Once again, the IDIBELL participates in events of the Science Week, which this year will take place from November 16th to 25th. The initiative, which is celebrated throughout Europe, aims to bring the results of scientific research to society.
The institute organizes these days, along with other institutions, conferences and debates to bring citizens the research done our researchers. Thus, between November 16th and 22th IDIBELL researchers Laura Valle, Luis Fuentemilla, Susana Jiménez-Murcia and Fernando Fernández-Aranda involved in the cycle “Pessics de Ciència” of November promoted by the Centre Cultural Sant Josep at L’Hospitalet de Llobregat. Luis Fuentemilla also will talk about memory functioning in a scientific cafe organized by the Catalan Association of Scientific Communication (ACCC) at the Centre Cívic Can Deu at Barcelona on November 22th. Finally, IDIBELL also helps to organize the fourth edition of the Science Gatherings at Palau de la Virreina of the Institute of Culture of Barcelona. On November 21st the IDIBELL researcher Manel Esteller will participate on this conference cycle. On Nov. 29th, Fernando Fernández-Aranda will present the recognized expert on eating disorders Janet Treasure. Finally the researchers Conxi Lázaro and Ignacio Blanco will offer a conference during the “Science Day in Schools 2012: science in first person”.
Pessics de ciència
Friday, November 16th at 12pm. Bibioteca Tecla Sala L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Av Joan Josep Tarradellas, 44 of L’Hospitalet). Conference “¿Qué hace un investigador?” Laura Valle, hereditary cancer research group.
Tuesday, November 20th at 7pm. Bellvitge Library (Pl. Cultura, 1, L’Hospitalet). Conference “Per què ens recordem de les coses?” by Luis Fuentemilla, researcher at the Cognition and Brain Plasticity group IDIBELL-UB.
Tuesday, November 20th at 7:30pm. Centre Cultural Sant Josep (Av. Isabel La Catòlica, 32, L’Hospitalet). Conference “Addicció al joc i a la tecnologia”, Susana Jiménez-Murcia, Psychiatry and Mental Health research group IDIBELL-HUB.
Thursday November 22th at 7.30pm. Centre Cultural Sant Josep. Conference “Anorèxia, bulímia i altres trastorns de la conducta alimentària”, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Psychiatry and Mental Health research group IDIBELL-HUB.
Scientific Gathering
Thursday, November 22th at 7pm. Room 4 of the Centre Cívic Can Deu, Barcelona (Pl. de la Concòrdia, 13). “Parlant de la memòria”, Luis Fuentemilla, researcher at the Cognition and Brain Plasticity group IDIBELL-UB.
Gatherings of Science at the Palau de la Virreina
Wednesday, November 21st at 7pm. Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona (La Rambla 99). “Més enllà de la genètica”. Manel Esteller, director of the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program and Director of Strategic Projects IDIBELL.
Thursday, November 29th at 7pm. Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona. “Environmental and genetic risk factors Involved in unhealthy eating behavior”. Janet Treasure, South London & Maudsley NHS Trust, London. [Dr. Treasure will pronounce an IDIBELL a seminar on 30 November, in the small hall of the Bellvitge University Hospital]. The event will be hold by Fernando Fernández-Aranda.
Science Day in Schools 2012. Science in first person Wednesday, November 21st at 11:30am. Museu Blau (Parc Fórum, Barcelona). Conference “Introducció a la Genètica Humana. Utilitats en el Diagnòstic Genètic i l’Assessorament Genètic”. Conxi Làzaro, researcher at the Hereditary Cancer group, IDIBELL at ICO.
Wednesday, November 21st at 11:30am. Conference hall School Dominiques de l’Ensenyament (Mallorca 349, Barcelona). Conference “Cáncer y Genética”. Ignacio Blanco, researcher at the Hereditary Cancer group, IDIBELL at ICO.