BGSMath newsletter - Penta - Sep 2018

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Barcelona Graduate School of Mathematics Newsletter  </span> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>  </td> </tr> </tbody></table>-------------- Sub Header -------------------#######################################-->-------------- Section Blue Row -------------------#######################################--><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:18px;padding-right:18px;border-collapse:collapse"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-top-width:15px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#2f86a8;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-collapse:collapse"> <span></span> <h2 style="font-size:16px;color:#2f86a8;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:2px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:right;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.5px"> EUROPEAN PROJECT </h2> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>-------------- Section Blue Row -------------------#######################################-->-------------- 1 column -------------------#######################################--><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:9px;border-collapse:collapse"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:0 9px;border-collapse:collapse"> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:#606060;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;padding: 0 7px;">  <a href="https://bgsmath.cat/cafe-will-train-12-young-scientists-tackle-extreme-weather-events/" target="_blank">  <img alt="Photo by GEORGE DESIPRIS from Pexels" src="https://bgsmath.cat/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/boat-clouds-cloudy-skies-753619.jpg" style="width:100%;border:0;line-height:100%;outline:none;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom;height:auto!important"> </a>  <h3 style="font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:20px"></h3> <h2 style="line-height:24px;font-size:24px;margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:3px"> <a href="https://bgsmath.cat/cafe-will-train-12-young-scientists-tackle-extreme-weather-events/" style="line-height:24px;font-size:24px;color:#2f86a8;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word!important" target="_blank">CAFE will train 12 young scientists to tackle extreme weather events </a> </h2> <p>BGSMath Faculty member <strong>Álvaro Corral</strong>, who also heads the Complex Systems Group at CRM, will be leading an international partnership training 12 brilliant young researchers who will advance climate change science with a new interdisciplinary approach. “Extreme weather events are increasing as a consequence of climate change. To limit their catastrophic consequences, we need to learn how to model complex systems,” he says. </p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-top:0;padding-right:18px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:18px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="top" align="right"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle">  <a title="Read article" href="https://bgsmath.cat/cafe-will-train-12-young-scientists-tackle-extreme-weather-events/" style="border-top-left-radius:5px;border-top-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-left-radius:5px;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;word-wrap:break-word!important;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;padding:3px;text-transform:uppercase;border-collapse:collapse;line-height:13px;display:inline-block;background-color:#2f86a8" target="_blank">Read the article</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>-------------- 1 column -------------------#######################################-->-------------- Section Blue Row -------------------#######################################--><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:18px;padding-right:18px;border-collapse:collapse"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-top-width:15px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#2f86a8;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-collapse:collapse"> <span></span> <h2 style="font-size:16px;color:#2f86a8;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:2px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:right;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.5px"> BRILLIANT RESEARCHERS </h2> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>-------------- Section Blue Row -------------------#######################################-->-------------- Picture left -------------------#######################################--> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:9px;border-collapse:collapse"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:0 9px;border-collapse:collapse"> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0 7px;">   <a href="https://bgsmath.cat/guy-will-win-fields-medal/" title="This guy will win a Fields Medal" style="word-wrap:break-word!important" target="_blank">  <img alt="Alessio Figalli Xavier Ros Oton" src="https://bgsmath.cat/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Xavi-Alessio.jpg" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border:0;line-height:100%;outline:none;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom;height:auto!important"> </a>  </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr>  <td valign="top" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border-collapse:collapse;color:#606060;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;padding: 0 7px;">  <h3 style="font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:10px"><strong>Fields Medals 2018</strong></h3> <h2 style="font-size:24px;margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:3px"> <a href="https://bgsmath.cat/guy-will-win-fields-medal/" style="line-height:24px;font-size:24px;color:#2f86a8;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word!important" target="_blank">“This guy will win a Fields Medal” </a> </h2> <p>One of this year's Field Medalists has a strong bond with Catalan mathematicians. BGSMath alumnus Xavi Ros - Oton worked with Alessio Figalli while a postdoctoral fellow at UT Austin. Just a few days after he was awarded the prestigious distinction, we asked him to share with <em>Penta</em> readers what makes Alessio a very special person and a great mathematician.