Outreach events
IGC Open Day, 26 November 2022
SymbNET researchers from the Host-Microorganism Interactions Lab played the "micro bowling game" with visitants of the IGC Open Day. A funny and interactive way to learn how some bacteria protect their hosts from viral infections.
IGC Open Day, 26 November 2022
Open session to the public at the FCG-IGC. The SymbNET researchers Karina Xavier, Isabel Gordo, and Luís Teixeira talked with the visitants of the IGC Open Day about the impact of microbes in our lives. A session moderated by António Gomes da Costa, the Head of Science and Society at the FCG-IGC.
SymbNET at Science Festival, 10-16 October 2022
SymbNET researchers played the “Gut Microbiota Game” at FIC.A with children to teach them about antibiotic resistance.
Microbiota and Human Health, 7 July 2022
Open session to the public at the Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal. In this series of talks world experts in the study of the microbiota address its importance and how medicine interacts with it.
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Scientists with musicians
Music and Science, Nov 2021
The Sunday concerts at Gulbenkian invite families to learn more about music and also science. Two scientists from SymbNET (Karina Xavier and Catarina Carmo, FCG-IGC) explained to the audience the importance of their studies, new discoveries and the impact on how bacteria influence health and diseases.
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Science Festival, Oct 2021
The 1st edition of the International Science Festival FIC.A took place at the Marquês de Pombal Palace Gardens in Oeiras, from October 12th to 17th, bringing together more than 100 entities, thousands of students and teachers and hundreds of activities related to science and technology. See news.
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