A group of four finalist students of the Biology Olympics visited I2SysBio as part of the collaboration program with CSIC. During five days they have visited the facilities and have known first-hand the research being carried out.
In recent years the CSIC has collaborated with the organization of the Biology Olympics. After the regional phases of the competition, the brightest students who go to the final are offered the possibility of carrying out a short stay in a research centre. In the 2022 edition, four students visited the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology I2SysBio (UV-CSIC joint centre) during the last week of June. After being received by the Director and having a general introduction to the centre, the four students have been attended by the technical staff of the institute who have commented on aspects related to biosafety. Throughout the week they had the opportunity to participate in the activities of various research groups in a wide range of subjects, such as virology, molecular biology, biotechnology and bioinformatics. They also had the opportunity to visit two companies of the Science Park, ADM-Biopolis and Seqplexing.
The four visiting students were Álvaro Sáenz-Torre De Torre (IES Hermanos D'Elhuyar, Logroño), Carlos González González (IES Núñez de Arce, Valladolid), Paulo Joaquín García Eléxpuru (IES Carlos Casares, Viana do Bolo, Orense) and Lucía Martínez Galván (IES Ildefonso Serrano, Segura de León, Badajoz). The very favourable opinion of the participants in previous years and our commitment to society, and especially to young people, encourage us to continue with this type of actions.
