Outreach

Nov 2022. Science and Innovation Week (17^th Nov 2021). Catarina, Claudia and Alejandro participate in the workshop: “Magnetic nanoparticle staining in cells” (Neutral red and Prussian Blue stains), held at IMDEA Nanociencia. Forty students from IES Las Encinas (Villanueva de la Cañada) attended the workshop.

Jun 2022. Adriana leaves the group to work in industry. Good luck Adriana!

Apr 2022. Manuel Eymar Carballo joins the AMP group for a week. Manuel Eymar Carballo (from IES Ramiro de Maeztu) joins the group for a 4-day week as part of the programme 4ESO+EMPRESA organized by the Madrid government where with IMDEA Nanociencia participates every year.

Feb 2022. Adriana and Arturo participate in the International Day of Girl and Woman in Science, celebrated at IMDEA Nanociencia. IMDEA Nanoscience participates every year in this initiative, offering lectures and visits to the laboratories by the researchers for students of all ages, to promote the fundamental role of women in science.
Nov 2021. Science and Innovation Week (2^nd Nov 2021). Adriana and Arturo participate in the workshop: “Magnetic nanoparticle staining in cells” (Neutral red and Prussian Blue stains), held at IMDEA Nanociencia. High school students from Alameda de Osuna School and several other groups of lay persons attended the workshop.

Apr 2021. Here we leave a video we recorded recently to present our group to the Specialized Group on Organometallic Chemistry (GEQO) of the Real Sociedad Española de Química (RSEQ). We apologize in advance to our non-Spanish viewers as the recording is in Spanish, still we hope it gives you an idea of who we are!

Link GEQO: http://geqo.es/en/

Link RSEQ: https://rseq.org/

Apr 2021. Festival 10ALAMENOS9
Ana Pizarro and a few researchers from IMDEA Nanociencia participate in the "Festival 10ALAMENOS9" (Festival 10TOTHEPOWEROF9, 10^-9), an outreach online workshop for eleven years-old from schools from the Comunidad de Madrid region.

link: Festival 10alamenos9 (imdea.org)
Feb 2020. International Day of Girl and Woman in Science
Following an annual tradition, the group participates in the IMDEA Nano’s activities with our workshop on cancer cells and nanoparticles.
Nov 2019. Science Week
The group welcomes a number of visitors and prepares a workshop on nanoparticles in cells to celebrate Science Week 2019.

Nov 2019. Visit from Saint Louis University
Adriana Arnáiz leads a workshop on nanoparticles in cells at Sala Hinarejos (IMDEA Nanociencia).

Nov 2019. Visit from the Masters in Environmental and Industrial Biothecnology (UCM)
Ana Pizarro welcomes UCM Master students giving a short talk on the work that is carried out at IMDEA.

Jun 2019. Visit form the Spanish University of Distance Learning (UNED)
Ana Pizarro welcomes UNED students giving a short talk on the work that is carried out at IMDEA.

Apr 2019. Matthew Davies joins the AMP group for a week.
The group hosts student Matthew Davies, 17-year old from Old Swinford Hospital School (UK), for a four-day placement. He learns - among other exciting things – how to make DNA origami with the Flors group!
Apr 2019. School visit from Soria!
We join other groups in IMDEA Nano to welcome the IES Castilla, from Soria, and ask them to participate in the Workshop: Magnetic Nanoparticles in Cancer Cells.

Mar 2019. School Sagrado Corazón visit IMDEA Nanociencia
The group prepares a workshop on nanoparticles in cells for IES Sagrado Corazón (Fuencarral, Madrid) to have a hint of the work carried out at the Nanomedicine.

Mar 2019. Madrid Science and Innovation Fair
The group participates in the IMDEA Nanociencia stand at the Madrid Science and Innovation Fair with our workshop on cancer cells and magnetic nanoparticles.
Feb 2019. International Day of Girl and Woman in Science
The group participates in the IMDEA Nano’s activities with our workshop on cancer cells and nanoparticles.
Dec 2018. Highschool Las Canteras visit IMDEA Nanociencia
The group prepares a workshop on nanoparticles in cells for IES Las Canteras (Collado Villalba, Madrid) to have a hint of the work carried out at the Nanomedicine.

