Intro

Science plays an essential role in maintaining a stable and sustainable economy and in the proper development of countries. However, society and citizens generally do not always have understandable access to scientific and technological advances, nor how they contribute to improving their quality of life. In this context, the Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas is very aware of the importance of bringing science and its achievements closer to the non-specialized public, to explain its advances, its potential, and, also, its limitations.

CONTACT: difusion@cib.csic.es

SOCIAL NETWORKS:

Facebook: Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas CIB-CSIC

Twitter: @CIB_CSIC

YouTube: CIB Margarita Salas

CIB OUTREACH CHANNEL

Follow this link to find contents related to many of our dissemination activities at CIB Margarita Salas, special events, workshops, seminars, among others. Moreover, you'll find our Newsletter contents: interviews, reports or opinion articles, to get to know our research center and the people who is working here.

NEWSLETTER

Newsletter 0: "Margarita Salas returns to the CIB"

Newsletter 1: "COVID-19 and the value of knowledge" 

Newsletter 2: "Research and Society"

Newsletter 3: "Biotechnology for the challenges of the 21st century"

Newsletter 4: "How to tackle de big challenges?"

Newsletter 5: "Fundamental biology at the CIB Margarita Salas"

 
Internal Events

Towards this objective, the CIB Margarita Salas develops and participates in multiple dissemination projects that allow us to bring our work closer to the general public, with a special focus on high school students, as we consider that they are the basis of the future Society.

"MADRID SCIENCE WEEK", DAYS OF OPEN DOORS AND GUIDED VISITS

Opening the gate of a research center goes beyond showing large specialized equipment but seeks to explain how we work, what are our motivations and objectives, how we use the resources that are invested in science, and how these results can revert to Society.

Guided tours, dedicated mainly to schools and institutes, but also open to the general public, have a great acceptance and are requested throughout the year. For more information, contact difusion@cib.csic.es.

"Science Week" is one of the most important scientific dissemination events in Europe, aimed at citizen participation and organized in Madrid, through the Madri+d Foundation. More information (in Spanish): http://www.madrimasd.org/semanaciencia/ & https://www.semanadelaciencia.csic.es/

"CIENCIA EN EL BARRIO" (CSIC)

CIB Margarita Salas collaborates with this project developed by Vicepresidencia de Cultura Científica del CSIC, offering guided visits to relevant scientific facilities. More information: link.

"4ºESO+EMPRESA" PROGRAM

This program, organized by the Comunidad de Madrid, aims to bring students to the workplace through stays of one week in companies and scientific institutions, with the intention of approaching the education system and the work environment. More information (in Spanish): https://www.educa2.madrid.org/web/4eso-empresa

SPANISH BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD

The finalists of the Spanish Biology Olympiad are welcomed to CIB Margarita Salas for a week, as a reward for their effort and the high grade obtained in the test, bringing them closer to research, and promoting the study of Biology and related areas. More information (in Spanish): http://olimpiadadebiologia.edu.es/


TRAINING COURSES FOR TEACHERS OF THE COMMUNITY OF MADRID

The Institutional Delegation of the CSIC in the Community of Madrid (CM) offers the courses with which the CSIC participates in the CM Teacher Training Plan. Enrollments are made through the Permanent teacher training program of the CM. More information here (in Spanish).

In the 2019/2020 academic year, the CIB
Margarita Salas participated in three courses: (1) New Tools in Genetic Research, (2) Controversies in Biology and Biomedicine with Social repercussion, and (3) Frontier Research on Biomedicine and Health and new training.

 
External Events

In the priority line of our commitment to the Society, we think that it is necessary to move initiatives there where the citizens are, and organize events outside our center, in the informal setting provided by cafeterias, bars or other locations, which allow us to reach a different and broader public to whom scientists report current issues favoring the generation of debates.

With this idea in mind, CIB Margarita Salas staff members organize or are involved in several projects which are detailed herein:

JAM SCIENCE

Facebook: /JamScienceDivulgacionCientifica/ 

* Temporarily canceled.

PANGEA

Website: http://cienciaconchocolate.blogspot.com.es

CIENCIA CON TRES ENCANTOS

Website: cienciacon3encantos.es

“CIUDAD CIENCIA” (CSIC)

Several researchers participate in this scientific dissemination project, promoted by CSIC and Obra Social "la Caixa", whose purpose is that the inhabitants of towns far from large urban centers get to know first-hand the latest scientific and technological news. More information (in Spanish): www.ciudadciencia.es

DISSEMINATION BLOGS

Ciencia con Chocolate

Desde mi torre de marfil

PUBLICATIONS ADDRESSED TO A GENERAL PUBLIC

* Contributions in the Collection “Qué sabemos de…”. Coordinated by CSIC y the Publishing House Libros de la Catarata.

El Alzheimer, Ana Martínez Gil. More information (in Spanish): link

El Parkinson, Carmen Gil Ayuso-Gontan & Ana Martínez Gil. More information (in Spanish): link

Cómo se fabrica un medicamento, María del Carmen Fernández-Alonso & Nuria E. Campillo Martín. More information (in Spanish): link

Nuevos usos para viejos medicamentos, Nuria E. Campillo Martín, María del Carmen Fernández-Alonso & Mercedes Jiménez. More information (in Spanish): link

Las vacunas, Mercedes JiménezNuria E. Campillo Martín, & Matilde Canelles. More information (in Spanish): link

* Gabriela Morreale: su vida y su tiempo, José Pedro Moreno, María Jesús Obregón, Flora de Pablo y Francisca Puertas. UAM Ediciones. More information (in spanish): link.

* Contributions in the Collection "Píldoras Científicas", Editorial CSIC.

Microorganismos y enfermedades infecciosas, Mercedes JiménezMarta Sobrinos, Miguel Ángel Robles, Begoña García-Sastre, Yolanda González. Más información y descarga gratuita: enlace

RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS

Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas keeps relationships with:

Educative Institutions, giving talks addressed to students in schools/high schools. Special mention deserves the collaboration with the Institutional Delegation of the CSIC in Madrid, which coordinates the offer of talks within the Educative System in this Community. More information: www.d-madrid.csic.es.

Patient Associations, such as  Retina España, FUNDELA, Fundación Luzón, adELA.

Scientific Societies, such us SEFAGIA, SEBBM, RSEQ, SEBIOT, SEM, SBE, SEBC, AEC, SEG, EuChemS, AEDEM, etc.

 

 
Outreach Calendar

This section will include specific events related to scientific dissemination which are celebrated at CIB Margarita Salas, organized by our researchers outdoors or with the participation of a member of our staff.

 

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