From Thursday 24 to Saturday 26 November, the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) will host a training course in cell biology at its premises in the Barcelona Science Park for secondary school teachers, with the aim to help them with their science teaching activities.

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The workshop will involve 24 teachers from schools around Barcelona and is recognized as 20 accredited training hours by the Department of Education of the “Generalitat de Catalunya” (Government of Catalonia). Called “Al Vol” and based on biomedical research using the fly model Drosophila melanogaster, the course will address several topics included in the science curriculum of children aged 12, namely mitosis, cell death, genetic diseases and ethics in animal experimentation.

This initiative provides a singular opportunity to bring together scientists from the most important research centres in Barcelona and teachers from secondary schools in Catalonia in a privileged scientific environment. The aim is to delve into some of the questions raised by biomedical researchers in greater depth and to achieve a practical perspective of the techniques that they use in their day-to-day activities.

If we want an educated society capable of generating wealth, a society that is critical and aware of the value of science, we must promote launch projects that focus on the education that young people receive”, says Joan Guinovart, director of IRB Barcelona. IRB Barcelona aims to offer a similar workshop for secondary school teachers every year.

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