The eight Spanish students who will participate in the International and Ibero-American Biology Olympiads have been training for a week at the University of Navarra. Specifically, at the School of Science and at the research center Appliedresearch center (CIMA) at the University of Navarra, where they were assigned a tutor guided them through the various practical and theoretical sessions focused on the test content.

For the first time, the members of the Science Club, enrolled in one of the Degrees courses offered at School (Biology, Biochemistry , Chemistry and the double Degree at Chemistry and Biochemistry ), have joined this preparation.

CIMA among the subjects covered at CIMA : Cell Structure, Plant Anatomy Physiology, Animal Anatomy Physiology, Ethology, Ecology, Genetics Evolution, and Biosystematics. Meanwhile, at the School of Science, students have participated in practical sessions on Biochemistry Zoology, Evolution and Diversity, Plant Histology, and Microbiology with professors from these Departments, which have helped address questions regarding the course material.

Quim Llorens (Barcelona), Andrea Lagillo (Cantabria), Diego Ors (Alicante) and Ignacio Larrea (Madrid) will participate in the International Olympiad, which will take place in Switzerland from July 14 to 21. The latter, also winner of the Olympiad of Chemistry in Madrid, and future student of the double Degree in Chemistry and Biochemistry .

The four finalists for the Ibero-American Olympiad, which will be held in Argentina from September 1 to 7, are: David Díez (Zaragoza), Esther Alonso (Jerez de la Frontera), Juan Vallejo (Logroño) and Mikel Marín Baquero (Zaragoza). Finally, the students of El Club de la Ciencia Mario Peñas, Inés Purroy, Iñaki Ortiz, Eduardo Rodríguez and Julen Madurga, all of them from Navarra, have participated in the week of training of the University of Navarra.