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Based on data from January 2009, Universi-

tat de València is the fourth most influential

Spanish university within the international

science community, taking as a reference all

the citations to UV researchers and their re-

search results by major science publications

from all disciplines. This is how the Essential

Science Indicator of the ISI Web of Kno-

wledge -the most prestigious digital research

platform worldwide- has classified more than

4,000 institutions from all over the world.

Universitat de Barcelona, the Autonomous

University of Madrid and Madrid’s Complu-

tense University hold the first three positions

in the Spanish rank, in a world list headed by

Harvard University. Universitat de València

ranks 282nd.

The University of València is actually the

most cited Spanish university in Physics, in

position 108 in the general classification. It is

followed by the University of Barcelona in po-

sition 141 and Barcelona’s Autonomous Uni-

versity in position 232. The Chinese Acad.

SCI, in the first position, the Max Planck So-

ciety, and the University California Berkeley

are top of the list.

Although chemistry seems to be the most

quoted discipline for UV -with position 79 on

the world rank-, the institution ranks second

among Spanish universities, after UB in po-

sition 49.

Clinical Medicine seems to be on the incre-

ase, as it is the third most cited discipline of

Universitat de València, which has caused it

to qualify among the first 500 organisations

worldwide.

The Essential Science Indicator updates this

data every other month. To gain access to

the information, please visit http://www.ac-

cesowok.fecyt.es/esi/

UNIVERSITAT DE VALÈNCIA, THE FOURTHMOST INFLUENTIAL SPANISH UNIVERSITYACCORDING TO THE ‘WEB OF SCIENCE’

Entrepreneurialgeographers in search ofthe PCUV stamp

Image super-resolution toimprove medical diagnosis

Scientific Session at ICMol

New University AstronomyObservatory

CIBERNED Scientific Forumheld at Universitat

Guide to the free movementof people with disabilities

Universitat de València,Spain’s third PhD producer

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The Business Incubator of the

Science Park of Valencia Univer-

sity already hosts some 20 com-

panies that benefit from its

support. Eight of them are spin-

offs –the result of university re-

search- and twelve are external

companies based at the Park.

This is the case with Exit Geocon-

sult, an environmental consul-

tancy firm made up of

geographers -mainly environ-

mentalists, archaeologists, and

cartographers- who work in areas

related to regional planning, the

environment, archaeology, and

geographic information systems.

Landscape and Landscape Inte-

gration surveys, Environmental

Impact Assessment, Acoustics

and Floodability studies, Agrome-

teorology, Renewable Energies

and Climate Change, Statistics

projects, Digital Mapping, Envi-

ronmental Consultancy for com-

panies and administrations and,

in general, any geography-based

study adding to the improvement

of people's life quality and the

environment, are the tasks inten-

ded to meet the needs of private

and public companies facing pro-

blems in the planning field. After

a year based at the European

Centre of Innovative Companies

(Centro Europeo de Empresas In-

novadoras CEEI) of the Parque

Tecnológico, the company moved

to the university's

Science Park. With the support

given by PCUV to Exit Geocon-

sult, the University contributes to

boosting a very competitive dis-

cipline today but one that does

not come from a historically pro-

moted background, from the

viewpoint of professional pros-

pects. According to Daniel Vara –

a member of the company- the

PCUV has given Exit Geoconsult a

quality stamp, a brand that ca-

rries the concept of innovation

with it. “With our operations

based at the Science Park, we

have an opportunity to live next

to other companies that, though

from other backgrounds, work in

complementary fields. We have

cooperated with Eolab, a remote

sensing spin-off, and Open Siste-

mas, a software developer”.

‘BEING PART OF

THE SCIENCE PARK

GIVES OUR

COMPANY A

QUALITY STAMP, ABRAND THAT

CARRIES THE

CONCEPT OF

INNOVATION WITH

IT’’

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GEOGRAPHY ENTREPRENEURS INSEARCH OF THE UV SCIENCE PARKSTAMP

THE SCIENCE PARKBRINGS TOGETHERENTREPRENEURS ANDVENTURE CAPITALSPECIALISTS

An example of 3D modelling for quarry restoration

IDia. Year I Issue n. 5

Last December the Science Park of

Universitat de València (Parque Cien-

tífico de la Universitat de València

PCUV) held a local investment forum

-the 1st Capital and Science Confe-

rence- aimed at bringing together

potential investors, and entrepre-

neurs and companies looking for fun-

ding. Mostly from the Biotechnology

and ICT sectors, a total of 15 compa-

nies described their projects to an

audience comprised of almost 80 de-

legates including R&D investors, bu-

siness professionals, and development

managers.

