SmS meeting: SmS 2010 proposals

It's time to think in what the SmS community wants to do during 2010!

Thus, Roser Pinyol proposes to meet on Monday 21st of December at 15:00 in the Seminar Room 2 (Room 470).

We need motivated people to push forward this fantastic initiative!

If you are interested, come!!

If you are interested but you can not come on Monday, leave a comment and we will keep you informed about the SmS 2010 proposals. We will also post a brief on what has been decided during this meeting

150 years from The Origin of Species

Today is the 150th anniverary of the first time On The Origin Of Species was published, in London, 1859.

If you feel like celebrating by reading it either in English or Spanish, you can find PDF versions here. You may also feel like going through The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, or perhaps visit the modern art collective exhibition Darwin and Art, on its last day today at Galeria Montcada. Or just have a toast to good old Charles Darwin!

In any case, don't forget to jot down in your calendars the scientific cafe on Rare Diseases this Friday!

New Scientific Cafe: Rare diseases

On November 27th we'll have a new Café Científico, once again at La Pedrera and at our usual time, 19:30h.

What's the topic this time? As you can see in the poster below, it's going to be on rare diseases. What is a rare disease? How many are there? How do you detect them? Are there new ones springing up? What is the scientific community doing about them?

Speakers: 

• Isabel Calvo, from the Spanish federation of Rare Diseases
• Rafael Artuch, Researcher in Rare diseases at the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu
• Celia Pérez-Cerdá, Researcher from the Diagnosis Center for Molecular Diseases CEDEM, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

When? Friday the 27th November, 19.30h
Where? Entresol room, La Pedrera. Passeig de Gràcia, 92 - Barcelona

Free admission - Please arrive on time

I El.lipse Award for science communication: CONGRATULATIONS!

Today, November 13, we finally have the names of the winners for the I El·lipse Award , organized by Science meets Society. The awarded works, that will be published in the next edition of El.lipse, are:

1st Prize in the category of texts:

Letter to a young scientis -Author: Marga Nadal 

Award: 1000 €

1st Prize in the category of graphics:

Totipotent -Author: Ignaci Buch Mundó

Award: 1000 €

1st Consolation prize in the category of texts:

Once there was a cell - Author: David Mateos 

Award: Voucher of 200 € at the Herrero bookshop

2nd Consolation prize in the category of texts:

The first interview -Author: Joana Ribeiro 

Award: Voucher of 200 € at the Herrero bookshop

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A total of 21 works were presented between the two categories -text and graphics- and evaluated by the following jury:

Researcher: Anna Veiga
Science journalist: Xavier Duran
Graphic designer: Carles Puche
Representative of Science meets Society: Iris Uribesalgo
Representative from PRBB: Elvira López

Congratulations to the winners and thaks to everyone who participated!

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

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Institutions within PRBB:

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• PRBB: Éxit de la Jornada de Portes Obertes 2009
• CREAL: Jornada de Portes Obertes al PRBB
• IMIM: Jornada de puertas abiertas en el PRBB
• IMIM'at!: Jornada de portes obertes al PRBB aquest dissabte
• Fundació Pascual Maragall, Alzheimer Internacional: Jornada de portes obertes al PRBB
• Fundació Pasqual Maragall: Gran èxit de la primera jornada de portes obertes de la fundació
  
• UPF: Open Day en el Parque de Investigación Biomédica de Barcelona (PRBB)
• IMAS, Institut Municipal d'Assistència Sanitaria: Jornada de Portes Obertes al PRBB

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Websites and Blogs:

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• BioCat, BioRegió de Catalunya: ‘Ciencia para todos’: jornada de puertas abiertas en el Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona, el 3 de octubre
• Global Talent: Diari digital de ciència, economia i societat: ‘Ciència per a tothom’: jornada de portes obertes al PRBB, el 3 d’octubre
• Biotecnologia.com: Jornada de puertas abiertas del PRBB
• Microsiervos: Segunda jornada de puertas abiertas en el Parque de Investigación Biomédica de Barcelona
• La Malla: EL Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona celebra la 2a jornada de portes obertes
• Club de lectura de Ciència Biblioteca Les Corts Miquel Llongueras: Portes obertes al Parc de Recerca Biomèdica
• Biblioteca Fundació Bonanova: Jornada de Portes Obertes al PRBB
• Programa de Joves i Ciència de Caixa Catalunya: Jornada de Portes Obertes al PRBB
• La agenda de la cultura científica: 03-10-2009 Puertas abiertas en el PRBB
• Ok, ok, it's me!: PRBB Open Day '09: casi a punto
• Scribd: PRBB Open Day Flyer
• Teknear: Jornada de puertas abiertas en el Parque de Investigación Biomédica de Barcelona

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Press:

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• El Periódico: Roser Pinyol: «A menudo, la sociedad ve a los científicos como cajas negras» - JORNADA DE PUERTAS ABIERTAS. Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona [PDF]
• ABC: El Parque de Investigación Biomédica celebra su 2ª jornada puertas abiertas
• BTV notícies: El Parc de Recerca Biomèdica homenatja a Darwin

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Also linking to the PRBB Open Day website:

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• Universitat de Vic: Jornada de Portes Obertes al Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona (PRBB)
• Butlletí FCRI de recerca i Innovació, Agenda: Jornada de Portes Obertes al Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona
• Red Heracles: Jornada de Puertas Abiertas PRBB, Barcelona
• Vorada: Jornada de Portes Obertes al PRBB
• Jardí Botanic, Agenda: Open Day 2009, Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona
• Blog de l'AMPA de Sant Josep Oriol: Jornada de Portes Obertes al PRBB
• And loads of links and references at Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and other social websites!

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!

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!

Open Day Poster

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!

Open Day Flyer

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 ;-)

Premi El·lipse: deadline approaching!

There's only ten days left to submit your entry to the First El·lipse Prize for Science dissemination! Remember the prize is 1,000 € for the best work on stem cells -story, comic, theater script, you decide!

More info at the prize's website and the reminder from PRBB.net:

Hi ha 1000 euros en joc per la millor obra divulgativa sobre célules mare. Així que si mai heu volgut escriure un guió de teatre sobre un pacient amb càncer sotmès a teràpia amb cèl·lules mare, o crear un còmic sobre la vida d’un investigador dedicat a aquest camp, aquesta és la vostra oportunitat! Teniu fins el 15 de setembre!!
www.prbb.org/premiellipse/

There's 1000 euros for the best work on stem cells. So if you have ever wanted to write a theatre script about a cancer patient that receives stem cell therapy, or to create a comic about the life of a researcher working on this field, this is your opportunity! You have until September 15!!
www.prbb.org/premiellipse/


Hay 1000 euros en juego a la mejor obra divulgativa sobre células madre. Podeis hacer un guion de teatro sobre un paciente con cáncer sometido a terápia con células madre, o crear un cómic sobre la vida de un investigador dedicado a este campo! Tenéis hasta el 15 de septiembre!!
www.prbb.org/premiellipse/

Good luck!