Strong growth in research
The Catholic University of Murcia has strongly boosted its research work in recent years, especially in the area of health, and it has increased the transfer of knowledge to the business world.
UCAM leads new EU projects for labor insertion involving 18 Countries
Ángel Pablo Cano, OPRI director: "These projects represent an opportunity for our students. It is important to be part of our European culture and share its essential values”<br /> <br />
UCAM and Entomo AgroIndustrial investigate the advantages of adding insects to meals
Since January 1st of this year, a new regulation by the European Union came into force, through which both insects and products made with new techniques are allowed.
Izpisua one step away from applying gene editing in humans
The team led by the Spaniard Juan Carlos Izpisua has succeeded in activating key genes for some diseases with the CRISPR technique without the need to splice the DNA.<br /> With this new technology, unwanted mutations are not generated, this avoids a great obstacle for its application in humans.<br /> "We were thrilled to see the success in mice" have assured the researchers, who are now working on improving the technique and applying it to more diseases, although they also stated that "more safety tests are needed before doing human trials".
UCAM increased by 35% its articles into the Joint Research Center (JRC)
74.6% of UCAM’s R&D publications were indexed by the Joint Research Center of the European Commision during the last academic year.
UCAM Civil Engineers enjoy the highest employment rate in Spain, 98%
According to the report carried out by the National College of Civil Engineers, published in the III Global Forum of Engineering and Public Works (“III Foro Global de Ingeniería y Obra Pública”) in Santander, the unemployment rate of UCAM graduates is 2.08%, while average rate in all Spanish Civil Engineering Schools is 6.73%.
Scientists identify the corpse shrouded in the Santa Sindone and the Shroud of Oviedo
A forensic- medical study performed in both the Shroud of Oviedo and the Sindone of Turin not only confirms that both linen clothes shrouded the same person , but also that this person, when it was already a corpse, suffered a penetrating wound that pierced the right hemithorax, with a deep cut entry in the fifth intercostal space and exit in the fourth one, close to the vertebral column and the right scapula, which also left signs of blood clots and pleural-pericardial liquid in both linen clothes
EU advisory body in Sports congratulates UCAM for its achievements in Research and Sports Management
‘Atletas Europeos como Estudiantes' (EAS) Network, an advisory body to the European Commission in the area of sport commends Catholic University of Murcia for its exemplary contribution in the field of Sports.<br /> <br />