The Science Park aims to help emer-

gent science and technology as well

as technology-based organisations to

find funding and improve their access

to markets, connecting entrepre-

neurship with resources. The goal of

the companies is to find funding to-

talling 8.5 million euros approxima-

tely. The results are in the hands of

both parties: entrepreneurs and in-

vestors. “Thanks to the forum –con-

firmed the meeting organisers- a part

of the growing portfolio of technolo-

gical entrepreneurs and innovative

companies set up within Valencian

universities or science parks are now

better known”.

“Private capital on the one hand and

universities and their transfer of

knowledge and technology on the

other must boost corporate innova-

tion and contribute to changing a

sinking economic model based on

the building sector and the tourist

industry” pointed out the Deputy

Rector for Financial Affairs of Uni-

versitat de València, Máximo Fe-

rrando. “We need venture-capital

specialists willing to make a profit in

the mid or long term and to bet on

an future based on R&D”.

Researchers from Universitat de

València and California University

have presented a new method to

enhance picture resolution and

quality in images taken with a digi-

tal camera, a scanner, or MRI,

among other. With an applied ma-

thematics approach, the method

allows to obtain high resolution

images from low resolution or even

deteriorated ones. The project is

expected to have important appli-

cations in medical imaging and,

consequently, in the diagnostic

area.

The results of any imaging process

are always affected by some type

of pollution, and restoring deterio-

rated images is complicated. The

super-resolution study has an am-

bitious objective: it does not only

seek to improve image quality but

also image resolution; that is, to

increase the number of pixels (vo-

xels) of the signals in such a way

that the noise level is reduced in

the super-resolution picture and

structures not directly visible in

low-resolution images can be made

evident. The method is based on

the minimisation of an energy that

prioritises the image’s basic cha-

racteristics.

With promising results, this new

technique has already been tested

with 3D brain MR images from pa-

tients. Other applications include

quality enhancement in digital

video processing, high definition

TV, and the improvement and res-

toration of astronomy images.

The study was published in Decem-

ber in the Journal of Scientific

Computing (Springer) by the rese-

archers Antonio Marquina, PhD in

Applied Mathematics from Univer-

sitat de València, and Stanley J.

Osher, from the Mathematics De-

partment of the University of Cali-

fornia, Los Angeles, UCLA.

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A NEW IMAGE SUPER-RESOLUTIONMETHOD WILL IMPROVE MEDICALDIAGNOSIS

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WITH PROMISING

RESULTS, THIS

TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN

APPLIED TO IMPROVE

THE RESOLUTION AND

QUALITY OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL MRIMAGES OF THE HUMAN

BRAIN. THE IMAGE

SHOWS THE

VALIDATION

EXPERIMENT OF THE

PROJECT, PUBLISHED IN

THE ‘JOURNAL OF

SCIENTIFIC

COMPUTING’

Vicerectorat de Relacions Internacionals i Comunicació

BIPButlletí d’Informació Pròpia

NEWS IN BRIEF

This photograph of spiral galaxy NGC7331, taken and processed by Vicent Peris,from the Astronomic Observatory ofUniversitat de València, has been classed asone of the best five astronomy pictures of2008 worldwide, published on the blog BadAstronomy. The image was taken by the 3.5 mdiameter telescope of the Centro AstronómicoHispano-Alemán of Calar Alto, in Almería.

The Valencian Medical Institute has justpublished, in a digital facsimile format, acollection of texts from the tribute paid toDarwin, the author of evolution theory, byMedical students from Valencia University in1909. Miguel de Unamuno or Pelegrín Casanovawere some of the high statute personalities thatparticipated in the homage. The original copywas provided by the UV professor of History ofScience and Documentation, José Luis Fresquet.

The BBVA Foundation award the 1st Prize

Fronteras del Conocimiento 2008, a new award

aimed at recognising and encouraging research

and cultural creation, particularly contributions

with a great impact and significance for their ori-

ginality, theoretical and conceptual implications,

and application to particularly significant practi-

cal innovations. The prize acknowledges the role

of research in today’s science and the efforts

made to face 21st century challenges such as

climate change, development aid, and the well-

being of large regions in the world. Fronteras del

Conocimiento covers eight categories, each en-

dowed with 400,000 euros, a certificate, and an

artistic memento.

