The centres of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) are participating in the 2019 European Researchers’ Night, a public science outreach event taking place in cities all over Europe on Friday, September 27th.
Researchers’ Night is a mega outreach event that takes place every year on the last Friday of September simultaneously in about 300 cities all over Europe. The event aims to bring science, research, and technology closer to the public through scientific talks, workshops, and games at various locations in Barcelona. In 2018, 1.5 million visitors attended Researchers’ Night events in 371 cities!
The BIST centres are participating in and around Barcelona with the following highlighted activities. A full programme of all activitites can be found here (Barcelona) and here (Tarragona).
Thursday, September 26, 2019:
El magnetisme de les tomaques (ICIQ)
Scientific talk for secondary students, Thursday morning, Tarragona
Imaginació i levitación magnètica (ICIQ)
Scientific talk for secondary students, Thursday morning, Tarragona
Fotocatalitzadors orgànics: com he acabat enmig d’aquest guirigall? (ICIQ)
Scientific talk for secondary students, Thursday morning, Tarragona
Quiralitat: molècules davant del mirall. Per què tenen tanta importància? (ICIQ)
Scientific talk for secondary students, Thursday morning, Tarragona
El més petit i el més gran (ICIQ)
Scientific talk for secondary students, Thursday morning, Tarragona
Friday, 27 September 2019:
On van els elements de la taula periòdica? (ICIQ)
Game/Workshop, 16:30h-21:30h, Plaça Corsini, Tarragona
Els colors dels elements (ICIQ)
Game/Workshop, 16:30-21;30h, Plaça Corsini, Tarragona
Els elements de la fotosíntesi artificial (ICIQ)
Game/Workshop, 16:30-21;30h, Plaça Corsini, Tarragona
Gate2Brain, a door to cure the brain (Meritxell Teixidó, IRB Barcelona)
Short talk, 17:00-18:00, Centre Cívic Urgell, Barcelona
New antitumor drugs based on Alpaca antibodies (Salvador Guardiola, IRB Barcelona)
Short talk, 17:30-18:00, Vil·la Urània, Barcelona
How do cells communicate? (Lorena Gonzalez, IRB Barcelona)
Short talk, 18:00-19:00, Centre Cívic Urgell, Barcelona
Cellular reprogramming: how we obtain stem cells in the lab (Elena Melendez, IRB Barcelona)
Short Talk for Teenagers, 19:30-20:00, CosmoCaixa, Barcelona
Stick out your Tongue: the game of the oral microbiome (CRG)
Family activity for 10 year olds and up, session 1 at 19.30h, session 2 at 21.30h, CosmoCaixa, Barcelona
Presentation on the visualization and sonification of the particle physics project developed for the CCCB Quantica Exhibition (IFAE)
21:30h, CosmoCaixa, Barcelona
Who is Who in European Science (CRG, ICFO, ICIQ, ICN-CSIC, MCAA)
Nights of activities, 18h – 23h, FabCafe Barcelona
• 18:00h-19:00h: Podium Discussion and exhibition “Bridging STEM to STEAM: Why art can be more than a communication tool in science and technology”
• 19:30h – 21:00h: Research Project Exhibition: PhD students of seven European Training Networks will showcase their projects and explain how their research impacts people’s daily life.
• 20:00h – 21:00h: Speed dating with scientists
• 21:15 – 22:30h: BCN Science Slam
Nou canvi de paradigma en la detecció de malalties: la nanomedicina (Dr. Laura Lechuga, ICN2)
Short talk, from 21h on, CosmoCaixa, Barcelona
Los materiales bidimensionales y el futuro de la tecnología de la información (Dr. Adriana Figueroa, Marianna Sledzinska, ICN2)
Short talk, from 21h on, CosmoCaixa, Barcelona
Saturday, 28 September 2019
Choose your own adventure… in science! A game to explore the world of science. (IRB Barcelona)
Game, 12:00-13:30, Vil·la Urània
Lego workshop: Build the universe piece by piece (IFAE)
12:30h at Biblioteca Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
We look forward to seeing you there! More information can be found here (Barcelona) and here (Tarragona).