The Scienteens Lab has launched a new partnership with DESCOM (Doctoral Education in Science Communication). This project aims at supporting interactions between academia and the public by providing education in science communication. In this framework, PhD students – young scientists – will be trained in how best to communicate science through courses and internships.
During the science communication training, some of the PhD students will have the opportunity to do an internship at the Scienteens Lab. They will learn how to explain complex scientific topics to a lay audience thanks to an interactive approach. Furthermore, they will support the development of new workshops for high-school students at the Scienteens Lab. This way, these young researchers will learn more about the job of a science educator.
Within the partnership with DESCOM, three PhD students from the LCSB have already designed a comic taking place at the Scienteens Lab. In the story, three high school students are introduced to Parkinson’s disease and learn how scientists are studying the cells that die during the disease. The storyline focuses on the “mini-brains”, three-dimensional brain-like cell cultures, developed by scientists at the LCSB for research on neurodegenerative diseases.
From left to right: Isabel Rosety, Sònia Sabaté Soler and Lisa Smits
To read the science comic of Isabel, Lisa and Sònia, and to discover the other comics, follow the links below!