A study by the URV’s Cheminformatics and Nutrition research group has shown that an anti-inflammatory drug for humans and another for animals inhibit a key enzyme in the replication and transcription of the COVID-19 virus. The results of the work have been validated by the initiative COVIDMoonshot which has carried out in vitro studies and assessed their bioactivity. The results have been published in the “International Journal of Molecular Sciences”
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Scientific experts from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili and the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia teach in this Master
The move online and the opportunity to study part-time help students as they prepare for their professional careers
Almost 170 current and former students from the URV’s degrees in Medicine and Nursing form part of staff at healthcare centres, after being contracted to help relieve the pressure on healthcare professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic
Classes will finish in accordance with the academic calendar but the assessment period will be extended until 16 July for students who are not undergoing continuous assessment and for subjects that cannot be assessed online
Half of the URV’s 55 university masters offered in 2020-21 will be taught online or combination of online and classroom-based learning (blended) or will allow students to decide if they want to study in the classroom or online. Pre-registration is now open on the University’s website
Researchers from the NFOC-Salut group at the URV have analysed the results of the latest studies carried out in the frame of the AppleCOR project, which examines the effect of consuming anthocyanin-rich apple flesh on reducing cholesterol
The URV former student and translator for the European Commission, Helena Romero, shares her experience in sessions with students at the University
Doctoral students are challenged to explain their research to the general public. The winner will go through to the final round to compete against representatives of other Catalan universities
The International Network of Universities (INU) has created an internships programme to facilitate work-based learning