Més informació: bip@uv.es www.uv.es/bip

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What happens when we switch on

the light? At present, we mostly

obtain lighting from incandescent

bulbs or fluorescent tubes. Rese-

archers from Universitat de Va-

lència keep dreaming about a

futurist technology in which light

comes from emitters as thin as a

sheet of paper fitted on the wall.

Researchers from the Molecular

Science Institute of UV have de-

veloped a new light emitting de-

vice which is definitely helping

the dream come true. It is a LEC

(Light-emitting Electrochemical

Cell) which, apart from having

high energy efficiency and a long

shelf life, can be cheaper and

more stable than organic light

emitting diodes or OLEDs, the

technology most thoroughly stu-

died today.

The authors are members of the

research team of Hendrik Bolink

and Enrique Ortí, from the Mole-

cular Science Institute of UV.

They have jointly worked with Ed

Constable’s team from the Uni-

versity of Basel (Switzerland) wi-

thin the framework of

Heteromolmat, a project funded

by the European Union, and the

CONSOLIDER-INGENIO 2010

project, coordinated by Prof. Eu-

genio Coronado. An L.E.C. is ba-

sically a sandwich of two

electrodes with a very thin film

of a phosphorescent metal com-

plex in between. When an elec-

trical field is applied, the charge

carriers travel through the layer

that contains the metal complex,

recombining in order to produce

light.

According to Dr. Bolink, “this type

of device has been known for a

few years but its shelf life was li-

mited to 100 hours. The partici-

pating research teams have used

simple chemical concepts to

make the electro-generated spe-

cies more stable and to obtain

devices with shelf lives longer

than 5,000 hours. The efforts of

the teams are now focused on

raising the device’s efficiency, the

amount of emitted light and on

modulating its colour.

UNIVERSITAT RESEARCHERS DESIGN A

LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AS THIN AS

SHEET OF PAPER

THE TEAM OF THE

MOLECULAR SCIENCE

INSTITUTE IS NOW

FOCUSING ON RAISING THE

DEVICE’S EFFICIENCY AND

MODULATING THE LIGHTING

COLOUR

Els resultats de la recerca apareixenpublicats en la revista Advanced Materials(AM 2008, 20, 3910-3913)

Last December, the Molecular Science Ins-

titute (Instituto de Ciencia Molecular

ICMol) of Universitat de València held its

7th Scientific Conference, a yearly meeting

on chemical research that opens the doors

to researchers from this area and other dis-

ciplines. It usually invites as main speakers

the winners of the awards of the Spanish

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ).

On this occasion, the programme focused

on research projects with medical, energy

and environmental applications. Such appli-

cations come from areas like the storage of

biomolecules, hydrogen, carbon dioxide

(CO2), and greenhouse gases.

The participation of Gérard Férey is note-

worthy. He won the 2008 Catalan Sabatier

Award of the Spanish Society of Chemistry.

He is a member of the Académie des Scien-

ces de l’Institut de France and is well-

known for his recent contributions to the

area of porous materials based on metallor-

ganic networks (MOFs). These coordination

chemistry materials are finding applications

in the storage of molecules like hydrogen

and CO2, and are therefore very interesting

in the energy area. Porous materials have

also proved to be able to build up biomocu-

les and carry drugs, which has applications

in medicine, particularly in the treatment of

diseases like cancer or diabetes.

The use of ceramic materials as bone re-

placement or anchoring systems for biolo-

gically active molecules –another potential

medical application, in this case from

bioengineering- was the topic chosen by

María Vallet-Regí, PhD from UCM, a mem-

ber of the Real Academy of Engineering,

and the winner of the RSEQ Award. Josep

M. Poblet (URV) closed the 7th Scientific

Meeting of ICMol with a demonstration of

how properties can be obtained from nano-

metric complex systems using theoretical

computing.

