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Amaia Alcalde, a 4th year Biology student, has won first place in the II edition of the Scientific Monologue Contest, held at Sciences Building of the University of Navarra. Alcalde surprised the audience with the monologue "Bats, viruses and other adorable creatures" in which the young Navarrese explained that bats, despite being carriers of many viruses, do not develop the diseases they cause and also contribute to the control of insect populations.

The second position went to the Navarrese Iñaki Echeverría -who was winner of Famelab Spain 2019- with the monologue "La Re-Evolución Granular" in which the Physics PhD student explained some phenomena related to collective behavior. The third award went to Professor Juana Fernández who with the degree scroll "Los pedos de las vacas" explained some aspects about environmental pollution.

Ujué Moreno, professor at School of Sciences and researcher at CIMA; Azucena Díez, psychiatrist at ; and Maider Triviño, student at in Biomedicine, completed the list of finalists in this second edition of monologues. Clínica Universidad de Navarraand Maider Triviño, student of Master's Degree in research Biomedical completed the list of finalists of this second edition of competition of monologues.

This contest, organized by the Science Museum and which brought together about a hundred people, has the goal to encourage communication and knowledge dissemination of science in a fun and entertaining format.

In this first edition, 6 monologuists, students from Degree, Master's Degree and doctorate, professors, researchers and alumni of the University of Navarra participated. Each participant had a maximum of 10 minutes to present their monologue in an informative tone and accessible to the public.

The jury of the competition was composed of Enrique Cobos, manager of communication of the Science Museum of the University of Navarra; Elisa Monserrat, marketing director of the University; and Juan Manuel Menta, student delegate of the School of Sciences and 4th year student of the double Degree of Chemistry and Biochemistry . The gala was hosted by the microbiologist and science communicator Pedro Soler, last year's winner of the first edition of this competition.