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Dual Career Student-Athlete Project: a new joint venture between Umana Reyer, Unipd, and CUS to promote study and competitive sport achievements

28.04.2023

The Reyer Sport Society, the Umana employment agency, the University of Padua, and the University Sports Centre (CUS) of Padua announce a new joint venture for the dual career student-athlete project. The goal is to strengthen the Cus women’s university basketball team towards qualifying for competitions in series A2 tournaments

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Glacier
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The Marmolada Glacier collapse. The first publication on its causes and triggered mechanisms

17.04.2023

Aldino Bondesan, of the University of Padua, led a team of international researchers in publishing the first published work investigating the 3 July 2022 incident when a mass of about 64,000 tons of water, ice, and rock debris broke off from the Marmolada Glacier in the Dolomites

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cancer
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Identifying the messengers promoting tumor cell dissemination and aggressiveness in pediatric patients

17.04.2023

Identifying the messengers promoting tumor cell dissemination and aggressiveness in pediatric patients, a group of doctor and researchers published their findings in Cancer Communications. Coordinated by Lara Mussolin of the Department of Women's and Children's Health of the University of Padua, the work behind the study was supported by the AIRC Foundation for Cancer Research

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green park
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Student participation in the GISU Competition Promoting Sustainable Urban Development

17.04.2023

Registration is open (until June 16) for students to participate in the fourth edition of the Urban Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, as promoted by the Guangzhou International Sister Cities University Alliance (GISU). The theme of the 2023 Alliance Competition is Promoting Sustainable Urban Development with Scientific and Technological Innovation

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A Unipd research team identifies a novel gene that regulates skeletal muscle integrity

11.04.2023

Published in Nature Communications, the study 'MYTHO is a novel regulator of skeletal muscle autophagy and integrity' identifies and characterizes a novel gene, which the team named MYTHO (Macroautophagy and YouTH Optimizer), as a regulator of autophagy and skeletal muscle integrity

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heart
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Heart improves after heart attack through stimulation of BDNF protein

04.04.2023

An international team of researchers, including those from the University of Padua, identify specific stimulants capable of limiting the damage caused by a heart attack and subsequent effects

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Health Insurance Assistance desk
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Unipd opens a Health Insurance Assistance desk for international students and personnel

04.04.2023

The University of Padua and AULSS 6 Euganea has opened a Health Insurance Assistance desk on the ground floor of Palazzo Bo. The new desk helps EU and Non-EU students and personnel with the enrollment process of the Italian National Health Care System and is currently open four days a week, with greater availability during enrolment periods

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waste
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Plastic waste in rivers and seas: how good management can mitigate pollution

03.04.2023

Most of the waste found in the marine environment derives from a land-based origin that is transported towards coastal-marine ecosystems through rivers and canals. By managing the interception of waste in waterways as they pass through urban areas, plastic pollution along coastal and marine waterways can be greatly mitigated

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graphic
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The ERC Advanced Grant: Horizon Europe finances Castiello and Piccolo of the University of Padua with approximately 6 million euros

03.04.2023

More excellent results from the Horizon Europe programme, which includes the funding of 100 billion euros by the European Commission between 2021-2027, with the announcement of the 2022 ERC Advanced Grant to two Principal Investigators from the University of Padua – Umberto Castiello and Stefano Piccolo

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futura campus
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Futura Campus & Labs opens in Piazzola sul Brenta

29.03.2023

The new Futura Campus & Labs, the operational headquarters of the Piazzola Futuro Foundation, opens to the public, hosting a new university study hall but also lessons, interactive laboratories, seminars, artistic and creative initiatives, approaches to science and technology, growth and strengthening relational, social and psychological skills

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