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS

IN THE 7TH SCIENTIFIC

CONFERENCE OF THE

MOLECULAR SCIENCE

INSTITUTE

Single-Component Long-Living Light-Emitting Devices

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5IDia. Year I Issue n.5

In a location with excellent

sky visibility and clearness, at

1,300 metres above sea level,

a new observation station of

Universitat de València has

been recently commissioned

in Aras de los Olmos. The As-

tronomy Observatory of Aras

(Observatorio Astronómico de

Aras OAA) starts operating

precisely a hundred years

after the foundation of the UV

Astronomy Observatory by

the professor of Cosmography

Ignacio Tarazona, in 1909, the

oldest university observatory

in Spain.

The OAA relies on powerful

equipment to ensure quality

astronomy research and tech-

nological development. It has be-

come the most important astronomy

observatory in the Valencia Region

and one of the most technologically

advanced of Spain.

The station consists of two telesco-

pes and a wide-field camera system

for ongoing sky observation. TRO-

BAR is a 60cm robotic telescope -the

main one of the station- equipped

with a large CCD camera and a com-

plete collection of filters. It is fully

used for research purposes, from

the mapping of the galactic map to

the search for extra-solar planets,

the study of celestial objects or the

astrometry of nearby asteroids,

among other research lines. The fe-

atures of TROBAR -robotic observa-

tion, camera format and long

observation time- will gene-

rate a great deal of data.

With more versatility, the

Schmidt-Cassegrain, a 40 cm

telescope, has been devised

to fulfil the remaining goals

of the UV Astronomy Obser-

vatory. It will be used for un-

dergraduate and graduate

training and for scientific dis-

semination purposes, with

public observation sessions

and Internet live observa-

tion, among other activities.

Regarding search issues, it

will help complement the ob-

servations of TROBAR.

The wide-field camera system

will be used for the observa-

tion and study of meteors. With the

opening of the new station in Aras,

the Universitat de València gives a

new boost to the Observatory, ma-

king it into a modern research cen-

tre in the area of electromagnetic

spectrum and participating in collec-

tive research projects based on

large equipment.

The cultural impact and economic

development that the project will

bring to the Alto Turia county and

the Valencian Community in general

is unquestionable.

UNIVERSITAT LAUNCHES AN ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORYIN ARAS DE LOS OLMOS

THE OAA IS THE MOST

IMPORTANT ASTRONOMY

OBSERVATORY IN THE VALENCIA

REGION AND ONE THE MOST

TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED OF

SPAIN

The year starts with two important events for world and

local astronomy. On the one hand, Galileo made the first

sky observations with a telescope, 400 years ago. Such

observations provided experimental data that supported

Copernicus’ heliocentric model. On the other, the Univer-

sity's Astronomy Observatory celebrates its hundredth an-

niversary: it was founded in 1909 by the professor of

Cosmography and Earth Physics Ignacio Tarazona.

Both are great events. The first one because a new instru-

ment for the observation of the universe was used, which

led to a new way of understanding astronomy research.

The second one because it gave way to research tasks in

astronomy in the University of Valencia in modern times.

With a view to celebrating both events, the Astronomy Ob-

servatory has prepared two activity programmes including

publications, astronomical observation sessions, courses

and lectures, and competitions and educational proposals.

For information see the websites

THE YEAR OF ASTRONOMY AND THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OFTHE UNIVERSITY’S ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY

The second scientific forum of the Net-

work Research Centre on Neurodege-

nerative Disease (Centro de

Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre

Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas CI-

BERNED) was held last December at

Universitat de València. CIBERNED is

one of the CIBER organisations set up

by the Ministry of Science and Innova-

tion to study specific pathologies.

CIBER centres focus on transnational,

multidisciplinary and multi-institutio-

nal research, integrating basic, clinical

and population research for the deve-

lopment of common research pro-

grammes for certain relevant

pathologies for the National Health

System. Universitat de València has

researchers in all of the nine CIBER

networks.

Over two days, the University's Bota-

nic Garden hosted researchers from

different groups of the European

macro-project CIBERNED, who discus-

sed about the cellular and molecular

bases of neurodegenerative processes

and the therapeutic approaches to

these high-impact pathologies. These

diseases are characterised by the

death of neurons in different regions

of the nervous system and the subse-

quent functional impairment of the af-

fected areas. The most frequent, bet-

ter known examples are Alzheimer's

Disease and Parkinson’s Disease, al-

though other conditions like Hunting-

ton’s Disease, ataxias, or lateral

amyotrophic sclerosis, for instance,

belong to the same clinical group.

The key to fighting them lies in top-

level basic and clinical research, the

transfer of research results, and the

laboratory analysis of ideas and hypo-

theses drawn from the treatment with

patients.

