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10 Giugno 2020

More women in panels: the advantages of diversity

The University of Trento has inclusion and gender equality as core values, and adopted new guidelines to promote gender equality and diversity in its events. A set of recommendations, and not limitations, that will be helpful in the organization of events and in the designation of committee members. Rector Collini: "We hope that this model will inspire many other institutions"

9 Giugno 2020

The rafts used by viruses

An interdisciplinary research group coordinated by the University of Trento and the University of Napoli - Federico II explained how viruses invade human cells using membrane thickenings called 'lipid rafts'

18 Maggio 2020

Neurodegenerative diseases: UniTrento takes on the challenge

A research team has been using RNA strands as weapon and target for over 10 years, and invented a treatment approach that was patented in Europe and in the USA. More time and investments are needed to develop it into a therapeutic treatment, but this genetic mechanism, which works like a key in the lock, is very promising

31 Marzo 2020

Cancer research, the guardian of the genome has a new ally

A study by the University of Trento identified a protein that, like a switch, controls the onset of cell death processes in cancer cells, which are regulated by p53, the protein known as ‘the guardian of the genome’. The findings, published in Cell Reports, will be used to develop more tailored and effective cancer treatments

21 Marzo 2020

On demand glass is right around the corner

A research group coordinated by physicists of the University of Trento was able to probe internal stress in colloidal glasses, a crucial step to control the mechanical properties of glasses. Their work opens the way to new types of glass for new applications. The study was published in the US journal "Science advances"

21 Marzo 2020

Covid-19, a prominent role for UniTrento in ultrasound diagnosis

The techniques proposed by the University acknowledged as scientifically valid. The article published today in the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine – one of the major publications in the field, published by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine – features some of the first lung ultrasound images in patients with the Coronavirus. The protocol was developed in the laboratories of UniTrento with collaboration from a dozen clinical teams in Italy as a response to the pandemic

17 Marzo 2020

A molecule that directs neurons

A research team coordinated by the University of Trento studied a mass of brain cells, the habenula, linked to disorders like autism, schizophrenia and depression

26 Febbraio 2020

A GPS of the brain that organizes concepts

A research group of CIMeC of the University of Trento found out that the same brain areas and coding schemes are activated when navigating through geographical and conceptual spaces. The study, which for the first time indicates that the same spatial maps are used for places and ideas, appeared in the “Journal of Neuroscience”

17 Febbraio 2020

UniTrento in the very first Society Quest Event

ECIU University places the challenge-based approach at the centre of its pedagogics, research and innovation. The main idea is to bring the outside world into the curriculum. To do so, one of its members, Linköping University, hosted the very first European Society Quest Event yesterday. University of Trento with Trento Municipality and HIT Innovation Hub participated

29 Gennaio 2020

Organoids to study pediatric brain tumors

Hundreds of Organoids (miniature brains) were grown in the laboratories of the University of Trento to study the genetic mechanisms responsible for the most common brain cancer affecting children. The results of a collaborative research effort, coordinated by the University of Trento and carried out with Sapienza University and Ospedale pediatrico Bambino Gesù in Rome and Irccs Neuromed, were published today in Nature Communications. The study will open new perspectives of research, as the large-scale production of in vitro tumors could make it possible to perform large drug screenings to identify new brain cancer drugs

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