Showing posts with label Open Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Open Day. Show all posts

Monday, October 1, 2012

Ready for the 5th Open Day! · Llega el 5º Open Day

Remember the PRBB and Science meets Society Open Day?


Science is cool, find out why! 
On Saturday October 6th, the PRBB Open Day is coming back with more experiments, visits, workshops, kiddy's stuff,  and scientific talks.  At 18:00 it will all stop to focus on the scientific cafe on how our brain perceives the world around us.

About 200 volunteers make it possible. Do you want to help?

Check out the programme at the Open Day website for more info!



¿Recuerdas el Open Day del PRBB y Science meets Society?

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Descubre por qué la ciencia gusta tanto! 
El sábado 6 de octubre vuelve el PRBB Open Day con más experimentos, visitas, talleres, actividades infantiles, y charlas científicas.  A las 18:00 se pararán las actividades para centrarnos en el café científico sobre cómo percibe nuestro cerebro el mundo que nos rodea.


Unos 200 voluntarios hacen posible esta jornada, ¿quieres ayudar?


Echa un vistazo al programa en la web del Open Day para más información!

Friday, September 30, 2011

October 1: Open Day'11!!!

Tomorrow!! Mañana!! Demà!!


 Un año más, Science Meets Society abre las puertas del PRBB a una jornada de talleres, visitas, charlas y fiesta de la ciencia!

Este grupo de voluntarios, en colaboración con el Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona y las instituciones que alberga, lleva cuatro años promocionando la ciencia entre adultos y niños. Entre 100 y 150 investigadores y personal de los centros de investigación del PRBB se ofrecen como voluntarios para hacer posible el Open Day. El programa de este año es el siguiente:

Punto de información

En la plaza Darwin habrá un punto de información sobre las actividades del día y sobre el trabajo que se hace en el PRBB. A partir de las 10:00h se harán las inscripciones a las visitas guiadas.
Talleres y experimentos

En las carpas instaladas en la Plaça Darwin podréis participar en experimentos preparados especialmente para a la Jornada de Puertas Abiertas:
  • Construye ADN con "chuches"!
  • Mira por el microscopio
  • Extrae tu propio ADN
  • Pulseras con código genético
  • La leche mágica
  • La Prevención en el laboratorio
  • Cálculo del riesgo cardiovascular
  • Experimentos para hacer en casa

Edificio PRBB

Visitas guiadas durante todo el día

Síguenos a través de los pasillos y laboratorios, de la mano de los investigadores del PRBB que te mostrarán y te explicarán cuál es su trabajo. Será necesaria inscripción, por orden de llegada el mismo día 1, en el punto de información.
Video room

La zona Chill Out de la ciencia! Relájate y disfruta de documentales para todas las edades, seleccionados por los jóvenes científicos del PRBB.
Rincón del lector

Disfruta de un espacio de lectura con libros de ciencia para todas las edades, cedidos por la Biblioteca Sagrada Família.
Pati interior del PRBB
10:30 - 12:30 i 15:00 - 17:00  L'àgora de la ciència

Descubre la ciencia de la mano de 4 ilustres investigadores y juega a descubrir las calles con más “química” de Barcelona.
11:00 y 16:00 La química del teatre

Representación teatral del grupo de teatro PeRaBaBaus.
12:30 y 18:30 Quim i Ka

Dani Jiménez ofrece un espectáculo sorprendente donde los experimentos químicos son los protagonistas.
13:00 y 17h Taller de magia a cargo de Carmen Hernández 
13:00 III Premi El·lipse de divulgació científica

El tema  de este año ha sido la biologia de la memoria: obra escrita y obra gráfica. Entrega de premis de esta tercera edición.
17:00 Café científico: ¿Porqué envejecemos? Una visión radical.

Protocolos de los experimentos que se realizan en los talleres
Se pueden descargar para hacerlos en casa o en vuestras escuelas desde aquí:

Protocolos de experimentos en castellano o catalá


Experiment protocols in English



Protocolos de los experimentos para hacer en casa
Experiments per fer a casa - Català


Experiments to do at home - English

Friday, September 2, 2011

Open Day 2011: Volunteering for what? · Voluntaris per a què?


The Open Day is approaching and we need you to help make it true... but how can you help?