CIBERNED represents the Spanish in-

itiative in a cooperative battle in the

search for effective medical solutions

to prevent, stop, and treat neural de-

generation. Run by the Physiology Pro-

fessor José López Barneo, from the

University of Seville, the Centre was

founded at the beginning of 2007 as

part of the nine CIBERs supported by

the Instituto de Salud Carlos III - IS-

CIII, the biomedical research and fun-

ding agency of the Ministry of Science

and Innovation. They are part of a

legal structure belonging to ISCIII it-

self and other public research organi-

sations like CSIC, and different

universities and hospitals, in coopera-

tion with governments from ten auto-

nomous regions.

The second forum was organised by

Isabel Fariñas, a Cellular Biology pro-

fessor of Universitat de València, the

leader of one of groups that make up

CIBERNED.

The conference was opened by the

Vice-Rector for Scientific Policy of Uni-

versitat de València, Esteban Morcillo.

For more information see www.ciber-

ned.es/

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UNIVERSITAT DE VALÈNCIA WILLPRODUCE THE ‘ATLAS OF VALENCIANLANDSCAPE’

CIBERNED CELEBRATES ITS SECOND SCIENTIFIC FORUM INUNIVERSITAT DE VALÈNCIA

The Geography Department of Uni-

versitat de València, through the re-

search unit ESTEPA (Estudios del

Territorio, Paisaje y Patrimonio -

Planning, Landscape and Heritage

Studies), will produce the Atlas de

los paisajes valencianos, a study of

great interest for the Valencia Re-

gion, directed by Prof. Jorge Hermo-

silla Pla.

Produced by a multidisciplinary

team of researchers and with the

necessary technical means –auto-

matic maps, inter alia-, the Atlas

will identify and characterise the

landscape of the different regional

units.

The results will be included in a

large format publication, from a pu-

blic dissemination approach, and

will contain a hundred landscape

units. The study is funded by the Di-

rectorate General for Landscape of

the Regional Government

UNIVERSITAT DE VALÈNCIA

HAS RESEARCHERS IN ALL

CIBER NETWORKS

The Polibienestar research group of

Universitat de València has just pre-

sented a Best Practice Handbook on

free movement and equal opportuni-

ties for the disabled. The manual

draws a map of the main existing ba-

rriers, and issues gene-

ral recommendations

for an application in

all European coun-

tries. The Guide also

suggests good practi-

ces designed by the

project's researchers

based on specific

needs and shortages

identified by a previous survey.

This is one of the actions of the Livin-

gAll project, an initiative funded by

the 7th Framework Programme, in-

tended to improve the free movement

and equal opportunities of people with

disabilities. It is led by Polibienestar,

an interdisciplinary research group

that tries to improve social wellbeing

and life quality for the whole of the

society. The partnership includes or-

ganisations from seven European

countries and a committee of eleven

experts on disability-related issues.

Polibienestar recently held the Euro-

pean Conference of the Project Free

Movements and Equal Living Opportu-

nities for All (LivingAll).

The conference was

held at the univer-

sity's botanical gar-

den. It brought

together the coordi-

nators of European

projects on disabi-

lity, representatives

of the LivingAll ex-

pert committee, and European rese-

archers from related areas, among

other. We must note the presence of

Inmaculada Placencia Porrero, from

the Unit for the Integration of People

with Disabilities, from the DG on Oc-

cupation of the European Commis-

sion. She is considered to be one of

the world’s most outstanding experts

on accessibility. For more information,

see www.polibienestar.org.

POLIBIENESTAR PUBLISHES A GUIDE TO THE

FREE MOVEMENT OF DISABLED PEOPLE

MARTINAMENGUZZATO,PRESIDENT OF THEACEDE

IDia. Year I Issue n.5

Martina Menguzzato, PhD at the Busi-

ness Administration Department Juan

José Renau Piqueras, has been appoin-

ted President of the Scientific Associa-

tion of Economics and Business

Administration (Asociación Científica de

Economía y Dirección de la Empresa

ACEDE).

Founded in 1990 with a view to contri-

buting to the development of Economics

and Business Administration via rese-

arch and knowledge dissemination,

ACEDE is the Spanish representative of

the International Federation of Scholarly

Associations of Management (IFSAM).

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WHO IS WHO?

