In the frame of the starting point for the postgraduate and outreach academic activities of the IBioBA-MPSP, the Symposium “Frontiers in BioScience”, organized by the Max Planck Society (MPS) and the MINCyT, took place from April 22nd to April 25th, 2012 at the Scientific and Technological Center (“Polo”) in Buenos Aires.
More than 25 Max Planck Institute Directors, including two Nobel Laureates, and several scientists from Argentina and Uruguay presented their lines of research throughout the event.
Dr. Eduardo Arzt, director of the IBioBA; the Ambassador of Germany, Mr. Günter Kniess; and the Minister of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Dr. Lino Barañao, talked to the audience at the opening ceremony.
Dr. Florian Holsboer and Dr. Herbert Jäckle from the MPS spoke about the history of the creation of the IBioBA and the relationship of the MPS with Argentina.
Argentina´s President, Dr. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, attended the event on Monday 23rd and gave a speech to welcome the German delegation, the 50 PhD students awarded to travel to Buenos Aires from different parts of Argentina to attend the workshop and the attendees.