | More info in our Job Offers website:
www.neurociencies.ub.edu/job-offers/?...
#Neuroscience #ResearchJobs #PhDPosition
Great session with Dr. Cristina Pulido, Research Manager Coordinator at UBneuro, who shared tips on PhD fellowships & UBneuro’s mentoring program with students of the Master in Research in Behaviour and Cognition.
#Neuroscience #PhD #UBneuro #Research