Apr 2018. School Sagrado Corazón visit IMDEA Nanociencia
Ana Pizarro introduces the Institute to a group of students from school IES Sagrado Corazón (Fuencarral, Madrid).

Mar 2018. School Las Canteras visit IMDEA Nanociencia
Ana Pizarro introduces the Institute to a group of students from school IES Las Canteras (Collado Villalba, Madrid). The group also participates in the IMDEA Nano’s activities with our workshop on cancer cells and nanoparticles.

Mar 2018. Pablo Sanz joins the AMP group for a week
The group hosts student Pablo Sanz, 16-year old from the Instituto San Isidro in Madrid, for a four-day placement.

Feb 2018. International Day of Girl and Woman in Science
Ana Pizarro introduces the Institute to a group of students and some Madrid politicians to celebrate the International Day of Girl and Woman in Science. The group also participates in the IMDEA Nano’s activities with our workshop on cancer cells and nanoparticles.
Nov 2017. Science Week
The group participates showing our workshop on cancer cells and nanoparticles to students and groups of interested individuals who attended the activities organized IMDEA Nanociencia.

Oct 2017. Visit from Sagrada Familia School (Pinto, Madrid)
Ana Pizarro introduces the Institute to a group of students and the group prepares a workshop on nanoparticles in cells for them to have a hint of the work carried out at the Nanomedicine programme.

May 2017. Visit from Universidad para Mayores de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Ana Pizarro shows our cancer cells, and how we work with cells at IMDEA Nano, to 8 students and two teachers coming from the Universisdad para Mayores (UCM).

May 2017. David Cornejo joins the AMP group for a week
David Cornejo, 16-year old from the Instituto San Isidro (Madrid), joins us for a four-day placement. He learns how to synthesise cisplatin and how we test its antitumour activity in cancer cells.

Mar 2017. VII Jornada con Ciencia in the Círculo de Bellas Artes (Madrid)
Ana C. Carrasco joins the VII Jornada con Ciencia in the Círculo de Bellas Artes (Madrid).

Feb 2017. International Day of Girl and Woman in Science
Ana Pizarro introduces the Institute to a group of students to celebrate the International Day of Girl and Woman in Science.
Nov 2016. XVI Madrid Science Week
The AMP group prepares a workshop within the XVI Science Week in Madrid. 18 members of the Madrid Biotechnology Association (Biotech Masters and Degree students) visited IMDEA Nanociencia to learn about the research carried out in the Institute.

Nov 2016. Radio interview
Ana Pizarro joins guests ERC researcher Dr. Isabel Guillamón (UAM) and Madri+d’s director Dr. Federico Morán, invited by host Capital Radio, to communicate to the Madrid audience the activities to be carried out in the two-week Semana de la Ciencia in the Comunidad de Madrid.
https://twitter.com/Msanmartingc/status/795927562643980289?s=08

Jun 2016. Nanociencia al Servicio de la Sociedad
Ana Pizarro joins Julio Camarero to give a Lecture at Baker and Mackenzie, Madrid, invited by the PWN Global, Professional Women’s Network).

Mar 2016. School Retamar visits IMDEA Nanociencia
Ana and Adriana talk about cancer cells and nanomedicine and show the Cell Culture Room at IMDEA Nano.

Feb 2016. School IES Pradolongo visits IMDEA Nanociencia
Another chance to show the Cell Culture Facilities to school students.

Jan 2016. School IES Florida Blanca visits IMDEA Nanociencia
The director introduces the Institute to a group of students from school IES Florida Blanca (Murcia). Ana Pizarro and Adriana Arnáiz participate in the IMDEA Nano’s activities with a talk on cancer cells and nanoparticles, and a visit to the Cell Culture facilities.