Our student Silvana yesterday won the prize to the most polular video in the Comas i Solà Contest, organized by the University of Barcelona, where PhD students try to explain their research to the wide public in 3-minute videos. Silvana explained how her simulations try to provide a link among the structure of protein-ligand complexes…
Category: Science popularization
COM Radio interview on Natural and Artificial Photosynthesis
As I’ve commented in previous posts, the possibility to develop renewable energy sources by imitating natural photosynthesis is a hot topic with growing interest among the general public. Recently, I was contacted by Gemma Janó, editor from the digital area of COM Ràdio (one of the leading public radio stations in Catalonia). asking for the…
Popularizing science during the IYC2011
As you may already know, the United Nations declated 2011 the International Year of Chemistry. This celebration aims at improving the public appreciation of chemistry, as well as encourage the interest in this science and generate enthusiasm about its creative future. At the University of Girona, some of my collegues (Miquel Duran, Silvia Simon, Pep…