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11F2023 | The IIM-CSIC Programme
The Institute of Marine Research of the Spanish National Research Council (IIM-CSIC) once again commemorates the International Day of Women and Girls in STEM with a programme of activities designed to highlight the role of women in marine research.
IIM has prepared a complete programme with three actions that will shine a light on the role of present and past female scientists and technicians, bringing science closer to the general public and, above all, to the #WomenOfScience of the future.
Action 1: Beers with #WomenOfScience
In a relaxed atmosphere, the Institute of Marine Research (IIM-CSIC) invites the public to a friendly meeting with the women who work at this research centre. The #MulleresDoIIM (#WomenOfIIM) will explain, in short 10-minute talks for all audiences, what they do in their day-to-day work for marine science from the Bouzas headquarters, while attendees enjoy a free drink and courtesy snacks.
The event will be hosted by Marta López Cabo, researcher and current Deputy Director for Scientific Strategy and Transfer at IIM, and will feature female researchers, predoctoral researchers, laboratory technicians and management staff from IIM-CSIC.
☕ Café De Catro a Catro. R. de Girona, 16, 36211 (Vigo)
?️ Saturday, 11 February | ⏰ at 6:30 p.m..
? FREE entry. Includes a drink. Until full capacity is reached. Advance reservation is not required. Tickets for the drink will be given on a first-come, first-served basis.
Action 2: Science Lanterns
Once again, IIM recovers the “Science Lanterns” initiative after the success achieved with last year’s article.
PhD candidate Clara Mendoza, in collaboration with the centre’s communications manager, Jaime Amaro Blanco, lends her voice to a profile piece exploring the biography of an outstanding female scientist whose merits were poorly recognised throughout history: Maria Wonenburger.
Clara, a woman now beginning her scientific career at IIM-CSIC, tells us about this mathematician from A Coruña, a benchmark for her own career and her path towards a PhD.
This will be the 2nd edition of the “Science Lanterns” campaign, whose first edition was published on 11 February 2022 in Faro de Vigo, written by Marta López Mozos and starring Eunice N. Foote, a pioneer of the climate crisis.
The piece will be published on 11 February and will be openly accessible on the IIM-CSIC website. The publication will once again combine science and art through the illustrations of artist Laura Romero (@laurandcolours).
Action 3: Women of Science in Your Neighbourhood
Marine research takes to the streets of Vigo through the image of real women who work for science every day at the CSIC Institute of Marine Research. The “Women of Science in Your Neighbourhood” initiative, an adaptation of the award-winning original idea from the University of Zaragoza, will fill bus shelters across the city with photographs of these workers. Each image also includes a sentence in which the protagonist shares something about her hobbies, tastes and interests beyond science.
The event consists of an exhibition of 12 photographs of researchers, predoctoral researchers and technicians from IIM-CSIC on up to 30 billboards and bus shelters provided in collaboration with Vigo City Council. Each display includes a quote about the protagonist’s work in science and a hobby or interest from her personal life. The installation began on 6 February and will remain on the streets until 27 February.
The initiative seeks to break stereotypes and reinforce the idea that science is close and accessible, and that the women who work in it are citizens with hobbies, friends, family and diverse interests like anyone else.