Reus, 19 September 2024. Researchers from the Pere Virgili Health Research Institute (IISPV), Rovira i Virgili University (URV) and other research centres in the Tarragona area (the Catalan Institute of Chemical Research -ICIQ– and the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution -IPHES-) will participate on Thursday 26 September, at 18h at the firaReusEvents in Reus, in the “microtalks” science outreach “Research for Change”. These talks are part of the programming of the “European Night of Research”, an informative event that for seven years has been promoting the Universidad Rovira i Virgili (URV) in the demarcation of Tarragona with the main objective of bringing science closer to citizens .
The scientific micro-talks are promoted by the IISPV in collaboration with all these institutions, the Reus City Council (through the Department of Economic Promotion, Innovation and Knowledge and REDESSA) and the URV. Their aim is to disseminate science through short talks – about 10 minutes each – in language that is understandable to non-specialized audiences. The programme is as follows:
The director of the IISPV, Dr. Joan Vendrell, points out that “initiatives like these are very important so that citizens become aware of the importance of research (in the health field, in our case), and how the studies we do contribute to improving their lives”.
The councilor for Economic Promotion, Innovation and Knowledge and CEO of REDESSA, Josep Baiges, highlightes “collaboration and networking with the URV and the scientific institutions of the territory to bring scientific research advances closer to the population with these informative days” and he recalls that one of the axes of work of this mandate is to “make Reus a city of science and innovation”.
Admission is free and open to all citizens. Pre-registration at: https://bit.ly/3yuF7Hs
The session of scientific micro-talks is part of the extensive program of activities planned for the European Night of Research, a great informative event organized by the Universidad Rovira i Virgili. The central activity is the fair of scientific workshops for family audiences that will fill the Plaza Corsini in Tarragona with half a hundred proposals on September 27 in the afternoon and September 28 in the morning. The workshops, from all scientific disciplines, will be given by more than 200 researchers from the URV and the research institutes of the territory: IISPV, ICAC, ICIQ and IPHES.
During the week of September 23 to 27, more than 30 scientific workshops have also been scheduled in the institutes of the demarcation and on Sunday 29 the Museum of the Port of Tarragona will host the scientific workshop “Plastificados!”, which will raise awareness about the problem of microplastics and how to identify them. It will be taught by Joaquim Rovira, researcher in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences of the URV.
The program of the European Night of Research also includes an exhibition of scientific photography that can be visited until October 7 in the Central Market of Tarragona and a fair of scientific workshops that will be held on October 4 in the Plaza de Spain of Tortosa.
The European Night of Research is possible thanks to the co-financing of the Horizon Europe research and innovation program of the European Union and the collaboration of the consortium coordinated by the University of Girona and of which other Catalan universities and public institutions are part.
The entire program of the European Research Night can be consulted on the website: www.tarragona.nitdelarecerca.cat
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