UC Global
Issue 203
23rd of September 2021
| After a long process of preparation and testing, everything is ready for the STRATOSPOLCA scientific experiment to go into space in the BEXUS 31 balloon of the European Space Agency (ESA). The project will be launched between the 27th of September and the 1st of October from the Esrange Space Center, in Kiruna, northern Sweden. | |
| European Researcher’s Night will take place on the 24th of September between 4 and 11p.m. in uptown and downtown Coimbra. UC researchers will showcase their science in the most varied scientific areas, with activities for all ages. | |
| The Academic Orchestra of the University of Coimbra launches the new academic year with the concert "Sonus Humanae Vitae, taking place on the 29th September, at 9h30p.m. at TAGV. Under the theme “Life”, the Academic Orchestra of the UC (OAUC) celebrates its 5th anniversary. | |
| New Alumni Ambassadors welcome UC Erasmus students. The University of Coimbra (UC) will host a welcome session addressed to students of mobility programmes. The event will take place on the 24th September at 2p.m., at the Rectory Auditorium. | |
| The digital exhibition Pet Microorganisms is a joint organization between the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, the Faculty of Pharmacy and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, the Vasco da Gama University and “Ciência Viva”, marking the 5th edition of the International Microorganism Day (celebrated on the 17th September 2021). | |
| UC study concludes that dental infections are harder to treat in patients with diabetes. A study conducted by a team from the Institute of Endodontics of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra (FMUC) shows that Diabetes hinders the healing process of maxillary bone infections due to the changes in the development of new blood vessels and consequent deficiency of blood irrigation. |
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