IBioBA participated in the first edition of the Argentine Science Night held at the Centro Cultural de la Ciencia (C3), where the work of different organizations of the National System of Science, Technology and Innovation of the country was exhibited.
Last Friday, 3 November, “La Noche de la Ciencia Argentina” was held, an event in which institutions, museums, national universities and science and technology centers of the country opened their doors to the public to share part of their scientific work.
Within this framework, the Buenos Aires Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IBIOBA) had two panels at the Centro Cultural de la Ciencia (C3), focused on how genes shape the way people perceive reality. Thus, the first of the proposals was focused on explaining how a type of fly, the Drosophila melanogaster, can help to understand the life of human neurons. At the stand, visitors were able to observe mutant flies through microscopes, watch videos showing different behaviours and take a survey to learn about their biological clock.
At the second stand, there were different experiences and games to understand how people perceive colours and why; the difference with animal vision; why colour perception is a very important evolutionary strategy for survival; and how information from what is seen reaches the brain.
Between 7 PM and midnight, we welcomed more than 3,000 people of different ages, from families with small children to adults who participated with curiosity and enthusiasm in all the proposals. We shared the space with the Computer Simulation Centre (CSC) and the Bionanosciences Research Centre (CIBION), institutes with which we share the building; the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences of the UBA; the National Water Institute (INA); and the Museum of Engraving.
In all the participating spaces, different proposals were offered to show what they do in terms of research and who is behind it. The activity was organized by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MINCyT) and was attended by the President of CONICET Ana Franchi and the Minister of Science Daniel Filmus, among other authorities.
