Biology students and Biochemistry from the University of Navarra visit research centers in Sweden.

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A group of fifteen Biology students from the School of Sciences of the University of Navarra have traveled this summer to Stockholm to visit scientific centers research located in the Swedish capital and its vicinity. Among others, they visited laboratories of microbiology, research with stem cells, oncology and multiple sclerosis of the prestigious high school Karolinska, at the Medical University of Stockholm.

The Nobel Forum, where the Nobel Prizes in Medicine and Physiology are awarded, is located in this scientific complex. Among the various companies that visited the group of students from the University of Navarra were Biovitrum, a company that researches rare diseases; and, outside the capital, the University of Uppsala.

The professional trip was organized by Professor Dr. Pilar Lostao and Dr. Miriam Latorre, administrative assistant Academic of the School of Sciences. In addition, the students had time to get to know the city and some of its museums and palaces.

Students who made the trip
1. María Díaz de Cerio Flores (5th Biology)
2. María Medrano García (4th Biology)
3. Shelia Ezquerra Blasco (4th Biology)
4. Naiara Royo Zubillaga (4th Biology)
5. Ana Isabel Martínez de Guereñu Riego (2nd Biology)
6. Ana Miqueleiz Zapatero (2nd Biology)
7. Alba Martín Moreno (2nd Biology)
8. María Muñoz Sagastibelza (2nd Biology)
9. Leire Sarratea Sanzberro (2nd Biology)
10. Beatriz Sánchez González (1st Biology)
11. Mónica María González Alonso (1st Biology)
12. Marta Aramburu Nuñez (1st Biochemistry )
13. Paola Mendiburu Aletti (1st Biochemistry )
14. Miriam Latorre Izquierdo (administrative assistant School )
15. Mª Pilar Lostao Crespo (Professor of Physiology)