More than 1,000 students from high school diplomafrom 27 schools in Navarra, the Basque Country, Aragon and Catalonia have participated in the activities organized by the University of Navarra on the occasion of the 2009 Science Weeks.

For nine days, the students attended an informative lecture series on topics such as nanoparticles that carry drugs, the role of Proteomics in the advancement of Biomedicine, the existence of life on Mars or biodiversity "on a small scale" in the city.

They also took guided tours of the research center Appliedresearch center (CIMA) and the School of Science Museum, where three exhibitions are currently on display: one featuring old subject books, another marking the Faculty’s 50-year history, and a exhibition on the zebra mussel. Meanwhile, the new science theater activity, position a group academic center, drew 250 high school students to the Casa de la Juventud.

In the Experimentation conference the students had a first contact with the research developed in the areas of Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry , Pharmacy and Nutrition.

Photo: Manuel Castells

Finally, in the Experimentation conference the students had a first contact with the research developed in the areas of Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry , Pharmacy and Nutrition. More than 150 students from high school diploma carried out practices such as Chemistry forensic for beginners, the observation of the biodiversity of a river or the manufacture of an aspirin.