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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Monday, October 6, 2008

Open Day was a great success!!!!!

THANK YOU!!!
GRACIAS · MERCI · شكرا · DANKE · Ευχαριστώ · GRAZIE · 致謝 · OBRIGADO
GRÀCIES!!!


Keep an eye on the blog: We will soon be posting photos, videos, and material from the Open Day, and talking of new meetings and events.
Here are some pictures taken by Patxi and Nuria. Have you got any good pics from the day?


...And now, back to working on the Café Científico, the Creative Writing Contest, the filming and the Darwin Celebration Day next February!!!

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Only two days left!

PRBB OPEN DAY. 04.10.08.


We have been seeing each other a lot lately. Meetings, mailings, lists and more lists made to get organized. Sometimes we can't believe the amounts of volunteers, other moments we can't get them to choose a definite shift to place them at.

But everything is running through fine!

If you're coming to help, please try and be here early to help setting up from 9:30 to 11:00!
If you are not on the first shifts, please try and be here on time -a bit earlier than your shift to get your volunteer kit.

Most of the Open Day organizing commitee after our meeting today

We shall be waiting for you on Saturday, October 4th!

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.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

PRBB Open Day proposal

Here you will find the proposal for the PRBB Open Day, we presented to the PRBB Communication Departments at the meeting from the 17.07.2008.


For details concerning the meeting contact: Antoine
(antoine.graindorge@crg.es), Marija (marija.mihailovic@crg.es) or Roni (roni.wright@crg.es).

Café Científico "Knowing our genome"


Summary from the Café Científico "Knowing our genome", with Xavier Estivill, under:
http://www.scribd.com/word/full/4003373?access_key=key-2jmowad7iro1cc00vu5f

Resum del Cafè Científic "Coneixent el nostre genoma", amb Xavier Estivill, a:


Thursday, July 3, 2008

Pictures cafe cientifico on GM food





Pictures: Solenn Patalano