ICGEB enriches its offering for public engagement for European Researchers’ Night and national science festivals.
In September and October 2024 ICGEB will be participating in European Researchers’ Night, holding public engagement events and shows at Science Festivals in Trieste and in Genoa, Italy.
Appointments:
📌 Friday, 13 September 2024 – SHARPER Night – Aspettando la Notte dei Ricercatori [event in Italian]
17.00-18.00: ICGEB laboratory visits – part of the activities taking place throughout the city of Trieste for SHARPER Night.
📌 Friday, 27 September 2024
12:00 midday: ICGEB Seminar by Dr. AnaMaria LENNON-DUMENIL, Research Director Inserm, Institut Curie, Paris, France on Immunity and Cancer – hosted by Dr. Federica Benvenuti
📌 Friday, 27 September 2024
14.00-16.00: Students from European Universities participating in the International Academy will visits ICGEB’s laboratories and facilities in Trieste [event in English]
📌 Friday, 27 September 2024 – European Researchers’ Night
16.00-22.00: Piazza Unità d’Italia, Trieste. ICGEB researchers will guide the public on an interactive virtual reality experience: “Fascinating Journey inside the Human Cell”
📌 Friday 27- Sunday 29 September 2024 – Trieste Next Science Festival
Visit the ICGEB stand and meet our researchers in the Trieste Village (Piazza Unità d’Italia)
Friday, 27 September
📌 16.30-17.45: “New technologies for genetic diseases” [event in Italian]
Discussion with Dr. Giulia Bortolussi, Research Associate at ICGEB, Dr. Nicola Brunetti-Pierri, Professor of Pediatrics at Federico II University of Naples and Principal Investigator at the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Dr. Federico Mingozzi, Chief Executive Officer at Newco and Dr. Andres Muro, Group Leader ICGEB – How is the dialogue between basic and translational research helping the development and application of gene editing such as CRISPR/cas9 techniques to clinical practice? Which of these lends itself best to personalised medicine and for which diseases?
Saturday, 28 September 2024
📌 10:00-11.15: “Accessible Intelligence” [event in English]:
with ICGEB Alumni Dr. Bruna Marini, science entrepreneur, Dr. Giuseppe Marzio, founder and strategic storyteller at Chiaro, and Dr. Erick Mora, team lead R&D division at Roche Diagnostics Germany, Sannia Farrukh, Science Communicator and ICGEB PhD student explores how the Biotechnology industry can lead to alternative career paths.
Sunday, 29 September 2024
📌 15:00-16.30 “Microbes and Climate” [event in English]
Through popular songs about climate change performed live, Dr. Fabio De Pascale discusses with Dr. Heribert Insam, BioTreaT GmbH, Science Center MikroMondo, and Dr. Vittorio Venturi, Group Leader in Bacteriology how scientific research can help solve challenges of a burgeoning population and climate change.
📌Sunday, 27 October 2024 – Genoa Science Festival
“Un robot indossabile per combattere il cancro”
Spettacolo in italiano con Prof. Serena Zacchigna, ICGEB Trieste e Prof. Domenico Prattichizzo
(time and location to be confirmed)
📌 Tuesday, 29 October – Sunday, 3 November 2024 – Trieste Science + Fiction Festival
Inspired by the science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, ICGEB Researchers present the Virtual Reality experience: “Fascinating Journey inside the Human Cell”.
(times and location to be confirmed)
