Friday, September 26, 2008

We're getting ready for the big day!

The list of volunteers exceeds 100 people by now, check your details are correct here

Anyone with a bit of time to hand out a couple of leaflets in different areas of the town, hang a poster or two, or wants to help trodding through Barceloneta to hand leaflets out in person round the neighbourhood, please pass by PRBB Communication dept. and ask for promotional stuff.
Every bit shall help!

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Open Day: 4th October 2008

The PRBB Open Day is almost here!

The volunteer recruitment has been a great success, with almost a hundred volunteers in total between the SmS Open Day organization team and the aproximately 80 new volunteers!

Check the final schedule by scrolling the flyer below

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

¿Quiénes somos?

Science Meets Society (SmS) se originó como un grupo de estudiantes de doctorado e investigadores post-doctorado de CRG (Centre de Regulacio Genomica) y fue creciendo hasta decidir la ampliación como un proyecto en el que participan investigadores y trabajadores en general de varias instituciones dentro del PRBB (Parc de Recerca Biomedica de Barcelona).

Nuestra meta es combinar la vida social con la actividad científica y promover la comunicación y divulgación de la ciencia. En este sentido, SmS apoya iniciativas de miembros del PRBB motivados para compartir sus ideas y llevar a cabo proyectos relacionados con la comunicación científica y la percepción de la ciencia en la sociedad.

Hasta ahora nuestra acción principal ha sido la realización de tres Cafés Científicos de gran éxito. Como plan inmediato, en estos momentos estamos ultimando los preparativos para la Jornada de Puertas Abiertas, y estamos organizando de un concurso de escritura creativa, una serie de cortometrajes documentales y otro gran evento para celebrar el año de Charles Darwin , previsto para febrero del 2009.

Science Meets Society cuenta para llevar a cabo la jornada de puertas abiertas con más de 80 voluntarios externos, provenientes de las diversas instituciones dentro del PRBB.

Who is SmS?

Science Meets Society (SmS) started off as a group of PhD students and postdoctoral researchers at the CRG (Center for Genomic Regulation) and grew until it was decided to extend it as a global project involving researchers and workers in general from several institutions within PRBB (Parc de Recerca Biomedica de Barcelona).

Our goal is to combine social life with scientific endeavour and to promote science communication and dissemination. In this sense, SMS supports initiatives of motivated members of the PRBB to pursue their ideas and carry out projects related to science communication and the perception of science in society.

So far our main action has been the implementation of three highly successful Scientific Cafes. As immediate plans, we are currently finalizing preparations for the Open Day, and we are organizing a creative writing contest, a series of short documentaries and other major event to celebrate the year of Charles Darwin, in February, 2009.

Science Meets Society has so far over 80 external volunteers to help us carry out the Open Day. These volunteers are all workers at the many centers and institutions in the PRBB.