</p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-top:0;padding-right:18px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:18px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="top" align="right"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle">   <a title="Read article" href="https://bgsmath.cat/guy-will-win-fields-medal/" style="border-top-left-radius:5px;border-top-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-left-radius:5px;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;word-wrap:break-word!important;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;padding:3px;text-transform:uppercase;border-collapse:collapse;line-height:13px;display:inline-block;background-color:#2f86a8" target="_blank">Read Xavi's note</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>-------------- Picture left -------------------#######################################--> -------------- Picture right -------------------#######################################--> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:9px;border-collapse:collapse"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:0 9px;border-collapse:collapse"> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border-collapse:collapse;padding-right: 15px;"> <tbody><tr>  <td valign="top" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border-collapse:collapse;color:#606060;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;padding: 0 7px;">  <h3 style="font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:10px"><strong>Xavier Ros Oton</strong></h3> <h2 style="line-height:24px;font-size:24px;margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:3px"> <a href="https://bgsmath.cat/meet-partial-differential-equations-tamer/" style="line-height:24px;font-size:24px;color:#2f86a8;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word!important" target="_blank">Meet the partial differential equations tamer</a> </h2> <p>The European Research Council awarded the Catalan mathematician Xavier Ros-Oton (University of Zurich) with an ERC Starting Grant. Xavier was in Barcelona in April. <em>Penta</em> met him and asked him for some advice. And no, you do not need to be a genius to be a good mathematician. </p>   </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0 7px;">   <a href="https://bgsmath.cat/meet-partial-differential-equations-tamer/" title="" style="word-wrap:break-word!important" target="_blank">  <img alt="Xavier Ros" src="https://bgsmath.cat/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/DSC0425.jpg" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border:0;line-height:100%;outline:none;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom;height:auto!important"> </a>  </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-top:0;padding-right:18px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:18px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="top" align="right"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle">    <a title="Read article" href="https://bgsmath.cat/meet-partial-differential-equations-tamer/" style="border-top-left-radius:5px;border-top-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-left-radius:5px;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;word-wrap:break-word!important;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;padding:3px;text-transform:uppercase;border-collapse:collapse;line-height:13px;display:inline-block;background-color:#2f86a8" target="_blank">Read the interview</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>-------------- Picture right -------------------#######################################--> -------------- Picture left -------------------#######################################--> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:9px;border-collapse:collapse"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:0 9px;border-collapse:collapse"> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0 7px;">   <a href="https://bgsmath.cat/maryna-viazovska-ucranian-mathematician-won-fields-medal-still/" title="Maryna Viazovska, the Ucranian mathematician who could have won the Fields Medal (and still could)" style="word-wrap:break-word!important" target="_blank">  <img alt="Maryna Viazovska" src="https://bgsmath.cat/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/MarynaViazovska.jpg" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border:0;line-height:100%;outline:none;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom;height:auto!important"> </a>  </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr>  <td valign="top" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border-collapse:collapse;color:#606060;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;padding: 0 7px;">  <h3 style="font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:10px"><strong>Women in Rio</strong></h3> <h2 style="font-size:24px;margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:3px"> <a href="https://bgsmath.cat/maryna-viazovska-ucranian-mathematician-won-fields-medal-still/" style="line-height:24px;font-size:24px;color:#2f86a8;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word!important" target="_blank">Maryna Viazovska, the mathematician who could have won </a> </h2> <p>BGSMath's Eva Miranda wrote an op/ed in the <em>Café con teoremas</em> section in <em>El País</em> about Maryna Viazovska, an Ucranian mathematician who, in 2016, solved the sphere-packing problem in dimension 24. She could (and should) have been one of the 2018 Field Medalists, writes Miranda. But it's not too late.