  • Information office at the Darwin square: Helping with registrations for the guided visits and informing the public about the different activities.
  • Experiments at the Charles Darwin square: You will learn some very easy experiments beforehand and help the visitors do them: DNA isolation, magic milk...
  • A station on the guided visits: You can explain your lab or one of the facilities of the park.
  • Guided Visits: You can be one of the two guides of a group of 20 visitors, and accompany them along the defined route.
  • Volunteers’ reception: You need to receive the volunteers as they arrive and give them the “volunteer kit” (water, food tickets, T-shirts...) and help organizing them.
  • General organization: We need people who can help with any of several things: giving support to a specific group of volunteers, establishing shifts for lunch, helping visitors with mobility issues who need lifts, organizing the lines for entering the building, introducing the different shows and activities, and a many other small and big things which appear as we go.
  • Languages: The official language of the Open Day is Catalan, but It is not necessary to speak Catalan or Spanish for a variety of tasks.

Register here



S'apropa l'Open Day '11 i et necessitem per fer-ho possible... però com pots ajudar?

  • Caseta d’informació a la plaça Charles Darwin: Fent inscripcions per a les visites guiades i informant al públic de les activitats.
  • Experiments a la Plaça Charles Darwin: Aprendràs uns quants experiments senzills i els faràs amb els nens: ADN amb xuxes, llet màgica...
  • Estació en el recorregut de les visites guiades: explicant el teu labo o una instal.lació del parc
  • Visites guiades: pots fer de guia de les visites guiades acompanyant grups de 20 visitants per les diferents instal.lacions en recorreguts fixats.
  • Acollida voluntaris: cal rebre als voluntari que vagin arribant i facilitar-los el “kit del voluntari” (aigua, tiquets menjars, samarreta...). També s’han d’anar equilibrant els diferents espais segons els voluntaris que hi hagi.
  • Organització general: es necessita gent que pugui ajudar en coses diverses, reforçar un grup de voluntaris, establint torns per menjar, atendre els visitants amb problemes de mobilitat que necessiten ascensors, organitzar les cues d’entrada a l’edifici, donar pas als diferents espectacles i activitats, i un llarg etc. de petites i grans coses que van sortint.
  • Rotació de tasques: Intentarem que ningú estigui més de dues hores seguides en el mateix lloc i fent el mateix, a no ser que ho demaneu expressament.  
Inscripcions aquí 
 

 

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Open Day 2011

Just a short update so you know that
  • It's hot, people are on holiday, but we'll be back, and
  • We are already working on this year's Open Day!
So don't fear the recession has got rid of Science meets Society,  we'll be back after summer!

Keep an eye out for further news on the OD'11 ;^)

Sunday, October 10, 2010

2010 Open Day Scientific Cafe: All equal, all different

During the Open Day we had a really interesting Scientific Cafe, adressing the general topic of this year's celebration: All equal, all different. Jaume Bertrandpetit, Ricard Albalat and Roberto Elosua led a really participative session, closing a really successful Open Day.

All equal, all different
How has the genome of Homo sapiens evolved throughout history?
How have the different human populations been generated?
Is it possible to create a personalized medicine based on diversity between populations and individuals?
Environmental conditions interact with different genomes. How does this affect us?


Tots iguals, tots diferents
Com ha evolucionat el genoma de l’homo sapiens all llarg de la història?
Com s’ha generat les diferents poblacions humanes?
És possible una medicina personalitzada en base a la diversitat entre poblacions i individus?
Les condicions ambientals intervenen en els diferents genomes. Com ens afecta això?

Friday, October 8, 2010

What a great Open Day!

Once again, we finally made it!

It was a lot of hard work, but once again the volunteers got down to business, proving they'd done their homework to make things flow, and the visitors were really happy with the whole experience!

The collaboration with Hangar made possible two interactive installations and the brilliant virtual reality game, the books loaned by Sagrada familia library made it possible to create a reading area for kids and adults, where PeReBabaus enacted a couple of stories, and a sponsorship on the sweets made it possible to use 300 kgs of sweets this time!

But all this would have been impossible without the 182 people who turned up on Saturday, kind of on time and ready to make people really enjoy their visit to the PRBB. All the planning beforehand and all the work done during months would be useless if we didn't have the support of the Open Day volunteers, and we really want to thank you!

It was interesting to see how we had some "outsiders" among the volunteers -some relatives of PRBB-ers, but some are just SmS fans, who wanted to help out and join us in our work to promote science! I don't know if you realized, but the three girls at the Reading Area in the morning were all SmS supporters, and a few more were distributed among visits and experiments. We also got a few other visitors asking if they could help somehow in a future occasion... It seems like things are working well ;-)

It was also obvious that we had more youngsters and teens interested in what we were doing. I have heard from a few Science teachers at high schools prompting their students to come along and write a piece on our Open Day, adding marks to their next exam!

