Química forense, alzheimer, biodiversidad o células madre, entre los temas de las “Semanas de la Ciencia” en la Universidad de Navarra
Chemistry forensic science, Alzheimer's, biodiversity or stem cells, among the topics of the "Science Weeks" at the University of Navarra
There will also be a live falconry show, experiments for students from high school diploma as well as visits to CIMA and the Science Museum.
The University of Navarra has inaugurated today the activities of the Science Weeks 2010 with a lecture on "The incredible history of stem cells", at position by Javier Novo, professor of department of Genetics of the School of Sciences.
The series of lectures will continue tomorrow with a session entitled "Horizons of hope in the great plague of the XXI century, Alzheimer's", to position Maria Javier Ramirez; and on Thursday, day 11, the biologist Luis Lezaun, of the business Sturnus Control, will give the talk "Understanding the bird of prey: its usefulness and management", which will include a live falconry show.
research on the crime scene
For his part, on Monday 15, Antonio Luis Agüi Palomo, from the laboratory Chemical Police of Seville, will give the lecture "research at the crime scene: Chemistry forensic"; and on Tuesday 16 will be held a roundtable on the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Mathematics 2010 under the degree scroll "Building Science with Carbon".
The Science Weeks at the University of Navarra will have a large participation of students from schools and institutes in Navarra, who will attend various activities. high school diploma from schools and institutes in Navarra, who will attend various activities. First of all, until November 16th there will be daily visits to research center (CIMA) and to the Museum of Natural Sciences of the University. Also, there will be a daily session of live experiments under the degree scroll "Touch the Chemistry: surprising experiments and peculiar materials"; and on November 20th there will be conference of experiments on Biology, Biochemistry , Chemistry, Pharmacy and Nutrition.
The activities will be completed with a exhibition on "Conservation of rural areas", organized by the Fundación Félix Rodríguez de la source and will remain open at Sciences Building from 9 to 14 h. and from 16 to 18 h. Finally, this Wednesday, the 10th, will take place the presentation of Nutrivideo 2010, a competition aimed at students between 13 and 18 years old; and on Monday, the 15th, the prizes of the Photography Contest, Science and Nature 2010 will be awarded.