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08-02-2011
UPF is the Spanish university to have been awarded the most distinctions by the European Research Council
Pompeu Fabra University is the Spanish university to have been awarded, in absolute numbers, the most distinctions by the European Research Council (ERC). -
19-01-2011
Set sail around the world with the best transoceanic sailors
Thanks to a website and an educational game designed by the GTI in collaboration with the Fundació per la Navegació Oceànica de Barcelona based on this year's Barcelona World Race, which weighed anchor in the Port of Barcelona on 31 December. -
10-01-2011
The genome of a new hominin has been determined, the Denisova Hominin, who shared a common origin with the Neanderthals
Tomàs Marqués-Bonet participated in the analysis of the fossil remains that have determined a different evolution for this new population of hominids. The findings were published in the on-line edition of Nature. -
17-12-2010
Researchers at the UPF create a living cellular system with the capacity for artificial computing
An important breakthrough published in Nature on 8 December, made jointly by two CEXS research groups, which will enable biological systems that are programmed to respond to specific stimuli or complex situations to be designed. -
03-11-2010
The application period for the PhD Programmes 2011-2012 is now open
The application period for the Doctoral Programmes 2011-2012 is now open. -
03-11-2010
During next days the UPF will be present at several international education fairs in Mexico, Colombia and Turkey
During next days the UPF will attend at Europosgrados México and Colombia 2010 and A2 International Education Fair Turkey in order to release its master and doctoral programmes. -
21-10-2010
UPF achieves Campus of International Excellence rating
The project "Campus UPF - Icària International," which will receive four million euros in the 2010 call, anticipates the development of the Social and Human Sciences Research Park. -
21-09-2010
The UPF is among the top 200 universities in the world
Only two universities in Spain are listed in the 2010 Times Higher Education among the top 200 universities in the world: the University of Barcelona (142) and Pompeu Fabra University (155). In European terms, the UB is in 49th place and the UPF is in 58th. -
17-06-2010
Jewish populations have a common genetic origin
On 10 th June, Nature published an article analyzing the genome diversity of different Jewish groups and populations in the Middle East and among the authors was David Comas, researcher at the Evolutionary Biology Unit of the Department of Experimental and Health Sciences (CEXS) of the UPF.