{"id":2847,"date":"2023-03-16T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/creatio\/?post_type=actualitat&p=2847"},"modified":"2023-03-16T11:10:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T11:10:19","slug":"unistem2023","status":"publish","type":"actualitat","link":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/creatio\/en\/news\/unistem2023\/","title":{"rendered":"UniStem 2023: An international day to approach science to students (Basic Research)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One year more, University of Barcelona and Creatio acted as the Spanish co-organizer of the UniStem 2023 by coordinating the 10 universities and research centers from Spain that participated in the event.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UniStem Day is the biggest European event for high school students dedicated to the dissemination of stem cells and regenerative medicine. The event is a great opportunity to promote the curiosity and interest in science to teenagers by approaching them to the daily life of our scientists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

UniStem Day 2023<\/a>, which arrived in its 15th<\/sup> edition, was held on Friday 10th<\/sup> March 2023 in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of University of Barcelona. This year, more than 100 students and teachers from 5 high schools\u2019 from Barcelona and its surroundings (Institut Joan Mir\u00f3<\/a>, Institut Mil\u00e0 i Fontanals<\/a>, Col\u00b7legi Badalon\u00e8s<\/a>, Escola Sant\u00edssima Trinitat<\/a> and Institut Montserrat Mir\u00f3 i Vil\u00e0<\/a>) were met to take a closer look at the many faces of scientific research and the lives of researchers by seminars, videoconferences call, games and other moments of fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event was inaugurated by Dr. Antoni Trilla<\/a>, Dean of the Faculty. Then, the scientific talks took place. The guest speakers were Dr. Gemma Marfany<\/a>, Professor of Genetics, Department of Genetics at the University of Barcelona<\/a>, Dr. N\u00faria Torras<\/a>, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia<\/a> (IBEC) and Dr. Alice Louail<\/a>, Postdoctoral Researcher for the 4-DBR project at Creatio UB \u2013 Barcelona Clinic Research Foundation\/Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer<\/a> (FRCB\/IDIBAPS).The three talks were different and complementary which addressed the following topics (I) Gene and cellular therapy; (II) 3D Bioprinting and tissue regeneration and (III) Neurosciences: the brain and its regeneration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event was not just focused on promoting the academic research, the industrial research was considered, and a special session was co-organized with Pall Corporation<\/a> – Cytiva<\/a> enterprise. Cristina Tortajada<\/a> and V\u00edctor Tom\u00e0s<\/a>, both Account Managers of Pall Corporation – Cytiva shared their industrial experience and the benefits that their company provide in the innovation in the field of advanced therapies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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