The series “Meet our fellows” highlights the profile of the PhD fellows, their research projects and their experience at the URV as beneficiaries of a grant from the European Commission’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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The programmes in question are the master’s degree in Chemical Engineering and the master’s degree in Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Energy
Marta Sales Pardo is the first woman from a Catalan and Spanish university to have been appointed as a fellow member by this scientific society.
A research group from the URV and the Pere Virgili Health Research Institute have analysed the concentration of various toxic elements in these foods and evaluated the risk of consuming them in infant, adolescent and adult populations
The URV is offering new grants for students applying for full-time master’s degrees until 29 July
This Thursday, 1 July, is the first day for applications for each one of the three editions of the programme: standard, with 28 contracts; COFUND, with 20, and Banco Santander, with 13. The deadline for applications is 6 September 2021
Using high-performance computation systems, a URV research team has simulated the flow of air produced by coughing and sneezing in unprecedented detail. The results give greater insight into the characteristics of the flow produced by breathing and the capacity of infectious aerosols to disperse in the environment and remain suspended, which spreads COVID-19 and other airborne diseases
The Predimed-Plus study shows that the Mediterranean diet has the capacity to modify our microbiota. This diet induces changes in our microbiota that could be related to its healthy effect
The high level of research and the quality of its doctoral theses and the associated publications are the principal strengths recognised by the accreditation
Members of the Food, Innovation & Engineering (FoodIE) Research Group at the URV have analysed the properties of black soldier fly protein fractions to boost their use in the food industry. They have demonstrated that this insect protein is comparable to whey protein for sunflower oil emulsification, while it offers certain advantages for lemon oil encapsulation
Improving the communication skills of healthcare professionals and increasing the time they can devote to patients is a prerequisite for introducing shared decision-making in screening programmes. A proactive attitude from both sides would also facilitate its implementation
This first educational proposal of its kind at postgraduate level in Catalonia comes at a turning point in the healthcare field when large amounts of biomedical data need processing
Results from a landmark European project have laid the foundations to strengthen the seafood production and processing industry in Europe and safeguard sustainable seafood for future generations
A study by the URV and the Jordi Gol Institute of Research into Primary Care (IDIAP) concludes that more than half of the pregnant women in the Mediterranean basin have low levels of vitamin D. Above all, this affects women who are Arabian dark-skinned or obese, who lead a sedentary lifestyle and have a low socioeconomic level
Its name, Canis orcensis, is dedicated to the Andalusian town where it has been found
Video gamEs foR Skills trAining (VERSA) is a project led by the Postgraduate and Doctoral School of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, and in which two other universities from the Aurora network are also taking part: the University of Innsbruck and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The Ibero-American Knowledge Foundation is also participating
Scientific experts from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili and the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia teach classes in this master’s course, which is imparted entirely in English
Some of the samples were obtained from Atapuerca, a confirmed international benchmark for genetic studies of the first hominin populations
274 individual European scientists and 26 expert associations have signed a Call demanding the European Commission “to adopt Nutriscore as soon as possible in the interest of both consumers and public health”
A study by two URV-IISPV research groups shows that in patients with a lupus flare up, when artery cells come in contact with LDL lipoproteins, the reaction is similar to arteriosclerosis, which involves a blockage of the arteries. It is shown for the first time that, during flare ups, these lipoproteins cause cells to respond differently and are therefore more dangerous for the arteries