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 20.12.2019

Meet the research groups that will be taking part in the Live Research Fair 2020!

The project "Seasonal fruits and vegetables, polyphenols that benefit us", from the Nutrigenomics Research Group of the Rovira i Virgili University (URV), was the most voted proposal (35.68%) in the public survey to choose the 11 projects that will be presented in the Live Research Fair 2020, taking place from May 6 to 9 in CosmoCaixa.

 

The evaluation committee of Live Researcher Fair 2020 met on Friday 20 December to select the 11 research groups and organisations which, between 6 and 9 May, will be relocating part of their laboratories to the CosmoCaixa science museum in Barcelona in this 18th edition of the fair to interact with the attendees and offer them the opportunity to conduct experiments and solve enigmas using scientific methodology. 

The project that received the most votes  (35,68%) in the public survey commissioned by the event organizers, in which more than 1.200 people participated, was “Seasonal fruits and vegetables, polyphenols that benefit us”  by the Nutrigenomics Research Group of the Rovira i Virgili University (URV). 

The objective of the Live Researcher Fair –organised by the Scientific Culture Department of Barcelona Science Park, in collaboration with “la Caixa” Foundation, is to showcase ongoing projects in Catalonia in different fields of research in order to bring science closer to the general public and to promote scientific vocations among young people.

The event is part of the PCB’s Research in Society science dissemination programme that stages more than 100 activities involving almost 5,000 people every year. In the most recent fair, more than 1,600 visitors were given the opportunity to conduct scientific experiments with the help of 80 researchers.

The programme has received the Educational Quality Seal of the Pedagogical Council of Barcelona, promoted by the Barcelona Municipal Education Institute (IMEB), and enjoys the support of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), of the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, as well as the Culture Institute of Barcelona (ICUB), created by Barcelona City Council.

► Find out more about all the projects scheduled to take part in Live Researcher Fair 2020 at this link [+]