INMACULADA SANTAEMILIA,UNIVERSITAT’S DEPUTY BURSARAppointed deputy bursar of València University in 2003, Inmacu-

lada Santaemilia provides university services with the necessary

help to ensure quality in the management of research.

She has a BA in Law and has a great deal of experience in Univer-

sitat. She ran the Accounting and Budget Service for eight years

and was the first head of the Research Service, created in 1992.

This experience has enabled her to manage, with a broad perspec-

tive and an analytical attitude, an administration budget that ex-

ceeds 380 million euros.

The introduction of process-based management into university ac-

tivities and having a dynamic and robust system are two of her

immediate goals; but, above all, she feels optimistic and hopeful

about the idea of helping to put in place the institution's financial

infrastructure for its full participation in the European Higher Edu-

cation Area, one of the objectives most valued by the institution,

as it is considered to be beneficial both for university and society.

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Universitat de València is the third

Spanish state university with regard

to the number of PhDs, following the

Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona

and the Universidad Au-

tónoma of Madrid, accor-

ding to data from the

latest CRUE report La

Universidad Española en

Cifras. The indicator co-

llects the percentage of

aggregated doctors for

all education areas over

a five year period, 2002-

2006, pondering it in re-

lation to the number of lecturers of

each institution. On the one hand,

the data show the efforts made by

Universitat de València in increasing

the number of graduates reaching

that educational level and, on the

other, the research volume and qua-

lity of the institution’s postgraduate

supply, which appeals more and

more foreign students every year.

The quality of the docto-

rate programmes of Uni-

versitat de València is

also reflected by the CyD

report, published by the

Knowledge and Develop-

ment Foundation, in

which the university

ranks third on the list of

state universities delive-

ring face-to-face studies.

Coming back to the CRUE report,

Universitat de València is the Valen-

cian university that generates more

doctors, followed by the University

Miguel Hernández of Elx and Univer-

sitat d’Alacant.

THE UNIVERSITAT: FACTS AND FIGURES

UNIVERSITAT DE VALÈNCIA, SPAIN’S

THIRD PhD PRODUCER

LA THE UNIVERSITAT

CELEBRATES

DARWIN’S YEAR

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UNIVERSITAT DE

VALÈNCIA HOLDS

THE FIRST POSITION

ON THE LIST OF

VALENCIAN STATE

UNIVERSITIES

ACCORDING TO THE

CRUE REPORT

Universitat de València started its

programme for the celebration of the

200th anniversary of Charles Darwin

with a lecture by Antonio Lazcano,

Origin of Life Professor from Mexico’s

National University (Universitat Nacio-

nal Autònoma de Mèxic UNAM), at the

Biology College, the venue of a num-

ber of lectures devoted to the British

naturalist, the author of Evolution

Theory. Lezcano talked about creatio-

nist positions as a means of political

manipulation. “Creationism does not

respond to a religious or scientific dis-

cussion but to a very conservative

ideology”, he said.

The vice-rector for Research and

Scientific Policy, Esteban Morcillo, re-

minded that the celebration of Dar-

win’s Year is not anecdotic for the

academic institution. In fact, in 1909

Universitat de València was the only

Spanish university which celebrated

the anniversary of the British natura-

list. Led by the Anatomy professor

and Ernst Haeckel’s disciple, Pelegrín

Casanova i Ciurana, a group of medi-

cal students organised the events of a

singular celebration in the European

academic scene at the time.

The Medical Institute of València has

joined the Darwin celebrations by pu-

blishing, in a digital facsimile format,

the texts of the homage paid in 1909

by the UV medical students to the au-

thor of Evolution Theory, an event to

which high statute scholars like Pele-

grín Casanova or Unamuno were invi-

ted. Access to this document can be

gained at http://hicido.uv.es/Darwin/.

The Science Dissemination Profes-

sorship of Universitat de València has

organised a number of activities for

the occasion (lectures, exhibitions,

publications, etc.) including aware-

ness raising, a programme of publica-

tions, or an exhibition line among

other. For information, see

www.uv.es/cdciencia.M o r e i n f o r m a t i o n : b i d i a @ u v . e s

w w w . u v . e s / b i d i a

Department for International Relations and Communication

N e w s l e t t e r o f R e s e a r c h + D e v e l o p m e n t + I n n o v a t i o n + A p p l i c a t i o n

I+D+i+a