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The students with director Joan Guinovart (left) and programme coordinator Helena González (right). Pic: Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation.
 16.01.2015

24 students start a year of fun activities in science in the new edition of “Crazy About Biomedicine”

Tomorrow 17 January, 24 baccalaureate students participating in the year-long Crazy About Biomedicine (CAB) programme will begin to work shoulder to shoulder with scientists at IRB Barcelona. Including these new students, a total of 72 students will have taken part in this course—an initiative designed to satisfy the curiosity of 16- and 17-year olds for biomedicine who show strong aptitude and predisposition towards science.

 

On Friday 9 January in a ceremony held in Mont Sant Benet, the Catalunya la Pedrera Foundation welcomed the 172 students enrolled on one of the seven Crazy about Science courses, in which eight research centres in Catalonia are involved.

The 17 girls and 7 boys participating in CAB’15 will have the opportunity to delve into the theory and scientific techniques used in biomedicine. Under the guidance of 12 PhD students from around the world, the participants will receive practical training in laboratories. The aim is to give these youngsters an insight into how science is developed in an international research centre, to familiarize them with cutting-edge techniques, and to allow them to position themselves for a potential career in the life sciences.

“They are youngsters who are interested in and fascinated by science and they can still be surprised by what they learn in this field.These qualities are revealed by the letters of motivation that they send and what they say during the selection process. ” explains Joan Guinovart, director of IRB Barcelona and promoter of the programme..