Here are some estimates made by the PRBB Communication team:


And now, it's time to comment on what was great and what could be improved at our meeting on Wednesday, and celebrate our great team work on the lunch party on Thursday!

PS: If you have any good photos of the Open Day, share a link or get in touch so we can show them here! I'll start uploading some next week ;-)

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Everything's ready for today!

Volunteers have been trained, installations installed (hehe) and tested, tables are ready to go to the square, electric needs are being seen to...

Curious about what it all looks like the afternoon before the Open Day ;-)
Our banner overlooking Darwin Square reminds us what we're up to

Artistic installation based on Microarrays
Marking the area for the interactive sound installation
There's still some more flyers to hand out, let's get a move on!
Meeting points for visits are marked.  Will people actually queue?
The reading - chill out area is almost ready... Where are the books?
The Open Day starts at 10, but volunteers will be there from 8 in the morning to get the last minute stuff ready -see you there?

Remember:
What?  Science Meets Society's PRBB Open Day
Where? Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona, PRBB.
             Doctor Aiguader, 88 and Charles Darwin Square

             (next to Hospital del Mar)
When? Saturday, October 2nd 2010. 10 - 19:00h
How much? For free! Plus cheap bar service all day long!

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

October 2nd: Science Meets Society's THIRD PRBB Open Day!!!

Open Day poster


Science Meets Society, together with Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona and all its institutions, invite you once again to spend the first Saturday in October visiting labs, testing your skills at the experiment area, relaxing at the videoroom or reading a bit, chatting with researchers at the scientific cafe or throughout the whole day...


Photos of the first Open Day, 2008


This year we have also an exciting collaboration with the artist collective Hangar, with three interactive activities where science and art get together to surprise you ;-)

 Programme (also available here)
What?  Science Meets Society's PRBB Open Day
Where? Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona, PRBB.
            Doctor Aiguader, 88 and Charles Darwin Square

            (next to Hospital del Mar)
When? Saturday, October 2nd 2010. 10 - 19:00h
How much? For free! Plus cheap bar service all day long!

Sunday, September 26, 2010

2 de octubre, PRBB Open Day: Jornada de Puertas Abiertas en el PRBB

Cartel del Open Day


Science Meets Society, en colaboración con el Parc de recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona y las instituciones que residen en el PRBB, os invitamos una vez más a pasar el primer sábado de octubre visitando laboratorios, probando tu habilidad en la zona de experimentos, descansando mientras ves unos vídeos o lees un poco, charlando con auténticos investigadores tanto en el café científico como a lo largo del día...


Imágenes del primer Open Day, 2008

Como ya sabéis, Science Meets Society es un colectivo de voluntarios, investigadores en el PRBB y allegados, que dedicamos nuestro poco tiempo libre a organizar actos y eventos para difundir la ciencia entre la sociedad. Hacemos varios cafés científicos al año, hay un premio de divulgación en colaboración con el PRBB y, una vez al año, organizamos un gran evento multitudinario, con unos 150 voluntarios trabajando a lo largo del día para que tú puedas conocernos un  poco más ;-)

Este año, además, contamos con la colaboración del colectivo de artistas Hangar, y presentaremos tres actividades interactivas donde ciencia y arte se unen para sorprenderos ;-)

Programa de actividades (disponible aquí)
¿Qué?      Science Meets Society's PRBB Open Day
¿Dónde?   Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona, PRBB.
              Doctor Aiguader, 88 y Plaza Charles Darwin
              (al lado del Hospital del Mar)

¿Cuándo? Sábado, 2 de octubre 2010. 10 - 19:00h
¿Cuánto? ¡Gratis! Servicio de bar durante todo el día, precios razonables

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Remember: Open Day 2010 is coming soon!

More public/Més públic

More activities/Més activitats

More Volunteers/Més voluntaris

Sign up now!!!/ Apunta’t ara!!!


Volunteers needed for Open Day 2010
Que fan els voluntaris?

- Explicar i fer els experiments i tallers a la Plaça Charles Darwin
- Organitzar i acompanyar als visitants per dins l’edifici
- Explicar i conduir les activitats multimèdia
- Informar als visitants i fer les inscripcions de les visites guiades
- Col.laborar en l’organització general

MOLT IMPORTANT:
ben aviat es farà una formació prèvia de cada activitat. Per això és important inscriure’s el més aviat possible.


What do the volunteers do?

- Explain and make experiments and workshops at the Place Charles Darwin
- Organise and accompany visitors inside the building
- Explain and lead the multimedia activities
- Inform visitors and do the registrations for guided tours
- Collaborate in the general organization

VERY IMPORTANT!
Soon there will be some specific training for each activity, so please join ASAP!
You don't need to speak Catalan or Spanish, there's work for everyone!

