Once again, the Sant Pau Research Institute participates in Brain Awareness Week, which takes place from March 10 to 16! This annual campaign aims to showcase scientific advances in the field of neuroscience.
During this week, Sant Pau research and healthcare professionals led outreach activities about the brain and nervous system, providing firsthand insights into how this organ functions, the techniques used to study it, and the latest research lines in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of related diseases. This year, we specifically focused on the advances made in Alzheimer’s disease research in our laboratories.
In total, more than seventy students, from both primary and secondary schools, had the opportunity to enjoy talks, workshops, and guided tours of the research facilities and the Dimension Lab at Hospital Sant Pau. This combination allowed them to closely discover the world of biomedical research, as well as the technology and innovation transforming healthcare.
High school students from the Galí Bellesguard School and the Clinical and Biomedical Laboratory Technician students from INS Alexandre Satorras were able to learn about our work thanks to the participation of Laia Lidón and Danna Perlaza, researchers from the Sant Pau Memory Unit, as well as Abdel Hakim Moustafa, César Acebes, and Marian Iglesias, healthcare professionals from the Dimension Lab team, who served as our activity facilitators.
Young students from the third grade of Torrent d’en Melis School learned about the brain’s different parts, their functions, and the role of neurons through the adventure of Mariona, the young expert experimenter, in a workshop led by Jorge Clusa, Outreach Manager at the IR Sant Pau.
