The Pint
of Science festival aims to deliver interesting talks on the latest science
research in an accessible format to the public – mainly across bars and pubs
(preferably with a pint of beer in hands). It is an International festival
being held annually over three days at the same time in hundreds of cities
across the world. Blanes, the host city of the CEAB, has participated for the
first time in this year’s Pint of Science festival. The scientists of the CEAB
gave nine talks three evenings (15-17 May 2017).
Xavier
Turon participated in the first day of the festival, presenting the opening
talk at a nice bar (Casal la Cooperativa) on the topic: Biodiversity 2.0: genetics and computers to study the living organisms.
His talk introduced the topic of the ongoing sixth extinction caused by human
pressures, and how computer science and genetics can help mitigating these
effects. In particular, how we should complete biodiversity inventories as a
first step towards conservation. The examples presented drew mainly from
results obtained in Metabarpark.
It was an
enjoyable and challenging experience to try to explain in lay terms some
complex analysis we do in our research. The audience was very interested and
asked many relevant questions after the talk.
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| The banner of the festival in Blanes |
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