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Open Day 2010: October 2nd!

How are the holidays going? Or are you chilling at the lab?

Before the heat melts our brains even more, a quick note to remind you that the next Open Day is on October 2nd and we're already looking for volunteers to join us -it wouldn't be possible without your help!

If you think you can spend some hours making the magic of our Open Day work, please sign in at this form. It's really worth the effort!

See the program by clicking on the banner · Verás el programa pulsando en la imagen

Puertas Abiertas 2010: Sábado 2 de octubre

¿Cómo van las vacaciones? ¿O tienes la suerte de estar fresquit@ en el laboratorio?

Antes de que el calor nos derrita aún más el cerebro, os queremos recordar que la Jornada de Puertas Abiertas de este año es el 2 de octubre y estamos buscando ya voluntarios para hacerlo posible.

Si crees que puedes dedicar unas horas a la magia del Open Day, apúntate en el formulario de inscripción. Verás cómo no te arrepientes ;-)

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

PRBB Breakfast on 4th March: We need your ideas!

Trying to find new ideas, new activities and new concepts isn't easy. There are many people in SmS sharing thoughts, efforts and knowledge but we really need some more help...
Can you think of any activities, specific topics, posters, kids' workshops, visuals... related to  genetic diversity for this year's Open day?

Would you like to be part of the team working on the Open Day, giving ideas and taking care of some specific part of the activities?


Just share your ideas, never mind how wild or precise, by sending them  through this form. We shall gather all the ideas, names and emails of possible collaborators and see if we can build a strong team, as we have done in previous years. And if you'd only like to propose an activity, feel free to do so through the form!



See you at the PRBB breakfast on Thursday?

Friday, October 2, 2009

Open Day in the Press and on the Web

The PRBB Open Day has been a great success once again!

Thank you for all the energy and time dedicated, it would have been impossible without the 100+ volunteers that shared their time and energy on Saturday to get Science and Society a bit closer!

But it was also really important to get the word around so that people could come. This year there was even more people talking about the Open Day during end of September - beguinning of October, so we are trying to gather in a list all those websites, blogs and general press that either announced the PRBB Open Day, or commented on it after visiting us on Saturday.

Please provide links to blogs/press coverage of the Open Day 2009 here, either editing this post or in the comment section.




www.btvnoticies.cat


Institutions within PRBB:


Websites and Blogs:


Press:

Also linking to the PRBB Open Day website:

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

PRBB OPEN DAY'09


October 3rd, PRBB Open Day: Are you going to miss it?

The PRBB Open Day, organized by Science Meets Society with the support of the PRBB and the institutions within it, is above all a great big party that allows people from the general public to talk directly with young researchers. Many of you were here last year, but for those who haven't experienced the atmosphere yet, make sure you come on Saturday and bring along your family, friends, neighbours... anyone who might be interested in seeing where you work, finding out about research at the PRBB, watching the short plays by PRBB members, or just feel like fiddling with little experiments they can do at the workshops!

To get an idea of what it will be like, see the images from last year


If you want to be part of the team of volunteers, put your name down here
Si quieres formar parte del equipo de voluntarios, apúntate en esta lista


3 de Octubre, Jornada de Puertas Abiertas del PRBB: ¿Te lo vas a perder?


La Jornada de Puertas Abiertas del PRBB, organizada por Science Meets Society con el apoyo del PRBB y las instituciones en él alojadas, es ante todo una gran fiesta donde los ciudadanos de la calle pueden conocer y hablar con jóvenes investigadores. Muchos de vosotros estuvisteis el año pasado, pero si te lo perdiste entonces asegúrate de venir este sábado con tu familia, amigos, vecinos... cualquiera a quien le interesaría ver dónde trabajas, enterarse de qué investigamos en el PRBB o simplemente quiera liarse a hacer experimentos sencillos en los talleres y casetas.

Viendo las imágenes de arriba, de la jornada de puertas abiertas del año pasado, os podéis hacer una idea del ambiente que hubo ;-)

Only 3 days to go!



Have you suddenly realised you are free on Saturday and you would love to show kids how to make little fossils out of pasta, explain how to play computer games related to evolution, act as a fantastic guide for the tours round the labs and building or simply take a shift at the information point?

No problem, you won't be left out! Just sign in at our doodle with your name, email and choices in shifts and activities!

We have loads of volunteers already signed up, but we're still looking for people to help at the Open Day, specially for the experiments and guided tours! -the more volunteers, the lighter the shifts shall be ;-)

See you all on Saturday!

