A scientific train journey, tours around IMEDEA and the premiere of a short documentary film: our activities for the 2023 Science and Innovation Week
As is now tradition at this time of year, this November the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA CSIC-UIB) is hosting a series of scientific and outreach activities as part of the Science and Innovation Week. The initiative is supported by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) and aims to bring science to a public of all ages, stir interest in knowledge and foster citizen science in different areas through outreach activities.
IMEDEA’s activities for this year’s event include guided tours around the institute, the première of a short documentary film followed by a Q&A session and a scientific journey on an antique wooden train across the Tramuntana Mountain Range.
Please see the details below and make sure you don’t miss out!
IMEDEA TOUR
Photo: Andrea Antón, reseracher at IMEDEA Author: IMEDEA
8th November
10:30am - 1pm
Take a tour around some of the areas where IMEDEA generates scientific knowledge. Visit unique laboratories and other facilities, as well as chat with the research and technical teams who work at the institute, day in day out.
The tour includes different 20-minute presentations on some of the institute’s current projects.
E1- MICROBIOLOGY LAB
E2- LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY LAB
E3- GLOBAL CHANGE AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
E4- SEABED / RHODOLITH STUDY
E5- SEABED / INSTRUMENT STUDY
E6- IMEDEA COLLECTIONS
This activity is aimed at anyone with a passion for science who would like to discover what IMEDEA does.
It is a free activity although registration is required. Places are limited so make sure to book early. Registration will be processed by order of arrival.
— Register here.
PREMIÈRE OF THE SHORT DOCUMENTARY ‘FROM SPACE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN: CHASING OCEAN CURRENTS’
Photo: Photogram of documentary " From space to the mediterranean: Chasing ocean currents"
8th November
6pm in the IMEDEA Seminar Room, Esporles
The Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies and the Balearic Islands Coastal Observation and Forecasting System (ICTS SOCIB) proudly present the short film: ‘From Space to the Mediterranean: Chasing Ocean Currents.’
The film has been produced from a set of recordings taken during the second FaSt-SWOT project campaign that measured ocean currents with autonomous oceanographic instruments, such as underwater gliders or drifting buoys sponsored by Balearic schools.
Tona Pou will host a Q&A session after the screening with some of the project’s team of scientists—Ananda Pascual, Baptiste Mourre, Bàrbara Barceló-Llull, Benjamín Casas and Lara Díaz-Barroso—and the film’s director, Nathan Siegel.
The event is free and open to all (no booking required). Maximum 50 people.
ALL ABOARD FOR SCIENCE: ENJOY SCIENCE ON A TRAIN JOURNEY TO SÓLLER
11th November
10am - 5:45pm on the Train to Sóller
Around 20 scientists from different public research institutes in the Balearic Islands have come together to organise All Aboard for Science, a unique activity for people of all ages looking to enjoy science aboard the emblematic Sóller Train.
The scientists will share their latest advances and knowledge in a series of mini talks aboard this antique wooden train, on a journey through the Tramuntana Mountain Range, a World Heritage Site. On arrival in Sóller, the public will get the chance to visit some of the area’s major cultural centres, including the Botanic Garden, the Maritime Museum and the Balearic Museum of Natural Sciences. The talks will resume on the return journey to Palma.
In this vein, the initiative first promoted by IMEDEA during the 2021 Science Week ‘Speed Dating with Scientists on the Sóller Train’ returns for this year’s event. The pilot trial welcomed around 100 attendees and visitor numbers this year are forecast to triple, thanks to collaboration with other organisations and institutes.
IMEDEA is taking part in the following mini talks this year:
- The Cleaver Wrasse: Genes and Personality (Margalida Barceló)
- Conservation Palaeology: Connecting Past and Present for a Better Future (Alejandro Valenzuela)
- Welcome to the Microbial Jungle! (Óscar Guadayol).
For more information and to download the full programme, please click the event[1] link.
The activity is aimed at curious adventurers who have a passion for science. Although the talks are outreach activities, they are not suitable for children under 6.
The event is free although attendees must register for tickets.
— Register here.
OUR COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION: SCHOOL TOURS AT IMEDEA
Photo: Joan Pons, reseracher at IMEDEA Author: IMEDEA
8th and 13th November
10am - 1pm
Science Week has always been highly focused on school engagement. IMEDEA will be welcoming several groups of pupils between the ages of 7 and 18 this time around, all from the Montessori School in Majorca and IES Bendinat High School.
If you would like to be added to our teacher database and receive news about the educational activities we run, please contact our outreach team at the following e-mail: comunicacion@imedea.uib-csic.es