More than 1,100 students from high school diploma have participated in some of the activities organized by the University of Navarra on the occasion of Science Week 2016.

On the one hand, students attended daily lectures, which this year dealt with pollution inside buildings, the Chemistry of superheroes, what are super bacteria, the physics hidden in the Sanfermines or an exhibition with birds of prey at the auditorium of Sciences Building-.

These informative talks have been closed today with the lecture "Wewill save your life: vaccines work", at position by Ignacio López-Goñi, Full Professor of Microbiology, author of the blog microBio and winner of one of the Naukas awards to the knowledge dissemination of science 2016.

On the other hand, and also daily, a total of 950 schoolchildren from 22 centers participated in practical workshops to "touch" Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Microbiology; and in guided visits to the Museum of Natural Sciences and the research center Applied Medicine (CIMA).

In addition, on Saturday the 12th, the School of Science the conference , featuring roundtable discussions and workshops on Chemistry Biochemistry Biology and Environmental Sciences.

Finally, at the closing ceremony of Science Week, the special Degree doctorate awards doctorate the School of Science. In the first category, the awards went to Silvia Milagros (Degree Biology), Tomás Soria (Degree Chemistry), and María Soto (Degree Biochemistry ; and, in the doctorate category, to Teresa Lozaro and Naiara Perurena (doctoral program research ); Johann David Martínez ( doctoral program Biology and Environment); and María Dulce Pérez Mezcua (doctoral program Chemistry).