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Only one week to go! PRBB Open Day '09



We are almost ready for the Open Day.

Since the Volunteer's Happy Hour, we have recruited quite a few new volunteers -why not give us a hand? it's fun, it's promoting Science, it gives you good karma!

If you haven't joined yet, you can still do so,
choosing shifts and activities at
this Doodle chart.


If you're already with us, why not tell your friends to come along? the more they help, the less hours you my need to ;-) We'd love to get loads of people doing shortish shifts, and possibly moving from one activity to another during the day so as not to get bored with one single dedication all day long. It would also be nice to get enough shifts so we can enjoy the proper lunch we seem to have ahead of us this year, not just sandwiches!
Also, please tell your friends and family, advertise the open Day on your facebook, Flickr, Twitter, Blogs... you name it! You can use the banner on this page, embed the PDFs of the poster above and the flyer below and linnk to the Open Day website!

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Happy hour for Open Day volunteers today!

Open Day '09 is really close, it seems it can be really fantastic, with last year's experience ansd some extra cash for the Darwin eshibition, etc. All we need is to know who is willing, dying to come and help on October 3rd! We've got a Doodle where you can jot down your name, surname and e-mail, and choose the activities and shifts you would like to do. Or you could come along today, September 17th at 5:30 pm, and meet some of the organization members at the first floor terrace, and then decide on your favourite activity!

Come along to the Open day Volunteers Happy Hour today, at 5:30 pm, and you shall hear about the different things we need help with so you may find a shift and activity you'd love to volunteer for!


El Open Day '09 ya está muy cerca, y parece que puede salir algo fantástico con la experiencia del año pasado y algún dinerillo extra para la exposición Darwin, etc. Ahora sólo nos falta saber quién estaría encantado, quién se muere de ganas por echar una mano el 3 de octubre! Hay un Doodle donde apuntarte con tu nombre y apellido, e-mail y actividad + horario en que te gustaría colaborar. O te puedes pasar hoy, 17 de Septiembre a las 5:30 de la tarde, charlas con algunos de los organizadores en la terraza del auditorio, y entonces decidir cuál es tu actividad favorita!

Pásate por la Happy Hour para voluntarios hoy, a las cinco y media, y te contaremos todas las actividades previstas y qué necesitamos de los nuevos voluntarios, y probablemente encuentres un turno y actividad que te encanten ;-)

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Open Day with a Darwin flavour

Zero Six One zero floor 6 full stop box 0 plaster 9


There will soon be more news around, but jot this day down on your calendar!

UPDATE!
It seems we shall have to change the date, due to the works taking place this summer at the Darwin Square.
The new date is yet to be set, but we shall communicate it as soon as it's decided!

UPDATE 2:
New date set, October 3rd!




Zero number 3 . P1120410 brick 0 . 0 park 9



Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Open Day pictures

Here are some of the pictures by Laure Weill that best captured the spirit of the Open Day :)

Mid morning - PRBB Open Day Pictures Selection
As soon as the experiment tables were set up, we had people around and queues forming!

Yummy DNA - PRBB Open Day Pictures Selection
The kids loved the easier activities!

Take Home activities - PRBB Open Day Pictures Selection

Remember how many times we needed to get more copies of these?

Hey! look! they're scientists! - PRBB Open Day Pictures Selection
People of all ages were asking questions and giggling while Real Scientists gave them instructions at the workshops.

Give us some rythm - PRBB Open Day Pictures Selection

Not only most of the volunteers turned up, but some of our co-workers surprised us cool with ideas during the day :D

COLOURS!!! - PRBB Open Day Pictures Selection

Toddlers and pre-school were not left out!

My turn now! - PRBB Open Day Pictures Selection

About 500 people attended the guided visits, clogging the initial list before lunchtime and even the massive, improvised final tours with up to three versions of the visit per shift!

Follow the leader, leader, leader! - Patxi
It was funny how sometimes you would bump into another group, if one of our labs' presentations had been a bit longer than expected!

Café Científico - PRBB Open Day Pictures Selection
The people attending the café seemed really interested. The audience, of about 150, took their chance to ask all their questions to the three speakers.

...And, finally, the batucada & Gadjo!




But the best was seeing how hundreds of people took our challenge and came to visit us, enjoyed the day at the PRBB and left with a smile.

AND the volunteers also had fun and a really warm feedback during the whole day!

PRBB cups! - PRBB Open Day Pictures Selection
You can see the whole set of pictures taken by Laure Weill (CRG) here plus these other albums by Patxi Fernandez (IMIM) and Nuria Perez (UPF)!

See you guys at Darwin Day?


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