</p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-top:0;padding-right:18px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:18px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="top" align="right"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle">   <a title="Read article" href="https://bgsmath.cat/maryna-viazovska-ucranian-mathematician-won-fields-medal-still/" style="border-top-left-radius:5px;border-top-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-left-radius:5px;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;word-wrap:break-word!important;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;padding:3px;text-transform:uppercase;border-collapse:collapse;line-height:13px;display:inline-block;background-color:#2f86a8" target="_blank">Read Eva's op/ed (in Spanish)</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>-------------- Picture left -------------------#######################################--> -------------- Section Blue Row -------------------#######################################--><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:18px;padding-right:18px;border-collapse:collapse"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-top-width:15px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#2f86a8;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-collapse:collapse"> <span></span> <h2 style="font-size:16px;color:#2f86a8;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:2px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:right;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.5px"> COURSES  </h2>  </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>-------------- Section Blue 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target="_blank">  <img alt="travelling salesman" src="https://bgsmath.cat/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/travellingsalesman.jpg" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border:0;line-height:100%;outline:none;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom;height:auto!important"> </a> <h3 style="font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:20px"><strong>Intensive Research Programme</strong> </h3> <h2 style="line-height:24px;font-size:24px;margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:3px"> <a href="https://bgsmath.cat/geometry-solves-every-days-problems/" style="line-height:24px;font-size:24px;color:#2f86a8;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word!important" target="_blank">The geometry that solves everyday problems...</a></h2> <p>Researchers who, allegedly, “cannot distinguish between a donut and a cup,” and who work on the old Travelling Salesman problem joined UPC and BGSMath Faculty members Vera Sacristán and Rodrigo Silvera this spring for an Intensive Research Programme focussed on Discrete, Combinatorial and Computational Geometry.  </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-top:10px;padding-right:18px;padding-bottom:9px;padding-left:18px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="top" align="right"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle">   <a title="Photos" href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmpCDFYV" style="border-top-left-radius:5px;border-top-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-left-radius:5px;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;word-wrap:break-word!important;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;padding:3px;text-transform:uppercase;border-collapse:collapse;line-height:13px;display:inline-block;background-color:#2f86a8" target="_blank"> Pictures</a>   <a title="Read the article" href="https://bgsmath.cat/geometry-solves-every-days-problems/" style="border-top-left-radius:5px;border-top-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-left-radius:5px;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;word-wrap:break-word!important;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;padding:3px;text-transform:uppercase;border-collapse:collapse;line-height:13px;display:inline-block;background-color:#2f86a8" target="_blank">Read the article</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>  </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border-collapse:collapse;padding-right: 15px;"> <tbody><tr>  <td valign="top" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border-collapse:collapse;color:#606060;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;padding: 0 7px;">    <img alt="Geometric funtion theory in fluido dynamics" src="https://bgsmath.cat/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/combo-fluid.jpg" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border:0;line-height:100%;outline:none;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom;height:auto!important">  <h3 style="font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:20px"><strong>Monthly Programme </strong></h3> <h2 style="line-height:24px;font-size:24px;margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:3px;color:#2f86a8;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word!important">... and the geometry function theory in fluid mechanics</h2> <p>UB and UAB professors Albert Clop, Jordi Marzo and Albert Mas gathered an international group of experts in "<a href="https://bgsmath.cat/event/geometric-function-theory-fluid-mechanics/" target="_blank">Geometric Function Theory in Fluid Dynamics</a>" for a Monthly Program at the Centre de Recerca Matemàtica (CRM). They spent three weeks in Barcelona to share experiences in two different research fields and to enjoy top-level lectures. </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-top:10px;padding-right:18px;padding-bottom:9px;padding-left:18px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="top" align="right"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle">  <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-top:10px;padding-right:18px;padding-bottom:9px;padding-left:18px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="top" align="right"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle">   <a title="Photos" href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmiaQqRC" style="border-top-left-radius:5px;border-top-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-left-radius:5px;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;word-wrap:break-word!important;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;padding:3px;text-transform:uppercase;border-collapse:collapse;line-height:13px;display:inline-block;background-color:#2f86a8" target="_blank"> Pictures</a>   <a title="Programme" href="https://bgsmath.cat/event/geometric-function-theory-fluid-mechanics/" style="border-top-left-radius:5px;border-top-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-left-radius:5px;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;word-wrap:break-word!important;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;padding:3px;text-transform:uppercase;border-collapse:collapse;line-height:13px;display:inline-block;background-color:#2f86a8" target="_blank">The event</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>  </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>  </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>-------------- 2 columns -------------------#######################################--> -------------- Section Blue Row -------------------#######################################--><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:18px;padding-right:18px;border-collapse:collapse"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-top-width:15px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#2f86a8;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-collapse:collapse"> <span></span> <h2 style="font-size:16px;color:#2f86a8;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:2px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:right;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.5px"> THE INTERVIEW </h2>  </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>-------------- Section Blue Row -------------------#######################################-->-------------- Picture left -------------------#######################################--> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:9px;border-collapse:collapse"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:0 9px;border-collapse:collapse"> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0 7px;">   <a href="https://bgsmath.cat/meet-algebraic-topologist-helps-biologists-analyse-brain/" title="Topologist who helps biologists to study the brain" style="word-wrap:break-word!important" target="_blank">  <img alt="Kathryn Hess Natalia Castellana" src="https://bgsmath.cat/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/matematicas.jpg" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border:0;line-height:100%;outline:none;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom;height:auto!important"> </a>  </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr>  <td valign="top" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border-collapse:collapse;color:#606060;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;padding: 0 7px;">  <h3 style="font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:10px"><strong>Spring Colloquium </strong></h3> <h2 style="font-size:24px;margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:3px"> <a href="https://bgsmath.cat/meet-algebraic-topologist-helps-biologists-analyse-brain/" style="line-height:24px;font-size:24px;color:#2f86a8;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word!important" target="_blank">The topologist who helps biologists to analyse the brain </a> </h2> <p>Kathryn Hess Bellwald was in Barcelona this spring for a Colloquium at the UAB, invited by BGSMath Faculty member & UAB Professor Natàlia Castellana. <em>Topological vistas in neuroscience </em> was an exciting excursion into how math tools can benefit biomedicine. In her case, the Blue Brain Project. </p>   </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-top:0;padding-right:18px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:18px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="top" align="right"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle">   <a title="Read interview" href="https://bgsmath.cat/meet-algebraic-topologist-helps-biologists-analyse-brain/" style="border-top-left-radius:5px;border-top-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-left-radius:5px;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;word-wrap:break-word!important;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;padding:3px;text-transform:uppercase;border-collapse:collapse;line-height:13px;display:inline-block;background-color:#2f86a8" target="_blank">Read the interview</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>-------------- Picture left -------------------#######################################--> -------------- Section Blue Row -------------------#######################################--><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:18px;padding-right:18px;border-collapse:collapse"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-top-width:15px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#2f86a8;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-collapse:collapse"> <span></span> <h2 style="font-size:16px;color:#2f86a8;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:2px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:right;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.5px"> IN SHORT </h2> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>-------------- Section Blue Row -------------------#######################################-->-------------- 2 columns -------------------#######################################--> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:9px;border-collapse:collapse"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:0 9px;border-collapse:collapse"> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border-collapse:collapse;padding-right: 15px;"> <tbody><tr>  <td valign="top" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border-collapse:collapse;color:#606060;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;padding: 0 7px;">  <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsms4qWQn" title="" style="word-wrap:break-word!important" target="_blank">  <img alt="BGSMath complementary training" src="https://bgsmath.cat/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Arantxa.jpg" style="width:100%;max-width:264px;border:0;line-height:100%;outline:none;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom;height:auto!important"> </a> <h3 style="font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:20px"><strong>Complementary training</strong> </h3> <h2 style="line-height:24px;font-size:24px;margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:3px"> <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHskpUcoec" style="line-height:24px;font-size:24px;color:#2f86a8;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word!important" target="_blank">Fundraising & writing a research proposal </a> </h2> <p>In July, Project Manager Arantxa Sanz helped young researchers at BGSMath strengthen their skills in securing resources to carry out their research. In 2 two-hour <a href="https://bgsmath.cat/event/fundraising-writing-research-proposals-msca-example/" target="_blank">sessions</a>, she showed how to identify funding opportunities and gave them tools to formulate winning proposals. 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